Songbook for Beginner Bassists Offers Wide Variety
Sometimes it’s hard to know where to start, especially if you’re new to playing bass.
Hal Leonard Corp.’s First 50 Songs You Should Play On Bass aims to help. The book features easy arrangements (tab) of songs bassists often want to play.
Check out the song list:
- American Girl
- Billie Jean
- Black Dog
- Blister In The Sun
- Blitzkrieg Bop
- Born Under A Bad Sign
- The Chain
- Come As You Are
- Creep
- Crossfire
- Down On The Corner
- Feel Good Inc
- Here Comes Your Man
- Hey Joe
- Honky Tonk Women
- Hysteria
- I Got You (I Feel Good)
- I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- If You Want Me To Stay
- Jeremy
- Livin’ On A Prayer
- Longview
- Low Rider
- Man On The Moon
- Money
- Monkey Wrench
- Moondance
- My Generation
- Paranoid
- Peter Gunn
- The Pink Panther
- Plush
- Roxanne
- Sanford And Son Theme
- Santeria
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
- Spiderwebs
- Stir It Up
- Sweet Emotion
- Taxman
- Treasure
- Under Pressure
- Under The Bridge
- Uptown Funk
- Walk On The Wild Side
- What’s Going On
- White Room
- With Or Without You
- Yellow
First 50 Songs You Should Play On Bass is available here.
I wish it came with a backing cd, but I think it’s a great idea. I wish I’d had this when I started out.