Chords for Bernard Edwards Chic Good Times Style Bass Guitar Riff TABS Lesson 1 @EricBlackmonGuitar

[F] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ Welcome to Eric Blackmon [D] Music.
_ Hi, and welcome to my bass guitar tutorial.
The guitar is tuned E, A, D, G.
And [E] here's the riff that we'll be breaking down.
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ [A] _
[Dm] _ [A] _ [E] _ The first thing we want to do is practice a scale that works something like this.
_ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[C#] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ Starting with the E string.
[E] Open.
Second fret.
[F#] Third [G] fret. _
[A] Open A string.
_ Second [C#] fret.
Fourth fret.
Open [D] D string.
_ [E] Second fret D string. _
So that's open, [Gm] two, three.
[A] Open, [B] two, [C#] four.
[D] Open, two.
[E] _ _ _ _
[G] We're going to start with the open E string and strike it [E] three times. _ _
And those are muted strikes.
So I'm going to take my finger and hit the string [F] and mute it out [E] immediately by touching it.
Okay?
So we've got three open E strings. _
_ Two more.
_ And they're closer together.
So we've got this.
_ _ _ _ _ Then we're going to go to the second [F#] fret.
[G] Third fret.
Open [A] A.
[B] Second fret.
Fourth [C#] fret A string.
_ [E] D, [D] open.
Second [E] fret on the D string.
[F#] Then we'll go back to the A string, open, play it [A] three times.
_ _ _ [N] Here's the entire thing.
[E] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _
[C#] _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ To [F#m] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ _ start our riff, we'll play the A string [A] twice.
_ _ [N] Then we'll go to the D string on the fourth fret.
[F#] _ _ Back [A] to the A string. D string.
Fifth [G] fret D string. _ _ _ _
[F#] Fourth fret D string.
_ And then open [A] A. _
That's the first part.
_ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ For the second part of our riff, [D#] we'll play [E] this.
[F#] _ [Em] _ [C] _ Now in order to play these notes, I'm muting by touching the string as I play it.
So I'm going [E] to play like that.
_ In order to achieve this effect, I've got my finger gently resting on the string.
And when I pick it, _ _ I get a muted effect.
So that I'm able to do this.
[F#] _ [Em] _ _ _
So in order to play this riff, I'm going to play the low E string.
And then the open A string.
Back to the low E string.
And then hammer from fret two to fret three.
_ And then back to open E.
[F#] So this is what [E] we have.
_ _ So I'm touching these strings to get that muted sound.
_ [G] _ [E] [F#] And when I play the entire thing, it's going to [D] sound like this.
[A] _
[F#m] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ [G] _ [E] _ _
_ Now let's do a variation on that riff.
The first riff was this.
[F#] _ [Em] _
The variation is going to be this.
_ _ _ [E]
So what we're doing there is playing an octave E second fret D string.
_ Nice little pick like that.
[N] And then we're going to play the open A string.
_ Open E.
And then second fret to third fret hammer.
[G] And then open E.
[C#m] So it's this.
_ [Em] _ _ [N] _ _ So let's play the riff with both variations.
[A] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ [A#] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A#] [Gm] Well alright.
There's our riff lesson.
Thanks for stopping by.
And have a great day. _ _ _ _ _