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What You Should Know About the Different Bass Guitar Playing Styles

By Mike Robinson

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August 23, 2010

| Bass Guitar Tips, Lessons, Tips & How-To's

So you’ve completed basic lessons for playing the bass guitar. Are you satisfied with your current repertoire? If not, here are a couple of neat bass guitar playing styles or techniques that are easy to learn and can immediately add depth and variety to your music.

Music Practice & Motivation

By Guest Post

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October 1, 2009

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| Guitar Tips & Lessons, Lessons, Tips & How-To's, Practicing Tips

If you want to learn to play an instrument or get better at playing an instrument there is a guaranteed way that you can achieve this: practice. Like with anything we decide to learn, the more we do something the better we get at doing it. This applies to everything we do in life. Its obvious that practice is a requirement of becoming a better musician, so you want to set up a good routine that is enjoyable and will keep you motivated to want to continue practicing.

Getting Your Own Sound

By Kirk Lorange

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May 1, 2005

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| Guitar Talk, Guitar Tips & Lessons, Lessons, Tips & How-To's

One of my students was around the other night and pointed out that even when I was playing his guitar (a beautiful Strat), I still sounded like me. It’s true – no matter what guitar or amp I plug into, I always sound like me. After 38 years of playing, it would be impossible for me not to. For a long time this bugged me. I guess because I was so used to “my sound”, I started to think it was pretty ordinary, and over the years I’ve made the odd attempt to change it. I can’t anymore.

Think Small With Chord Changes

By Kirk Lorange

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April 1, 2005

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| Guitar Theory, Guitar Tips & Lessons, Lessons, Tips & How-To's

Just because the guitar has six strings doesn’t mean you have to constantly go looking for six-note chords, especially if you are playing in a combo of some sort. Remember, barre chords use repeat notes to make up the full six strings. Sometimes its better to use bits and pieces of a chord than the full version. It’s easier to insert as a part, and more compact-sounding in a band situation.