How to Write Heavy BASS Lines • Music Theory from Front Line Assembly "Purge"

<p> </p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="QA-0JECEC5w" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QA-0JECEC5w?rel=0&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align:center;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-huge"><strong>How to Write Heavy BASS Lines</strong></span></h2><h3 style="text-align:center;"> </h3><p style="text-align:center;"> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;"><meta charset="utf-8"></h3><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3dd6175e-7fff-d4dc-b1af-e3c80afc236b"><span class="text-huge" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 1. Syncopated Octaves</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">Set up one bar of 4|4 with your grid on 1/16 notes, and your tempo at 110 BPM. You’re gonna start by using only one note, and the octave of that note. We’re using A in our example. So, draw in every 1/16 note on the low A. Now, play around with moving a handful of them one octave up.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">These high notes will make accents in your bass line, so you want them to create a cool rhythm all on their own. And one of the best ways to do that is to syncopate most of them. In other words, most of them will not be on the main beats. All that syncopation adds tons of energy!</span></p><p> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr"><span class="text-huge" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 2. High Line</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">Your bass line actually consists of two lines now: a high line, and a low line. So in this step you’re gonna add a melodic element to your high line. A great note to start on is the ♭3 (which is C in our example), as it’s super strong and moody! And by the way, if these flats and numbers confuse