Chords for How To Play Bass Guitar To Let's Groove Tonight - Earth Wind And Fire - Verdine White

_ _ _ Hi in this video lesson we're going to look at how to play the bass line to let's groove tonight by earth wind and fire
Here's the main riff
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Okay, the main riff of the tune pretty straightforward play through the metronome, and we'll talk through the notes two three four
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] Okay, stop the metronome
It's pretty simple riff starts out with the open e string [G] then the next note is G third fret of the E string
To [A] a fifth fret
[G] back to G
_ Third [E] fret and that's the first bar
Then [G] _ _ [F#] the second bar starts on F sharp
second fret of [B] the E string then up to B
_ second fret of the a [A] string
open a [B] string
back to B, [E] so
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [N] That's it very straightforward
Very simple, but it is important to get it spot-on and nail it
Especially if in your band that lines also being covered by a keyboard player
Because you don't want to play out of time or out of sync with [Bm] the keyboard player or sound messy
So that's the first part of the song the second part of the tune is the interlude, so let's go and look at that
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ Okay the interlude of the tune play it through the metronome, [A] and then we'll again.
We'll talk through the notes _ _ _
one two three four _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ Okay _
So this starts out this pattern obviously jumps up to a higher register
starts out here on this a which is the seventh fret of the D string and _ _
_ [A#] _ Then you've got a passing note a sharp _
Eighth fret of the D string as you go up [B] to B
_ [E] _ _
[B] These are the ninth fret [E] of the D string and then down to E
Which is the seventh fret of the a string so [A] this first two bars are _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ then those two bars are [A] repeated and
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[C] the pattern moves up to C tenth fret of the D string and _
down to the lower octave of C eighth fret of the E string and _
[D] then up to D tenth fret of the E string and
[G] _ To G which is the tenth fret [C] of the a string so those two bars _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#]
Then you've got the eighth note sort of
Stabs on which is on F sharp which is the ninth fret of the a string now
Before you come to play the F sharp you're playing G here
You're probably fretting it with your fourth finger what you need to do is bring
Your first finger up to play these eighth notes or the stabs _ _ _
[B] _ And that's so your hands ready to get fret the B the 14th fret of the a string
_ [N] So you can get that nice long slide back [E] into the riff
So [A] just play the pattern really slowly for you again remember it starts out in a _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] those two bars repeat
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A#] _ _ [E]
Back to the riff _ [G] so that was let's groove tonight
Very straightforward tune the big lesson to learn from this it's one of those tunes
There are lots of them in the sort of the pop and rock repertoire
Where the baseline
excuse me is an integral part of the tune and you really need to get the bassline down get it nailed and
If you're in a live band scenario you need to just deliver the bassline without getting too fancy
Playing the basic pattern
Giving it some feel
Being the foundation stone for the rest of the band to build off if you start varying it around too much
What you'll find happening is you might throw off some of the other people in the band
So you read to this is one of those tunes where you need to just stick
To the essential part and deliver it bar after bar time after time
With a bit of feel and make it really happen so that was let's groove tonight
It's great tune for beginners if you are a beginner the best way to make forward progress
Is to find a teacher if you cannot find a teacher near to you
I do do a series of interactive online bass lessons
There's a link in the description bar
Just to the left of this video that you can find you can click over there
Have a look see if that's something that might be of interest to you if it is send me an email
If it's not and just use this lesson to learn the tune well good luck with it, and I hope it helps you learn this
straightforward tune _