Bass Song 21 - Don't look Back In Anger

Welcome to this bass tutorial for Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis. This is the final song in our band set with good reason, cos it's one of the best final songs of any band set, I think, especially when we look at cover bands. Um, but also this is the final song we're looking at in this band programme. So let me know how you've been getting on either in the comments or send me a message. How's this gone, you know, really badly. For you and you're needing more help and support, get in touch with me, we'll figure out a plan forward for you, or has this gone super well and you've started your own cover band and maybe started doing original music as well, let me know either way, I really want to hear from you. But this song in particular is really an exercise in root notes, which if you haven't figured out already, is the lowest note in any chord, any major or minor chords, so this song is in the key of C. The guitars or piano that would actually start the song originally, uh, first play a C major chord, and for that we would play the C root note, so just the C note every time that that chord is played, so we're following the chords that are played by the guitars and essentially rather than perhaps following tab, what would be really good is if you can follow a chord sheet on this one. Um, with that in mind, what I want to start with this tutorial is just quickly covering the C major scale on bass. Um, the major scale is just the foundation of all music, and any of these kind of perhaps more strumming guitar songs or more, you know, less riff-based songs, more songs where you'd be following a chord sheet. Um, it's essential that we know the, the major scales so that you're well ahead of the game and you can even come up with your own baselines or follow a base, uh, just from listening to the song. That's gonna be the real goal of working through this song and this tutorial. So we have the C note here. Which is Which is the key of the song, C major is the key of the song, and therefore it is the C major scale and chords that work in the key of C that make up this entire bass line. So the lowest note we have is the open E string. We then have F at the first threat. G at the 3rd fret. Which fingers we use, we're we're always gonna use the first and little finger, but which notes fingers we use for this one doesn't matter too much. And we then have the open A string, but in this tutorial we're actually gonna play that at the 5th fret. The next note in the major scale would be a B, and then we're at the C, which is the note that would typically start this scale. And we can play that up or down. And that gives us all the notes that are used in this entire song. It's essential that not only you can play those and that you know the note location, so third fret here is a C, so you know what they're called and you know where they are, but you also know what they sound like, especially relative to the C. So we never expect anyone. And I'm just gonna briefly talk about ear training here really, we never expect anyone to just hear a note so blindfolded, we play a note, what note is that? That's a question that we never expect, you know, musicians to answer because that would be something called perfect pitch, and just being able to work out what that note is without an instrument is a bit, Higher level than what we're looking at here in this band programme, OK, and it's higher level than most bass players ever get, most musicians ever get. However, being able to hear this note, and then you pick up your bass and work out what note that is, that is a skill, and then you'll be able to sort of have an estimated guess and think, hang on. Yeah, that note sounds right, that note is a C. That is absolutely a skill that you want to be working towards. Say if you have a song like this in the key of C, you want to then be working out what the other chords are once you know what key you're in, in this case the key of C. So if we're in the key of C, we would then know what all the other. Notes are in this song. That is something that I highly, highly advise that you have a go at first. It's not something that everyone is comfortable with, but if you were going to start that, this would be the song tutorial to start it with. practise that C major scale, and then you try and work out this bassline on your own. Perhaps following a chord sheet if you need the prompts, but I, this is something that cannot be understated if you really want to make it in the music world. And you want to be a bass player or just a musician in general, you have to start working out parts somewhat by ear. I had to make sure I covered that first of all. Let's cover the bass line now, I'm sorry if that wasn't applicable to all of you, it's just super, super important, and this is a great opportunity for it. So please take the time to work that out if you can. So the bass tutorial for this song kind of starts now. We start off with the C note and the main progression through the verses and the chorus. It's exactly the same, it will start on a C. Then go to G Uh, so they're both at the 3rd fret, string 3, string 4. 5th fret And then the open string. That 5th fret is an A, played with the little finger. E at the open E string. F at first threat. I would slide to the 3rd, back to the G. See A and G. Let's sequence one more time. See G A, and the 5th fret, open E string. F G at the 3rd fret. See Finally, a G. So there's our sequence of notes, however, here's the kicker. If I was trying to remember that, and I was trying to teach someone to remember that, what I would never, ever, ever be asking them to do is remember those letters as a sequence. That is not the way to remember chord progressions, bass lines, or anything. I wouldn't be asking anyone to remember the fret numbers or anything like that. You remember, first of all, the way it sounds. Which is why that bit of ear training that I went on about for the 1st 5 minutes of this tutorial is so important because it's how you're actually expected to remember these songs, you have to remember how they go, remember the sound of it, and essentially find those sounds on the bass. Even if you don't want to be great at ear training, it's just essential if you want to be able to play these songs in a band and not have the sheet music in front of you. That's where all bands that are. I want to follow and pay to see live, none of them have the sheet music in front of them unless they're classical musicians, you know, unless you're at an orchestra. So remembering how it goes is essential. And then this secondary part where we know the fret locations of where we're wanting to go, and we sort of remember a general shape, a shape on the fretboard, and any of you guys that are shape or kinetic-based learners. You'll really benefit from this, OK, and as I say, this is the final lesson in this whole series, so I'm presuming if you got this far, you want to know about this stuff. If you weren't, you wouldn't be watching the last tutorials, why I'm going this in depth on this last one, OK? Also, I'm excited to teach this stuff cause it's really fun. So. We have C, G, and then the little finger, so we have this kind of an, I don't know, I'd think about it as an L shape like this. And then the other, the only other notes we play most of this song are the first and the open, OK? So through a combination of remembering those finger movements and remembering this shape that they make on the fretboard, and also remembering how it goes and kind of singing it in your mind, so. do. vocalising it if you have to, don't have to be a great singer just to vocalise bass lines and things, but it really, really, really helps. The pattern that we're actually going for tends to follow, um, the kick drum and the kick and the snare, and this is again another bass principle where we're most interested most of the time in listening to the drums and listening to the kick and snare. Doom da doom doom da doom da dum dum da is a simple version of what the drum kit's doing, so. So that was one more time. So that principle of knowing your root notes to your chords and being able to hear them, but also following what the kick and snare is doing, are the biggest principles of bass playing, even though I know that I'm I'm primarily a guitar player, I don't even play bass half the time, but these are just, these are just musician principles as well as anything. Super important that we remember that. That is for both the verse and the chorus, I'll talk you through the bridge in a second. Here it is one less time. 234. You placed You said that you'd never been. But all the things that It's the same as that in the chorus, but we have that weird bit in the end of the chorus, but down. just Where those that kind of last bit is missed off, again, knowing how the song goes, that will be blindingly obvious. If you can hear how this bass line goes and remember the sound of it, it'll stand out absolutely clear to you, be obvious what's happening, and also you can follow a chord sheet as well. Um, you need the lyrics, the reason why I'd say a chord sheet over a tab is we need the lyrics with us for you to really understand where you are in the song. Hope that helps some of you. Let's get on with the rest of the tutorial now from the bridge. The bridge is a section between a verse and a chorus which acts like a ramp. It, it's the bridge between the two of them is the way that I would, um, describe it. Occasionally Americans call this a pre-chorus, that's quite common. Either way, it's going to start on an F for two bars, 1. To a sea So I start a re Because she said the brains are high. Step Then we're at the 3rd fret, G note, stand up beside the. G That look off your face. A for the A minor chord, G. A little riff here F O Fret, 2nd fret, 3rd fret. So from stand up beside your fireplace, 3rd fret, 34, stand up beside the fireplace. And I'd just be walking 1 and 2 and 3, just eighth notes with the right hand, 34, stand up. Holding that G and then we're into the chorus, 34, and. you say, first time. No we've kind of gone back to the start there. Basic, basic knowledge of ear training and that is gonna be absolutely fine for you. We may as well cover it. The only different part to that guitar solo is exactly the same as the bridge, starting on the F bar of C. You'll see that really clearly in the playthrough, but we'll do in a second. And also at the very end of the song. My But don't look back in anger that's F octave of the F, don't. I heard you say Same as we've done before. At least not today. So it was just F to C at the end there. So apologies to those of you that are maybe not ready for that ear training yet and those other little bits that I talked about, a bit of the theory stuff, but it's so, so important to have this end goal in mind, especially as we're in the last song, we're in the end of this series now, where to go from here is trying to work out your own baselines, um, and practising those band-like skills of just knowing where you are in a song without having to. Read any tab, or read a chord sheet, especially not while you're playing with the band, you need to know it already. To do that, you need to remember how these songs go. These play along videos are such a big part of that cos we're gonna have the bass there on screen at all times, all the way through, while the band is playing. So let's get straight onto this play along jam with this one. This is the full take. You know by now that you can slow down this take or rewind to any sections that you want, you know what you're doing by now. So let's enjoy this, let's try and play along. If you're not able to play along yet, you can slow it down or rewind sections and come to this over the next few days until you can. Here's Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis. Hope you enjoy it. So who does he think he is, a guitarist? Well, Yeah. OK. I just You very much. Good night. Don't look back in anger, there we go, that's the final play along. I hope you've really enjoyed this series, but let me know. I don't want this to just stand here and collecting virtual dust on the YouTube hard drives or whatever. I want this to be interactive for now and for years to come. Let me know how you've got on with this course, did you really struggle? Struggle with certain things, so you need me to make more bass tutorials for something, let me know. Did you absolutely ace it and you're already playing live with a band? 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