When you begin to learn bass, the best thing you can do is find easy bass tabs to help you progress on your musical journey.
There are plenty of amazing songs out there with a simple bass part and many easy bass solos. These songs are a good place to start with bass guitar.
1. ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses
Written in D Major, “Sweet Child O’Mine” is an 80s classic that never goes out of style with bassists. The bass line doesn’t move around a lot, and most sections are played on the same string. There are a handful of parts that are slightly more complex, but still learnable for a beginner.
2. ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ by Queen
Queen has a plethora of catchy bass music that is a blast to learn. You just can’t beat an 80s classic bass line. The rhythm is repetitive, many notes are open strings, and it sounds impressive once you have it down.
3. ‘Boot Scootin’ Boogie’ by Brooks & Dunn
This is a country rock song with a moderate beat in E Major. It’s a line dance about letting loose and having fun. It was released in 1990 and is a good one to mix up your repertoire of easy bass tabs.
4. ‘Yellow Submarine’ by The Beatles
This timeless tune about the journey of The Beatles in a yellow submarine is a fun one to play on bass guitar. The bass line is mainly half and whole notes, and since the tempo is only 108 or so, it’s fairly straightforward and not difficult at all to learn.
5. ‘I Love Rock ’n Roll’ by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
The bass line of “I Love Rock ’n Roll” is as simple as it gets. It’s made up of spaced-out eight notes, doesn’t have any crazy fingering, and is only two pages long. It will be a quick one to add to your arsenal of classic rock bass lines.
6. ‘Canon in D’ by Johann Pachelbel
There is a rock arrangement of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” that sounds fantastic on bass guitar. This is more of an intermediate beginner piece because of how the notes jump across the strings. The fingering is also slightly more challenging to learn than in other songs. However, the tempo is moderate, uses standard tuning, and with a little practice, you can quickly polish it.
7. ‘All About That Bass’ by Meghan Trainor
You can also learn pop songs on bass guitar, and this pop-blues song is a good example of the variety of music the bass can play. This song, after all, is all about “that bass” and the original combines a variety of instruments, but the bass is the star.
Learning Easy Bass Tabs
The bass guitar is a beautiful instrument and more versatile than many think. By practicing diligently every day and starting with simple, yet fun songs, you will quickly progress to more difficult songs and expand your skills and musical aptitude.