Bass Intermediate

Must know Bass DiagramRoot notes will carry you a long way, and professional players use them constantly. This tier is about what to add once they are solid.

You learn to walk between two chords so the movement pulls the song forward, and to place fills that lift a section without getting in the way of the singer. We also work on hearing bass lines in recordings and working them out yourself, which is how most players build their vocabulary.

There is a section on playing in a worship set, where songs stretch, repeat and change key with little warning, and holding the bottom end steady matters more than anything clever.