Christian Bass Tabs

Bass Versus Guitar Tabs

It's no secret that the Internet hosts many websites that offer guitar tabs for Christian music and other popular genres. However, these sites aren't always very useful for bass players. That's because basses are strung differently from regular guitars. They typically have just four strings instead of the six found on the average acoustic or electric guitar, and the fretboard is much longer. Music for bass is also generally written in bass clef, not treble. Basses also have a very different role in most tunes; they support the rhythm section and don't usually follow a melody line, instead underscoring it. These are a few reasons why it's necessary for bass lines to have their own separate tabs.

Bottom line, bass players haven't always been as active as their fellow guitarists in posting bass tabs to share with other musicians. With that in mind, here are several websites that anyone searching for Christian bass tabs will surely want to explore.

Websites Offering Christian Bass Tabs

Christian Guitar Resources

Christian Guitar Resources is a great source for Christian guitar music, but it also allows visitors the option to search strictly for bass tabs by either band name or song title.

For example, you'll find:

• Over 45 bass tabs for Delirious
• A collection of 19 bass tabs for Christian music favorite DC Talk
• Bass tabs for Sonicflood, including the tunes I Could Sing of Your Love and I Have Come to Worship.

Are you wondering just how accurate these tabs might be? The site also offers registered members the chance to rate each tab and see just how many others checked out each song. Occasionally even lyrics are provided.

Bassmasta

Bassmasta has a considerably smaller collection of Christian music bass tabs than Christian Guitar Resources, but you're bound to find a few favorites.

For example, you'll find:

• Newsboys: The collection includes bass tabs for He Reigns, Deep End, God Is Not a Secret and more.
• Insyderz: This band is well represented with over 34 bass guitar tabs. Some favorites include Shout to the Lord, Lord I Lift Your Name On High and Jesus Draw Me Close among others.
• Jars of Clay: You'll find a collection of 12 bass tabs for Jars of Clay, including Flood and Five Candles.
• DC Talk: There are 11 bass tabs listed for this very popular band, including songs like Supernatural and Jesus Freak.

Tabs at this site are rated by star system, with five stars being the best.

Christian Guitar

If you haven't had any luck search for a particular Christian bass tabs at other websites, chances are you'll find it here at ChristianGuitar.com. Searches are extremely easy, just search by song name. There's no need to remember which band is the performer because the site credits each artist. The site not only offers bass tabs posted on its own pages, it will also redirect you to other sites that have what you're looking for.

Just a few bass tab selections include:

• Awesome God by Unashamed
• One Real Thing by Skillet
• Step by Step by Rich Mullins
• What Have You Been Doing Lately by Reliant K
• Resolution by The Orange County Supertones

Locating Bass Tabs for Traditional Christian Music

If you need bass tabs for some of your old-time Christian favorites, you're going to find that online resources are not as plentiful as they are for contemporary Christian music. For the most part, you'd do well to check your local sheet music store to find bass tabs and standard notation on a song-by-song basis. Local churches may also be another resource to check out, but be aware that in many cases the music is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted legally.

If you happen to be a bass player proficient in writing tabs, why not consider tabbing bass lines for songs like Amazing Grace, Rock of Ages and other traditional Christian/gospel tunes. Your work will be welcome at many of the websites listed above.