I've been poking around looking for good resources to get me started learning to play bass . Luckily, like many other things, there are many videos on Youtube that you can use to learn to play a given song. One of my first searches "bass lessons for beginners" turned up over 300K videos. There's typically at least a few videos of people teaching almost any song too.
So I could probably learn just about any song I wanted, given enough time. But I'm also really interested in learning the basic structures and habits so that I can more easily pick up other songs, play with others and to improvise.
That said, I really like the theory and philosophy behind this site StudyBass.com:
So I could probably learn just about any song I wanted, given enough time. But I'm also really interested in learning the basic structures and habits so that I can more easily pick up other songs, play with others and to improvise.
That said, I really like the theory and philosophy behind this site StudyBass.com:
StudyBass is for bass creators—bassists who want to use the bass in a creative, original way.
Anyone can learn to play other peoples' basslines and bass solos. Does learning to recite a poem make you a poet? No! And, that's where StudyBass is different...
The goal of StudyBass is to educate you on how music works and how to create your own basslines and solos, not just to parrot those of others.
The idea that I should not only be able to play a song, but actually understand the instrument and the music enough to create my own music. At some point that really is the goal.
The site is really useful in that it has not only a ton of written, audio and video material to follow and learn from, but a number of useful audio tools including a tuner, a metronome and scale reference sheets.
The site is really useful in that it has not only a ton of written, audio and video material to follow and learn from, but a number of useful audio tools including a tuner, a metronome and scale reference sheets.