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The Bassist's Cheat Sheet.

The Song Map + Nashville Number System for players who want to stop guessing at rehearsal.

IF THIS IS YOU, KEEP READING

→ You show up to rehearsal not knowing the tunes and spend the whole time guessing
→ You don't know what the band expects from you in each section of a song
→ Someone calls a chart in a different key and you freeze
→ You can play the notes but you don't know when to hold back and when to drive
→ You want to look like you belong on the gig - not like you're figuring it out in real time

WHAT'S INSIDE

Cheat Sheet 1 — The Song Map
Every section of a song has a job. This tells you what yours is.
Intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, outro - what the bass needs to do in each one, plus the cues that tell you a section change is coming.

Cheat Sheet 2 — The Nashville Number System
The chart language used on every professional gig.
How to read and use number charts in any key, the most common symbols you'll see, and the two chord progressions that cover most of what you'll ever play.

"Every section of a song has a job. Know the job - and the bass role writes itself."
— Nathan Mays, The Studio

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