Chords for 50 Bass Grooves - #1 Shuffle in G - Bass Guitar Lesson - David Santos
Tempo:
120.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Eb
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Baseline number one, Shuffle in G.
This is a shuffle in the key of G, as the name implies.
It basically has three or four notes in it that are very common to the chord changes.
It's the root, the octave, and the fifth.
You're going to enjoy playing this line.
It's going to help you a lot over the years.
You're going to be able to play it on a lot of different blues tunes.
Let's get to it.
I'm going to play it for you right now.
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm]
[C] [Eb] [C] [Eb]
[D]
[G] [Bb] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Shuffle in [C] [G]
G
A lot of times, songs are written in a blues form, but not really a 12-bar blues.
That's why I included this one, Shuffle in G.
It is on the I chord for a while [D] with this bass line.
[G] [C] [G]
The way to play this bass line is you're basically playing the low note of the tonic
and then the same note an octave higher with a fifth in between
[D] and [G] then a standard blues cliché, which has been played many times.
That's the bass line, a motif we call it.
You just keep [D] playing that for eight bars.
Most of the time in blues, you're going to play four bars of the I and then go to the IV chord.
But in this particular blues form, we stay on the I chord for eight bars.
Then we get to the IV [C] chord and the same motif occurs.
[Eb] [C]
[Eb] [C] We play that for six bars, which is unusual and very cool.
Then we're going to use a turnaround [Eb] to an Eb7, which I go to quarter notes on for two bars
and then a quarter note triplet, [D] I.
[Gm] Then we [D] vamp out [G] on the I [C] and [G]
[D] [C] [G] end on the tonic.
[G] [N]
This is a shuffle in the key of G, as the name implies.
It basically has three or four notes in it that are very common to the chord changes.
It's the root, the octave, and the fifth.
You're going to enjoy playing this line.
It's going to help you a lot over the years.
You're going to be able to play it on a lot of different blues tunes.
Let's get to it.
I'm going to play it for you right now.
[G]
[Gm] [G]
[C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm]
[C] [Eb] [C] [Eb]
[D]
[G] [Bb] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] Shuffle in [C] [G]
G
A lot of times, songs are written in a blues form, but not really a 12-bar blues.
That's why I included this one, Shuffle in G.
It is on the I chord for a while [D] with this bass line.
[G] [C] [G]
The way to play this bass line is you're basically playing the low note of the tonic
and then the same note an octave higher with a fifth in between
[D] and [G] then a standard blues cliché, which has been played many times.
That's the bass line, a motif we call it.
You just keep [D] playing that for eight bars.
Most of the time in blues, you're going to play four bars of the I and then go to the IV chord.
But in this particular blues form, we stay on the I chord for eight bars.
Then we get to the IV [C] chord and the same motif occurs.
[Eb] [C]
[Eb] [C] We play that for six bars, which is unusual and very cool.
Then we're going to use a turnaround [Eb] to an Eb7, which I go to quarter notes on for two bars
and then a quarter note triplet, [D] I.
[Gm] Then we [D] vamp out [G] on the I [C] and [G]
[D] [C] [G] end on the tonic.
[G] [N]
Key:
G
C
D
Eb
Gm
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Baseline number one, Shuffle in G.
This is a shuffle in the key of G, as the name implies.
It basically has three or four notes in it that are very common to the chord changes.
It's the root, the octave, and the fifth.
_ You're going to enjoy playing this line.
It's going to help you a lot over the years.
You're going to be able to play it on a lot of different blues tunes.
Let's get to it.
I'm going to play it for you right now.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Shuffle in _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
G
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lot of times, songs are written in a blues form, but not really a 12-bar blues.
That's why I included this one, Shuffle in G.
_ It is on the I chord for a while [D] with this bass line.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
The way to play this bass line is you're basically playing the low note of the tonic
and then the same note an octave higher with a fifth in between
[D] and _ [G] _ then a standard blues cliché, _ which has been played many times. _ _ _
That's the bass line, a motif we call it. _ _
You just keep [D] playing that for eight bars.
Most of the time in blues, you're going to play four bars of the I and then go to the IV chord.
But in this particular blues form, we stay on the I chord for eight bars.
Then we get to the IV [C] chord and the same motif occurs.
_ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ We play that for six bars, which is unusual and very cool.
Then we're going to use a turnaround [Eb] to an Eb7, which I go to quarter notes on for two bars
and then a quarter note triplet, [D] I. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Then we [D] vamp out [G] on the I [C] and [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] end on the tonic.
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ Baseline number one, Shuffle in G.
This is a shuffle in the key of G, as the name implies.
It basically has three or four notes in it that are very common to the chord changes.
It's the root, the octave, and the fifth.
_ You're going to enjoy playing this line.
It's going to help you a lot over the years.
You're going to be able to play it on a lot of different blues tunes.
Let's get to it.
I'm going to play it for you right now.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Shuffle in _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
G
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lot of times, songs are written in a blues form, but not really a 12-bar blues.
That's why I included this one, Shuffle in G.
_ It is on the I chord for a while [D] with this bass line.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
The way to play this bass line is you're basically playing the low note of the tonic
and then the same note an octave higher with a fifth in between
[D] and _ [G] _ then a standard blues cliché, _ which has been played many times. _ _ _
That's the bass line, a motif we call it. _ _
You just keep [D] playing that for eight bars.
Most of the time in blues, you're going to play four bars of the I and then go to the IV chord.
But in this particular blues form, we stay on the I chord for eight bars.
Then we get to the IV [C] chord and the same motif occurs.
_ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ We play that for six bars, which is unusual and very cool.
Then we're going to use a turnaround [Eb] to an Eb7, which I go to quarter notes on for two bars
and then a quarter note triplet, [D] I. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ Then we [D] vamp out [G] on the I [C] and [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] end on the tonic.
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _