{"id":122901,"date":"2023-06-24T06:48:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T06:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=122901"},"modified":"2023-08-16T03:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T03:48:54","slug":"intermediate-acoustic-lesson-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Bass Notes + Runs To Your Songs &#8211; Lesson 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #0315b5;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Adding Bass Notes + Runs To Your Songs - Lesson 9<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-8080436\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/us6E3aSlnY8?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-icon-left vc_btn3-color-warning\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lesson-9-TAB-6-Playing-Bass-Notes-Runs-1.pdf\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fas fa-file-pdf\"><\/i> Get The TAB To This Song<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Bass notes are the doorway into intermediate strumming. When you started out you were generally too busy learning new chords and songs to care much about your strumming hand. This can lead to &#8220;washboard strumming&#8221; which means you play every strum at the same volume and this can make your strumming sound bland and tiring to the ears.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bass note playing is the beginning of a more nuanced and varied style of strumming. I believe this technique and playing with dynamics (differing volume levels) is so important that the last lesson in this course focuses on the loud and quiet parts within a songs performance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Refining your strumming hand is essential<\/span> as you move into becoming an intermediate player.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using your thumb to pick out bass notes is a little easier in the beginning. This is because you can feel the string under your fingers. However, it would be great if you can use a pick and your thumb depending on the mood of the song. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please try both methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pay attention to the strumming in this little song. Play the bass note and then aim to pick only the bottom 4 strings on your upstrum. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Bass Note Songs &#8211; Please choose One!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/needle-and-the-damage-done-guitar-tutorial-neil-young-drue-james\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Needle And The Damage Done &#8211; Neil Young<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/mr-bojangles-guitar-lesson-chords-tab-drue-james\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mr Bojangles &#8211; The Nitty Gritty Band<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/drive-guitar-tutorial-incubus-how-to-play\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Drive &#8211; Incubus<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/wish-you-were-here-beginners-easy-guitar-lesson-pink-floyd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Wish You Were Here &#8211; Pink Floyd<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch The Wind &#8211; Donovan (I don&#8217;t have a lesson for this but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/3-Fun-Songs-With-Bass-Lines-And-Strumming-LGIL-Premium-Live-Lesson-28th-July-2022.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>get the TAB here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/3-fun-songs-with-bass-lines-and-strumming-5th-of-august-2022\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>I Walk The Line &#8211; Intro &#8211; Johnny Cash<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/blank-white-page-guitar-lesson-mumford-sons\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Blank White Page &#8211; Mumford &amp; Sons<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermdiate-acoustic-lesson-8\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">&lt;&lt;&lt; Previous Lesson<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-index\/\" title=\"Lesson 2 \u2013 Naming A Horse \u2013 Beyond Fingerstyle Freedom \u2013 Drue James\">Course Lesson Index<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-color-green\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/intermediate-acoustic-lesson-10\/\" title=\"\">Go To Lesson 10 &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Course Progress Bar<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wppb-wrapper inside full\"><div class=\"inside\">52 \/ 100<\/div><div class=\"wppb-progress full\"><span class=\"green\" style=\"width: 52%;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<script>(function(p,u,s,h){p.botId = \"0UCgS0\";s=u.createElement('script');s.type='text\/javascript';s.id=\"bot-widget-script\";s.src='https:\/\/app.conversiobot.com\/lib\/js\/gadget.js';s.setAttribute('bid',\"0UCgS0\");h=u.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];h.parentNode.insertBefore(s,h);})(window,document);<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adding Bass Notes + Runs To Your Songs - 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