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How to Play in Any Key


This lesson is part of the course Bass with Zoe Guigueno.
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Learn to play upright bass from scratch with advice on right- and left-hand technique and in-depth lessons on playing bass patterns, scales, and melodies in most common keys. With bass lines from great roots music songs so you can play along.
 
 
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Getting Started with the Bass, Part 3: Pulling the String
 
Learn how to get a sound from the bass, by “pulling” the string with the side of your index finger, from the tip to the second knuckle. Zoe gives you advice on where to place your thumb against the side of the fingerboard, how to pull through the string and rest on the adjacent string, and getting different sounds out of the bass, depending on where you place your finger. She also shows you how to use your middle finger, both on its own and alternating with your index finger.
 
 
 
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  • High-quality video with multiple camera angles so you can see closeups of both hands in action
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How to Play in Any Key  
 
How to Play in Any Key  
 
How to Play in Any Key
How to Play in Any Key
 

In this lesson, Zoe uses the cycle of fourths (also called the “circle of fifths”) and the song “Freight Train” to show you how to play in any key. She explains the cycle of fourths and how to use it to determine how many sharps or flats are in a given key, and then shows you how to find the chords for “Freight Train” in every key. She also shows you a closed-position G major scale and closed-position major chord arpeggio that you can move around the fingerboard to other keys. PDF downloads include the chord progression for “Freight Train,” a circle of fifths diagram, and a homework sheet in which you can write out the scale for every key.


  “Freight Train” Chord Chart (Available to subscribers)
 
  Circle of Fifths Chart (Available to subscribers)
 
  Major Scale Homework (Available to subscribers)
 
 
 

Bass Articles

 
article: LR Baggs Sessions | American Aquarium
 

LR Baggs presents American Aquarium playing their song "Man I'm Supposed to Be" live in Nashville.

Bass Videos

 
video: Joe K. Walsh with Brittany Haas, Darol Anger, Missy Raines, and Grant Gordy: “Fiddler of Dooney”
 

Joe K. Walsh set a William Butler Yeats poem to music and plays it here with an all-star band, live at the Great Lakes Music Camp last fall.
 
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