![]() The pre-chorus has a dreamy lightheadedness to it that’s quickly become a Rodrigo trademark – as has her way with a punch to the gut. She remembers infraction after infraction, and her vocal performance races from rueful rumination to bitter crescendo, the piano galloping alongside her, and the song feels like it’s approaching liftoff. But they quickly overtake Rodrigo as she reflects on a relationship with a leeching ex who subjected her to “six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise”. The hum of the room is intact, creating an image of a young woman alone at the keys with her thoughts. It starts all heavy, Beatles-y piano chords. Going by Vampire, the lead single from second album Guts, there’s been a lot of living. It’s a clever strategy, both in rendering her comeback a Proper Event, and allowing Rodrigo, now 20, to live her own life. The implication is clearly that the music should speak for itself and that Rodrigo’s private life is private (a decision she may have come to as a result of the insane media obsession with the supposed Disney love triangle behind her debut single). She avoided spreading herself thin, declining expectations to release a traditional expanded edition of her acclaimed debut album, Sour, in order to preserve it as a time capsule of the formative heartbreak that inspired it. Rather than blast straight into the enormo-domes she could easily fill, she toured smaller venues to allow herself to develop as a performer. ![]() It was a remarkable rise, though perhaps what’s more admirable is how Rodrigo – who was 18 when she broke out – turned that virality into a more sustainable kind of career. Lovelorn and vengeful against a treacherous ex, it propelled the teenage songwriter and then-Disney star to No 1 around the world: her first ever public performance was at the Brit awards, swiftly followed by one on Saturday Night Live. Within four days, it had the most single-day Spotify streams of all time (other than Christmas songs). Here are some root note exercises and examples to get you started.Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single Drivers License made headlines on its release in January 2021 for breaking some stratospheric records in quick succession. All the other stuff is going to take a little more work. The barebones basics of playing bass is fairly easy. If you can play root notes and keep a steady rhythm, you're ready to play in a band! This is where the false idea that "bass is easy to play" comes from. But, this is a good starting point and is the first skill you should develop for creating your own basslines. Obviously, you want to be capable of doing a whole lot more than just playing roots to chords. The root notes are a big reason you are around. You should realize, at the most basic level, this is what other musicians want and need from you as a bassist. After a while you may feel just sticking to the roots is boring to play. Playing roots is essential and elementary to bass playing. We will be exploring what else can be played in addition to roots in later lessons. And, it takes a mature bassist to know when to play more or just stick to the roots. There is a whole lot a bassist can play in addition to the root note. You will be surprised by how many songs just have the bass player banging away on root notes. ![]() Choose what sounds best to your ears.Ī good starting point for creating basslines is to play the root of each chord at the moment the chord changes. You can use a low-pitched E, a higher one, or switch between them. You could play the note E anywhere on the bass and be playing the root note. If you know the chords to the music (someone tells you, or gives you the chords in written form), you now have something to play the root note. To play the root note of any chord, just play the note after which the chord is named. For the chord Gb7#11 the root is Gb, the quality is 7 sharp 11.For the chord Fm7 the root is F, the quality is minor 7th.For the chord A7 the root is A, the quality is 7th.(We're focused on the root, so don’t worry about what the chord qualities represent just yet. Here are some example chord names and their roots: Each chord is always named with its root followed by its chord type, or chord quality. Root notes of chords are easy to identify. ![]() Playing the root note helps establish the foundation of the chord the root grounds the chord.īassists play root notes of chords more than any other chord tone. A simple, common way to achieve this is by playing the root note of each chord. Remember, the bassist’s most basic responsibility is to define the sound of each chord with a steady rhythm. As another example, the notes Bb, Db, F, and Ab form a Bb minor 7th chord.
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