The bass guitar is such an incredibly important instrument in a worship band context. Bass carries all the energy, and when played properly can really help your church enter in and engage during musical worship. Yet many bass players take the wrong approach to their playing in a worship setting. Worship calls for a specific style of playing. In this episode I share four key concepts to keep in mind when playing bass in a worship band context, and then demonstrate a whole host of techniques that your bassists can begin applying this upcoming Sunday. Consider this a crash course tutorial for your worship bass players. Be sure to send this episode to them, or even better, send them the video version of the episode so they can watch me demonstrate the principles and techniques in action: Worship Bass Tutorial Video
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Episode: Utilizing Your Acoustic Guitar To It’s Full Potential
Episode: Helping Your Band Beat Busyness and Embrace Musical Simplicity
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Alex, Great job on Worship bass Playing! I play bass at my church and agree with everything. The only one I am not currently following is pick playing. haha. I need to practice with it more. The pick always rotates in my fingers. drives me crazy. I just finger pick with my hands over the bridge to get a more trebley attack in the mean time.
Thanks Wes! There’s no right or wrong way! That’s the beautiful thing about music!