I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH BASS LINES!!

[thapreacha]

In most gospel songs their is always the option to use the I and V on the 1 and 3 beat respectivly, however, I have heard others play congregational songs and seem to run base lines all the way through.  How is this possible?  Is there a theory behind it, or are they just "filling in"


thapreacha

[B3Wannabe]

There are so many theories behind it that in the end all you have is chaos. It can be summed up, though, by saying that if a 5 can substitute a 1, then theoretically that 5 becomes a 1 and can be substituted by its 5 and so on...so everything relates to everything, and it's usually held together by the melody.

That's just one of the substitution possibilities. Keep at it, and you'll learn more.

I find new bass lines by looking at the melody note and figuring out which chords I know that have that note in it somewhere, since I'm usually playing at least 2 notes with my left hand. I do the same thing to find chords. (I'm better at doing this with choir songs though)

[trenton16]

walking the bass  is the only way i know how 2 do a bass line. i took bass walkin lessons.