Hip Hop Bass Tabs

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Although it will be frequently found that a lot of hip hop uses bass samples in order to create its bass lines, hip hop bass tabs are, nevertheless, a popular search for bass guitarists. Hip hop bass lines are usually funky, groovy lines that often repeat short phrases. These bass riffs, along with the drumbeat that is often also sampled, are the foundation of the song.

Hip Hop Bass

The samples come from a wide variety of sources: soul music, reggae, 60s music, jazz, blues, heavy metal and sometimes even other hip hop songs. Whatever their source, including when they are self-created by the artists, bass players love to learn to play this great music. In order to do so, bass players will frequently tab out bass lines for other players and distribute them on the Internet. There are myriad sites that offer these bass tabs, often free of charge and usually in text form.

Where to Find Hip Hop Bass Tabs

The list of websites on the Internet that contain hip hop bass tabs is not endless, but it is quite large nonetheless. Usually, general guitar tab websites will have sections for bass tabs, and here you'll usually find a number of bass tabs for hip hop. Sometimes there is no specific categorization for hip hop bass, and the songs have to be found through searches of the song title or artist’s name. However, there are a number of websites that concern themselves exclusively with bass tabs for hip hop songs. These sites offer a one-stop solution for bass guitarists interested in the hip hop and rap music genres.

This is a selection of such websites:

  • Bass Masta: Bass Masta contains a lot of information for hip hop bass and is exclusively related to hip hop music. It has a facility for narrowing any search to specific sub-genres of hip hop, such as acid jazz, rap, house and urban hip hop. There is also a search function as well as A to Z categorization.
  • GuitarMasta.com: GuitarMasta.com also has a long list of hip hop tabs for bass that runs the gamet from Will Smith to 50 Cent.
  • E-Chords: E-Chords is a general guitar tab website with a large section for hip hop bass tabs. This website contains tabs from such artists as Souljah Boy, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys and a lot more. There is also an international flavor to this website with hip hop artists from Brazil, England, Spain and Argentina included among the more famous American artists.

Tabs in Book Form

There are also a number of books available for players who like to have the tabs on hand, or who just like to collect music books.

  • Music Room has hip hop, funk and jazz tablature books for sale on its website.
  • Active Musician also has a selection of books that are helpful to players looking to play hip hop bass, including a book of Motown bass tabs that can be helpful for any bass players who like artists that sample a lot of Motown music.

Generally, there is a lot of information out there for aspiring hip hop bass players; all that is needed is a little leg work in research and a lot of practice.

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