Hi,
One of the best ways to create bassline is by using chord tone,which are the notes in a chord.
Let use Cmaj7 for an example.
The notes in a Cmaj7 are C E G B (1 3 5 7).
What people tend to do is when the other musicians strike a Cmaj7 chord, we bass player naturally play the C, which is the root note,or sometimes followed by E -> G-> B than to the next chord.
You can start simple improvisation by experimenting different placement of the note. i.e 3 1 5 7 or 5 1 3 7, or 3 5 1 7 or 7 5 3 1 and which ever ways you can come out with.
By doing this, you will break the fix pattern of playing 1->3->5->7.
Hope this helps.
Have fun
2 comments:
Thanks for tip!
It's easy when we practise arpeggios as a bass player that we mix them up like you suggest.
Getting out of the habit of plaing 1,3,5,7 gets boring it that is all you do :)
You can play the chord tone at different position of the neck. Occasionally you can play 1+3 or 1+5 forming a chord.
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