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Welcome to GBS where you'll find quality bass lessons, gear reviews and bass line demos presented by professional session bassist, Greg Hagger.
If you want 'waffle-free' content that gets right down to teaching you the important stuff then you're in the right place.
Free PDF downloads in standard notation and Tab available under every video lesson.
Some of the topics covered are listed below:
Bass line covers
Music theory
Left and right hand technique
Scales and arpeggios
Reading music
Gear reviews
Blues
Jazz
Rock
If you want 'waffle-free' content that gets right down to teaching you the important stuff then you're in the right place.
Free PDF downloads in standard notation and Tab available under every video lesson.
Some of the topics covered are listed below:
Bass line covers
Music theory
Left and right hand technique
Scales and arpeggios
Reading music
Gear reviews
Blues
Jazz
Rock
Geezer Butler's Bass Line from Black Sabbath's 'Solitude' | Bass Demo (274b)
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In this video, I play a demo of Geezer Butler's awesome bass line from Black Sabbath's "Solitude." Known for his innovative and melodic approach to bass, Geezer crafted a line in this song that perfectly captures the introspective vibe of the track. As I play through the bass line, you’ll see how Geezer’s subtle technique and note choices contribute to the song’s emotional depth.
Whether you're a Black Sabbath fan, a bassist looking to explore Geezer Butler’s style, or someone who appreciates powerful and melodic bass playing, this demo offers a close-up look at what makes "Solitude" such a standout track. Plug in, follow along, and experience the beauty of this classic bass line! Free Tabs and notation on the link above.
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In this video, I play a demo of Geezer Butler's awesome bass line from Black Sabbath's "Solitude." Known for his innovative and melodic approach to bass, Geezer crafted a line in this song that perfectly captures the introspective vibe of the track. As I play through the bass line, you’ll see how Geezer’s subtle technique and note choices contribute to the song’s emotional depth.
Whether you're a Black Sabbath fan, a bassist looking to explore Geezer Butler’s style, or someone who appreciates powerful and melodic bass playing, this demo offers a close-up look at what makes "Solitude" such a standout track. Plug in, follow along, and experience the beauty of this classic bass line! Free Tabs and notation on the link above.
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Learn The Bass Line From Solitude By Black Sabbath (No.274)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/solitude • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars • Enrol for Free on my Bass Tone Masterclass course gbshed.com In this bass lesson, we dive into Geezer Butler's awesome bass line from the Black Sabbath song "Solitude." Known for his dynamic playing and melodic approach, Geezer delivers a bass line in this track...
Is Thinking In Shapes Cheating For Playing Bass? (No.273)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/thinking-in-shapes • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars • Enrol for Free on my Bass Tone Masterclass course gbshed.com In this bass lesson, I tackle the question: Is playing by shapes on the bass guitar considered cheating? We’ll explore the pros and cons of relying on shapes and patterns, and discuss whether...
Play Along with the Classic Bass Line from 'I'll Take You There' (No.272b)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/ill-take-you-there • Click for my lesson on this bass line: ua-cam.com/video/rWlI81ehSAE/v-deo.html • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars In this video, I'll demonstrate the iconic bass line from The Staple Singers' classic hit "I'll Take You There" alongside the original track. The smooth, laid-back groove or...
How To Play The I'll Take You There Bass Line (No.272)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/ill-take-you-there • Riff Meister Boot Camp: www.gbshed.com/riff-meister-sign-up-page-dollars • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars • Enrol for Free on my Bass Tone Masterclass course gbshed.com In this video lesson, we dive into the unforgettable bass line from "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers, one...
Texas Flood Bass Line Comparison: SRV vs. Live 'In Session' with Albert King (No.271)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/texas-flood-live • Click for my 'Walk The Blues' bass course: www.gbshed.com/walk-the-blues-sign-up-page-dollars • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars • Enrol for Free on my Bass Tone Masterclass course gbshed.com In this comparison video, we dive deep into the evolution of the iconic bass line from Stevie Ray...
🎸 Jack Casady's Bass Line Playthrough: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane 🎸 (No.270b)
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Learn The Iconic White Rabbit Bass Riff By Jack Casady (No.270)
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Bass Player's Secret Weapons Unveiled! (No.269)
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🎸 Blues Bass Jam: "Pride and Joy" | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Albert King (No.268b)
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Bass Line Comparison: Gus Thornton vs. Tommy Shannon | 'Pride and Joy' (No.268)
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• Download the FREE pdf: www.gbshed.com/pride-and-joy • Click for details of my 'Walk The Blues' bass course: www.gbshed.com/walk-the-blues-sign-up-page-dollars • GBS Bass Masters Membership: www.gbshed.com/gbs-bass-masters-sign-up-page-dollars • Enrol for Free on my Bass Tone Masterclass course gbshed.com Hey bass lovers! In this video, I'm comparing the bass lines of two legendary bassists, G...
Demo Of The Epic Bass Line From Highway Song by Blackfoot (No.267b)
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Learn The Epic bass Line of Highway Song by Blackfoot (No.267)
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Precious and Grace by ZZ Top Bass Demo With TABS (No.266b)
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Learn Dusty Hill's Bass Line From "Precious and Grace" By ZZ Top (No.266)
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Check Out The Correct Bass Line From 'All Right Now' by Free (No.265b)
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🎸 Learn the Bass Line of 'All Right Now' by Free 🎸 (No.265)
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'Crazy Train' Bass Demo - Ozzy Osbourne | Full Play-through (No.264b)
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Learn Ozzy Osbourne's 'Crazy Train' Bass Line || Step-by-Step Lesson (No.264)
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🎸 "I Know A Little" by Lynyrd Skynyrd | Bass Line Demo 🎸 (No.263b)
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Eric Clapton's 'I'm Tore Down' Bass Line Demo (No.262b)
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Eric Clapton's 'I'm Tore Down' Bass Line Demo (No.262b)
Master The Bass Line From Eric Clapton's, 'I'm Tore Down' (No.262)
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Who Played Bass On Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys?(No.261)
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Who Played Bass On Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys?(No.261)
🎵 Original Song: God Only Knows by The Beach Boys 🎸 Bass Cover by: Greg Hagger (No.260b)
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Exploring Carol Kaye's Insights: Using Chord Tones for Bass Players (No.259)
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Never heard that track before. They’re from Birmingham and this has some dub reggae influence, perhaps unsurprising as a lot of people settled there from the Caribbean
DARK side of DEI? Like there's any other.
Great lesson, Greg! It was great to be able to check my transcription with yours.
How did you get on with your transcription?
Thank you I'm away magilla
Like Chris Martin a Paul McCartney pool
Hang on a blind baby
Finally got a chance to listen to this. As someone mentioned, mesmerizing. Very nice melodic tune.
Cheers Merle, it's a good one isn't it.
I'm sorry Greg, but i didn't have to guess :D
@@DjCzubaka no problem!
Here's my video lesson on this bass line: ua-cam.com/video/11jkqQU7H-w/v-deo.html
• Download the FREE transcription pdf: www.gbshed.com/solitude
How come the link doesn't work ?
@@normanvogel8464 just checked it and it does work. Might be an issue with your browser?
@@GregsBassShed worked this time . Thank you.
@@normanvogel8464 no problem 👍
Very mesmerizing bass line. Not a typical Black Sabbath song but a good one. Thank you for sharing this tutorial with us, Greg.
Cheers Frank
great cover, you nailed the tone!
Thanks!
thanks for the lesson, very nice line, sad to learn that the bass player died long ago and at a very young age
@@roaming740 yeah, I always think it’s sad when such talented players die so young. Glad you liked the lesson.
fun riff to play
@@rkegs yeah it’s great 👍
Nice 🎉
@@ZPX945 cheers 😃
Here’s the link for the free bass line transcription: www.gbshed.com/solitude
Great lesson, you have nailed the tone right!
@@diegovargas70 thanks, it was good fun experimenting. Here’s my play-through video so you can hear my bass in context: ua-cam.com/video/lJSwSTQWf6w/v-deo.htmlsi=308eQ8WmEj7Y4lN8
great, loved it! how about " Steppin' out ' from the live album?
@@fredastaire5885 funny enough, I compared Cream and The Bluesbreakers versions of Steppin’ Out in my ‘Birth Of British Blues’ course. The live Cream version is excellent and I love what Jack Bruce plays on it: www.gbshed.com/bobb-sign-up
Nice one Greg!
@@rogvoyce4014 thanks 👍
Fantastic lesson, many thanks !
@@maximeputigny1135 glad you liked it.
Stop playing any Thin Lizzy songs without a pick every thing he plays is with a pick
@@charlesneigebauer883 Charles, chill out man!
great video Greg, big thumbs here! I love this song, and usually play it when I'm warming up. I really liked how you showed your garage band settings, I'm going to try it out. Two other Sabbath songs with great riffs are Into the Void and A National Acrobat.
@@bass_face glad you liked it. I’ll share more settings in the future. Along with bass choice, the settings are always something I think about when covering a bass line. A few simple tweaks can go a long way. I like your two suggestions too.
Geezer Buttler was the reason i started playing Bass. I am a guitarist in first place and "played" bass, too. Geezer brought me to realy play the bass seriously like a bassist. 🖤 Thanks for this clip. And because you asked at the end: i enjoyed the clip. Your lesson is straight to the point. I dont want to go crazy with music theory stuff when i just want to play a tune and have fun. So this clip was great. And yes, that propably the easiest Geezer tune i know 😅 some can get realy tricky...but always fun and raw power 🤘🏻😁 Are you shure that this is in E Standard tuning original? I am not shure because the rest of the album is in C# Standard. But maybe they changed it in this song to match the flute better maybe? Bt a flute is C as far as i remember. Anyways, thanks for the clip 😁 PS: because you mentioned Jethro Tull. I would love to see a lesson like this for Jethro Tulls Burree. I realy tried and i got some parts done...but i cant figure it out complete. 😅 A great Bass Song, too...in my opinion. For shure. But i realy love the classical touch to it (well, no wonder, it is originaly by Georg Friedrich Händel 😅) but Tulls version is realy smooth.
@@marquisdecarabas1312 thanks for your comment, I’m really glad that you liked the lesson and it sounds like Geezer Butler is a big influence for you. Yes, I think Tony Lommi and Geezer did tune down to C# so you could do that if you wanted and play my written part down 3 frets. But there’s no need to do this to replay the bass line in my opinion. Great suggestion for the bass line of Bouree, very interesting part. It might take me a while to transcribe though!
Really cool Greg. 🎉
@@ZPX945 cheers 🤟
Here the link to the free transcription PDF: www.gbshed.com/solitude
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Oh, my… Such a beautiful classic bass line. Nice, Greg 🙌🏽
Glad you like it Anthony!
Like this. How about Deep Purple's Child in Time from 1970.
That's a great tune Rick, although I always kick myself when I take on a song that is really long as it takes me so long to transcribe it 🤣
Someone recently pointed out that I can use the circle of 5ths to quickly identify a 2-5-1 progression. Notice that “C > F > Bb” is a “2-5-1” in the key of Bb major.
That's another great use for the circle 👍
Thanks!
@@jamesjenkins86 thanks! 🙏
Top shelf Greg! Love Free...
Cheers Dave 👍
Simply put, lovely stuff very helpful.
@@williammorson1535 thanks, glad you liked it.
Extract the bass, raise it up an octave, get out a guitar and transcribe it. Slow down as needed. As you play along you will hear any bad notes to double check your work.
@@dennis-1983 that’s one way of doing it!
It is absolutely fool proof. For example SRV "Couldn't Stand The Weather", it sounds like C to D on the main riff, however use my trick and you can hear it is C# to D, then C to D. It only flags you if you are using a guitar to transcribe to a line isolated and raised by an octave. You should try it!@@GregsBassShed
Greg, many thanks for another great lesson! I play by extending the Nashville Number system for chord progressions down into the individual chords. What I mean by this is that I think about how the notes in a bar relate to the root of the chord of the bar. For example, in a bar with a C major arpeggio, I think of the C as the root or 1, and the arpeggio notes as the 3 (third) and 5 (fifth) of the C chord. So, for a C major arpeggio, I think about going to the C and playing 1-3-5-3. A C minor arpeggio would be 1-b3-5-b3. I use it for other "riffs" such as 1-3-5-8, 1-5-b7-8, 1-3-5-6, 8-b7-5-b3. Each "riff" has it own shape (actually 3 shapes depending on which finger is on the root). The numbers and shapes blend together over time. Cheers, Steve.
@@stevep3757 definitely a very useful system to help work out bass lines 👍
Playing bass, guitar and other stringed instruments, is like dancing with your hands and fingers. Thinking in shapes isn't cheating and never was.
Interesting analogy, I like it. What did you think of the video?
@@GregsBassShed I like it a lot. That's close to that, what I'd learned the hard way. I'm very bad in sheet reading, but I'm very well in remember patterns, and also making variations within, just like dancing. You have a tool kit of well known steps/shapes and from this point you can do so much more and learn a lot the easy and, for me, with a lot more fun way.
Very useful and true Greg. I started to play bass after 40 years playing classical guitar. My bass teacher combines all those elements you describe. I find the shapes liberating and also tab. Thank you
Very cool! You've got a good teacher!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!!
Thanks Keith. Glad you liked it!
Learning by patterns are necessary at first. But it’s best to move on, even though patterns will always be important. Reading notation really helped me learn the notes on the fingerboard. Practicing arpeggios up and down the neck in all 12 keys revealed to me the various positions and fingerings. Very insightful lesson, as usual!
Glad you liked it Matthew. Sounds like you are on the right track with what you practice 👍
Greg, great material as always. I don't know why people forget about the 4 string major pentatonic or blues scale, as there are no shifts required: just take your "Position 2" forms and move the root to the E string using the pinky finger.
Major Pentatonic/Blues scale is also very useful 👍
Hi Greg, I loved this lesson and tabs. I’m developing on my arpeggios technique and this song was so good to practice, I’m happy that I was able to play it in abou an hour. Thanks!
You're very welcome! It's a perfect bass line for arpeggios!
For me, four point five years into playing (doubt I'll make it to 25+)....shapes/patterns are great. But the exercise of knowing where every third and every fifth is has been the best. Or every sixth, etc. from a first, second or fourth finger position. Good stuff and more interesting (to me) than covers. Thanks Greg,
I agree that the shapes and patterns are great but there is much more to learn beyond them. Sounds like you are on the right track.
The short answer is No . Bass goes from sid to jaco and all points in between There's no cheating in Any Instrument Even the triangle.
Yep, that's the short answer!
@@GregsBassShed fair point
@@glennlilley8608 😃
I think I like position 3 the best, but practicing going up one way and down a different way. Nice lesson Greg!
@@MerlePeters it’s certainly a good one to practice fluid playing!
This popped up after watching your latest lesson. Great reminder to the one on one we had. Something to add to my start routine when I start a session.
@@MerlePeters oh yeah, it does tie into what we talked about in your lesson 👍
Thanks Greg. Really helpful. Have a great holiday mate 👍
@@deebeeIM thanks so much David.
Another great lesson. My bass instructor, who has 40 years experience as a pro and 20 years teaching, has provided me with the tools required to be a musician versus someone who can play a bass. Knowing the fretboard, major and minor scales and appegios, and learning songs by ear are the major focus. I started by playing by tabs and not understanding what I was playing. I also use the Nashville Number System for notating songs. It helped at practice when they changed keys on a song. This is where knowing your fretboard and scales really come in handy
@@jeffpaul6351 really great to hear. Sounds like you have a really good bass teacher!
Thank you, Greg! This is a great lesson. Hugs from São Paulo.
Thanks so much and greetings from the UK!