Country Guitar Lessons - How to Instantly Play Killer Rockabilly Bass Parts on Guitar (It's Easy)

If there is one sure way to get your toes tapping and people dancing to play some good old-fashioned rockabilly music, especially if it is played on a vintage guitar, a friend of mine told me an interesting story of a concert, it was time up to 14 consecutive years.

My friend plays the drummer of one of the largest casinos in the country over the past 14 years, he has seen all types of fashions and styles come and go, is what he said .. . "When the latest songs and videosplay only a handful of people get up to dance, but when his group (a rock band 50'-60) to start playing the dance floor is full "... I think it's because it was (and still has) one of concerts in the country more stable.

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Is not it interesting, despite all the hype and people still instinctively react to visual presentation to the rhythm and it's something that no amount of marketing can erase!

Country Guitar Lessons - How to Instantly Play Killer Rockabilly Bass Parts on Guitar (It's Easy)

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Regardless of the type of music people always react to the rhythm first, then themelody and lastly to the harmony of a piece of music, that's where rockabilly comes in... this strong infectious style was born in the mid-fifties when rhythm and blues fused with country music. Traditional bands that once played country started to incorporate the boogie woogie blues bass patterns.

So what better place to start when learning rockabilly than with the blues, here is the four most common 12 bar blues formats in the key of "E".

Blues 1.

E /// |E /// |E /// |E /// |
A /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
B /// |B /// |E /// |E /// |

Blues 2.

E /// |E /// |E /// |E /// |
A /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
B /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |

Blues 3.

E /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
A /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
B /// |B /// |E /// |E /// |

Blues 4.

E /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
A /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |
B /// |A /// |E /// |E /// |

Now for the bass patterns:

first a two bar pattern where each notes equals one beat.

E
-----------------|---------------|
-----------------|---------------|
-----------------|---------------|
-----------------|-2-------------|
---------2---4--|----4---2------|
-0---4----------|-----------4---|

Here is the two bar pattern for "A" chord.

A
-----------------|---------------|
-----------------|---------------|
-----------------|-2-------------|
---------2---4--|----4---2------|
-0---4----------|-----------4---|
-----------------|---------------|

This is how the two bar pattern works for the "B" chord.

B
-----------------|----------------|
-----------------|----------------|
-------------1---|-4---1---------|
-----1---4------|---------4---1--|
-2---------------|----------------|
-----------------|----------------|

Notice how in the ninth and tenth bars of blues 2 and blues 4 both the "A" and "B" chords are only one bar each here is how we would play those bars.

bar 9 blues 2 and blues 4.

A
-----------------|
-----------------|
-----------------|
---------2---4--|
-0---4----------|
-----------------|

bar 10 blues 2 and blues 4.

B
-----------------|
-----------------|
-------------1---|
-----1---4-------|
-2---------------|
-----------------|

If you want to play an "eight to the bar" version of these patterns simply play two of each note using alternate picking.

Another important rockabilly technique is to palm mute the bass patterns with your picking hand this will give the bass patterns much more definition and help lock your guitar parts with the bass and drums resulting in the strong rockabilly beat that everyone loves.

You don't have to have a vintage rockabilly guitar to enjoy playing these famous sounds you just have to love playing these bass runs on your guitar.

Country Guitar Lessons - How to Instantly Play Killer Rockabilly Bass Parts on Guitar (It's Easy)