The first song that I learned on the bass guitar was Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. This is also the first song I mastered on the bass guitar. It is pretty easy, and the rhythm is slow enough to pick up quickly. After reviewing other site’s tablature and picking it out the first few times, I realized that it was a bit difficult to read these tabs since I was coming from a sheet music background. I decided to tab it out here very clearly for anyone who is just picking up this song for the first time or is a beginning bassist. I have also included the video with lyrics at the bottom of the Seven Nation Army bass tabs page.
The fact about this song is that there is no actual bass guitar being played. The sound is actually created by running Jack White’s semi-acoustic guitar through a Digitech Whammy pedal set down an octave. The riff was composed at a sound check prior to a show at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.
This was originally an unreleased Unplugged Performance by Pearl Jam due to the fact that Eddie Vedder is seen here writing Pro Choice down his arm during the performance. Or, maybe it has something to do with him falling off his stool, I don’t know. At 2:19 in, Jeff Ament takes off on his bass solo as he stands on the drum platform. Awesome little video that I had never seen prior to today. Thanks to Matt S. for giving me the tip on this one!
I have added the bass tabs for Porch to the website. I am currently learning this song, and thought I would share. It has been a pretty easy learn, but the pace of it has been my challenge. Jeff Ament plays it on a 5 string but it is very easy to play on a 4 string. The beginning has no bass, but the bass slowly makes its way into the song. It’s a very progressive song, music energy and power continuously builds up throughout this song. Check it out!
The first song that I learned on the bass guitar was Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. This is also the first song I mastered on the bass guitar. It is pretty easy, and the rhythm is slow enough to pick up quickly. After reviewing other site’s tablature and picking it out the first few times, I realized that it was a bit difficult to read these tabs since I was coming from a sheet music background. I decided to tab it out here very clearly for anyone who is just picking up this song for the first time or is a beginning bassist. I have also included the video with lyrics at the bottom of the Seven Nation Army bass tabs page.
