Description
A bass run is an easy and fun way to add movement and interest to a fingerpicking piece.
This bass run uses the 4-Step pattern.
Here are the steps for this figure:
First: Start by making a C Major chord. Play a full measure of Variation #1 in this postion.
Next: Play the 4-step pattern on the C chord, then switch to a C/B ("C over B") chord, and play the 4-step pattern in that postion.
Finally: Finish out the figure with a measure of Variation #1, played on an A minor chord.
Lesson Info
Instructor
Lisa McCormick
Tutorial Lessons
- Fingerpickers Goldmine: Prerequisite Skills
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 1: Dsus4
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 2: Dsus2
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 3: Dmsus4 & Dmsus2
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 4: Asus4
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 5: Asus2
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 6: Amsus4 & Amsus2
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 7: Gsus4
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 8: Hammer-ons, 6th-string Bass
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 9: Hammer-ons, 5th Str
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 10: G-to-Em Bass Run
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 11: C-to-Am Bass Run
- Fingerpickers Gold Nugget 12: Right Hand Roll