5 Beginner Reggae Basslines (That Aren’t ALL Bob Marley)
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Not long ago, I got a comment on one of my videos along the lines of:
“What about some reggae bass lines?”
So I asked this commenter if there were any particular songs or artists they’d want to see covered, and they replied:
“Oh I don’t know. I don’t know much about reggae other than Bob Marley”
This isn’t uncommon!
In fact, for most people, it’s probably reality.
Most top 40 radio will play a few really well-known Bob Marley songs, but beyond that, not a huge amount of reggae makes it to the airwaves, which means most people’s only significant exposure to reggae is Bob Marley.
Now don’t get me wrong - Bob Marley is incredible and arguably one of the most important reggae artists around.
But…
There’s more to reggae than the ‘Best Of Bob Marley’ album, and in today’s video I want to share some with you.
Some of the songs you’ll probably know, some you may not. Others you might know the more popular cover versions of the songs, but we’ll be playing the bass lines from the originals.
And of course, we will cover some Marley - you can’t talk about reggae without him, right? In fact, the easiest song in this video is a Marley song, but it’s not one you’d probably expect.
Now if you want to start nailing some of these bass lines and get your head and hands around some authentic reggae tunes, make sure you download the tabs and tracks for all the songs I cover on this lesson. Just fill out the form on this page:
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And I’ll send you everything you need to start playing these lines.
I hope you enjoy this one whether you know all of these bass lines or only the Bob Marley song!
Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!
Cheers,
Luke
P.S. Here’s the page where you can sign up for the tabs, tracks and notation:
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[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
1:02 The Paragons - The Tide is High
4:21 Red Red Wine - UB40
6:27 Bob Marley - One Love
9:54 Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
11:57 Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People
15:06 Download The Tabs/Tracks For Free
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What other reggae songs (Marley or non-Marley) do you LOVE the bass lines of?
UB40 songs 🙂
Babylonian - The Officials
54-56 was my number, I can see clearly now Johnny Nash, mango walk in crowd, countless others
"Eleutheria" (Lenny Kravitz, yes, amazing tune and the vibe is totally roots! And he keeps changing the bassline almost every bar...), "Weeping Pirates" (Groundation, and this one has even a bass solo ;) ), "Pressure Drop" (Toots and the Maytals - I know this is more rocksteady, but who cares), "Bush Doctor" (Peter Tosh)
Inner Circle - Bad Boys ( Cops theme song )
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs- Soon Forward
Peter Tosh - Reggaemylitis
- Maga Dog
Johnny B Goode
Don't Look Back
Culture. - Legalization
Black Uhuru- Most of there first few albums
Ini Kamoze , Yellowman , Mighty Diamonds , Heptones etc.
Awesome lessons, thank you Luke, you are the man!
Awesome idea for a lesson - thank you very much 👏
Thank you so much for this lesson. UB40 is my favourite reggae band thank you for teaching us red red wine.
Great lesson thanks Luke!
Brilliant lesson thanks very much. Great sheet music too cheers
Great lesson, thanks!
Wonderful lesson Luke! And what a surprise to open your email and see my question! Thanks so much for following up and offering this reggae intro. Nice selection of songs and bass lines. Fantastic and looking forward to more of these. Hmmm, maybe next focus on top bass lines by different bassists or bands, like The Police or U2. Cheers!
This lesson is nice 👍👍👍
Well done much more reggae please 👌 and stay well.
Cool lesson.ty
Great Lesson. Thump away
thankyou my bro nice jamming
Welcome to Jamrock is actually a versioning of World a Music by Ini Kamoze
Duh
Stir it up most excellent
The beat and melody for "Welcome To Jamrock" is a cover/sample version of Ini Kamoze's "World a Music" (1983)
Thank youuu
Gotta mention the Stagalag riddim, probably best known from Sister Nancy's "Bam Bam."
The undisputed champion of reggae basslines.
Toots and the maytals 54 46 was my number...love that tune...have to use extra fills though to prevent it becoming too boring to play lol.
Playing reggae bass has a lot to having the discipline to play the same thing for a whole song without deviating from it for a single note. I understand the urge to do more, but understand that for the listener, there is more than bass happening - and having the bass as an anchor, always playing the same thing, is often one of the things that makes reggae so pleasurable.
Thanks
I’m looking forward to your next video lesson, Luke. When is it due? Greetings from The Netherlands.
It’s out in about 12 hours @Marcel Van Brouwershaven!
Nice bass
I love Spector, and I kinda like ripe bananas...
I've seen some reggae bassists play (and others) play with a piece of sponge under the strings up against the bridge to get that muted sound.
That is a tasteful move. Silicone ties work well, too
If you ever get the time, would you do a lesson with original SKA?
I'd be ever so grateful. Cheers.
Burning Spear - Farover!
One Love 💖
Listening to the recording of one love, More of the time, the low Bb is played at the end. Also, I think main riff in the 3rd measure is played in a different rhythm. (Dotted 8th, 16th, Dotted 8th, 16th, 8th.) Also, there’s a really amazing but easy bridge part with a climb up then an octave drop and a cool rhythmic part. To me, the song’s bass line can’t be mentioned without mentioning the bridge.
I love the reggae bass line from Here & Now Telly Song from the album called Fantasy Shift. It’s on UA-cam. Try it. 😃
More reggae please!
Some Peter Tosh, Alborosie, Black Uhuru, Gegory Isaac, Inner Circle? More Bob Marley?
I hope it will come!
Awweee the dog popping in
Do some early Yellowman!
Yeah!!!👍👍👍
The last one has a similar rhythm from Futurama likes the intro of the futura a
Can You make a video showing us your pedal board?
That might end up being a pretty short video @Alex Bull. When I record these lessons, I just plug straight into my audio interface. No pedalboard or effects. When I gig, I just plug straight into my amp as well.
I have used multi-effects boards in the past (a Boss ME-50B and a Line 6 one at one point), but I just run everything straight in these days.
Should have done Bob Marley - Stir It Up. Super easy bass line, it has a little variation, and it's perfect for doing long improvisational jams.
what is this percussion machine?
Which bass and amp do you use please
I think I need this bass guitar in my life..does anyone know what brand and make this bass is used in this video?
It's a Spector Euro (LX I think, but don't quote me) @Overnight Guitarist!
Anyone else seen Bob Marley Running through the picture at 0:36?
Red Red Wine written by Neil Diamond.
Correct, although not the bass line that I talk about in this video.
Fun fact, it was Neil Diamond that wrote Red Red Wine in the 60's
Yes! Also I’m a Believer by the Monkees, though of course not reggae.
Dillinger - Cokäne in my brain
Might be Dancehall, but I've always wondered if he stole the bass from somewhere.
In any case, it rocks.
Who else was today years old when you learned blondies the tide is high is a cover song and had to pause this video to go listen to the original?
Dr Alban: No Coke
Alban is mostly bleh, but this bass riff is awesome. Again, maybe more dancehall.
You decide to do the original version of tide is high but do the UB40 version instead of the original reggae version :/
That’s exactly what I decided @dayla8634. Glad you noticed! :)
Is your bass custom made?
No - it's just a stock Spector.
@@BecomeABassist Thank you for responding.I love your vids.
I don't wanna learn theory, i just wanna sound cool
spector
The second sounds like Calypso.
To me, THE most famous (and my favorite) reggae bass line is often considered the first reggae song: Desmond Dekker's Israelites. One of my favorites, and it's not melodically hard, but it's great for rhythm training: Sophia George's Girlie Girlie. It starts more staccato in a traditional reggae style, but over the course of the song, the bass line is partly legato. ua-cam.com/video/Aql5ywVRMyk/v-deo.html Fantastic song. Overall, I got more into ska revival, which also has some great ones, e.g., Madness Wings of a Dove, Selecter's On My Radio, Specials Free Nelson Mandela and the flip side Break Down the Door (a heartbreaking story behind that one, a song about mental illness).
Israelites I think is the first, and maybe only, reggae song to make the top 10in the US. Before that there was a ska song that was a huge crossover hit:My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small.
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Great lesson. one thing anoyes me but it is not your fault. i wonder why in so many GTR or bass lessons the Tutors tend to mention the Tabs where the notes are.... It is very anoying because it disrupt the flow of the Lesson.... My understanding is that every student have to know on whitch fret the notes are. it is not your Job to explain this.
If I were to *only* use the note names though @Sebaz!, it would likely alienate the students who _don't_ yet know where all the notes are. Then they would stop watching and think the lesson is 'too advanced' for them - and it kind of would be, but it wouldn't be their 'fault' either.
Bob Marley never played the Bass guitar, it was Aston Barrett, Also called '' Family man ''
Aston Family Man Barrett was the bandleader of the Bob Marley backing band,
OK, haven't watched the video yet and I'd be soooo disappointed if I didn't hear a Leroy Sibbles bassline...
That's not Damion Marley's bassline, it's World a Reggae by the boss Ini Kamoze.
Favorite Marley bass line is I Shot the Sheriff. Lots of space in that one. Eric Clapton’s version was lame.
You are hugely mistaken listen to what Willie Weeks does with it!!!!!
backin tracks with no upbeat????
I can't pay attention to the video because I'm too distracted by how beautiful that Spector is
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