Pieces › The left hand

The hit-song bass line

C – G – A – F: the bass line of hundreds of songs

These four bass notes (C, G, A, F) carry the four most used chords in pop. New position: pinky on the low F, thumb on C.

The computer plays the chords above: listen, it already sounds like a song.

Heard in: Let It Be, Someone Like You, No Woman No Cry, With or Without You, Don’t Stop Believin’

Tips

• Only look at your hand during the changes, not during the whole note.

One bass note per measure

C (1), G (4), A (3), F (5): one whole note each, twice.

The pulsing bass

The same progression in steady eighth notes: the driving bass of rock ballads.