Riffs
Bass guitarists often use a technique of playing "riffs" against a chord progression. A riff is a pattern of notes that is repeated throughout a progression (or song).
The following two examples use all the notes within each chord, i.e., the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the Major scale relating to each chord. To play the notes of a chord one after another is often referred to as arpeggio playing.
You have probably heard this riff style of playing before. Play some records (fifties rock and roll or blues songs would be best) and listen to the bass.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Glossary of Musical Terms
3- The Basic of Music
4- Play Position
5- Tuning
6- SECTION FOUR: <br> APPENDICES
7- The Hammer-on (marked as H)
8- The Major Scale
9- New Topic
10- Music Staff
11- Tuning The Bass to Itself
12- The Pull-Off (marked as PO)
13- The Octave
14- The Right Hand
15- Notation
16- Notes
17- The Major Pentatonic Scale
18- Electronic Tuners
19- The Left Hand
20- Harmonics
21- Note Values
22- Stop Time Blues Rhythm
23- Fretboard Diagram
24- Tuning with Harmonics
25- Rock-Latin Blues
26- The 12 Bar Blues Progression
27- Reggae Blues
28- The Tie
29- Open Strings Note
30- Basic Blues Feel (Quarter Notes)
31- Blues Intros and Endings
32- Blues Funk
33- Time Signatures
34- Riffs
35- Symbols and Abbreviations
36- Walking Bass
37- The Slap Technique The Thumb (marked as T)
38- Half Time Feel (Quarter Note Rests)
39- The Minor Scale
40- Eighth Note Feel
41- Ghost Notes
42- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
43- Eighth Note Triplets
44- Minor Blues Progressions
45- The Popping Effect (marked as P)
46- The Blues Scale
47- Slap Grooves
48- Shuffle Rhythm
49- Jazz Blues