Chords for The Fundamental Bass Lesson | Bass and Drums Workshop

_ _ _ So the other 50% of the of the
basic rhythm section drums and bass is Jason Foster and
it's interesting Jason is a
Keyboard [Gb] player and a singer and a drummer, right?
Yeah, that's kind of but he just kind of picked up bass as well
[D] You've got three [Ab] bases over there
You know just talk talk about your concept as a bass player
I know a lot of it is is what Tim talked about as well playing to the song
playing to the artist and stuff like that, but
Just talk about what you think about as a bass player and what your role is in the band
The first thing I think about is are what are the notes?
What are the right notes?
What are the bass harmonies?
[G] So I
Learn the chords [A] from from Don
[Bb] and then the next thing I think about are
What are the rhythms that the drummer is playing in particular the kick so I'm
Constantly thinking about the kick pattern and I'll literally, you know turn to Tim and say hey, what are you playing?
You know, what are you playing for the verse?
What are you playing for the chorus?
What are you playing for the bridge and I literally just you know
Choose to lock with it
_ Maybe you can do a song
You see
[C] Let's do a little bit of uncharted territory.
Yeah, is that make is that good for this?
Yeah.
Yeah
I'll uh, you want it gets it gets a little fancy, but there's a the thing to focus on is
No, what's the theme rhythmically?
So I'll uh,
So let's do that.
I'm gonna follow the kick pattern on this one.
Okay,
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] I
find myself [F] in
Uncharted
[Am] Territory never [F] felt so long never felt so [C] lonely
_ Where [G] are you?
_ _ _ [Am] _ I'm so afraid
[F] I can feel the [Am] fear.
Yeah, so, um in this case, I'm I'm pretty much just [D] playing the one
one two three [A] four one two three
[F] four one two three four one
[Em] Yes, I'm just [Ab] pretty much playing the one there and keeping it simple and Tim has a bunch of stuff going on
so I'm usually if if there's an instrument kind of doing, you know a bunch of rhythms usually
The rest of us will kind of dumbed down.
So I'll
So in this case, my bass is playing a simple pattern and letting it breathe so that the rhythms come through
And then the next section of the verse I go into a pattern that
Locks with other rhythms of his drums.
So I'm
Playing the basic root note where the bass lands and then there are other rhythms
I'll make a bass line off those little rhythms.
So yeah, let's let's do the verse just go right into the verse
Yeah, okay the simple I'll do it simple and then do the extra rhythms
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ Find myself [F] in
Uncharted territory
[Am] _ Never [F] felt so long ever felt so [C] lonely
_ Where are [G] you?
_ _ [Am] Here you go so afraid [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ can't control
[F] the chaos
_ [C] Where _ [G] are you _ _ [C] _ _ single [D] or it's gone _ [F] in a forest
I _
_ _ _ _ [C] Yeah, _ _ _ so I'm I'm locking with this kick and his snare can you play that groove for me one more time _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ [F] _ _ Yeah, so yeah, so I'm riding rhythms and riding
and a good way to [G] compose bass lines a good start a good training will is is _
Learning other songs and learning instinct and learning sometimes getting the help from
Musicians who are further along so it kind of helps us instinctually
some of it is instinctual and hard to teach or
Hard to you know break down.
So
Now don't because you were a drummer.
Yeah as well drummer and a keyboard player.
So you're thinking
Like a drummer as well, so I think it helps Jason lock in with a drummer because he was a drummer
Right, he knows what what kind of bass?
Bass drum pattern you've been playing right?
I think it helps you overall just locking in right?
With the background of being a drummer and a keyboard player.
You're listening to all the harmonics right as well
So, um, so I'm constantly [D] thinking of
The kick pattern that's usually my main focus if I don't know what to play and we're Don's bringing in a new song
I'm I'm very submissive to Tim
so what some of the mistakes that happen between you know drums and and bass is a
You know if Tim does a solid kick pattern and I accidentally play another rhythm
Tim might be tempted to switch
To my rhythm and then I try to play what he played before and then it's just a train wreck
so what we do is
It's kind of unspoken but Tim no matter what will stick to his kick pattern and I will follow him
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