Bass Piano Arpegiation - Pop

[Brownz]

Hi, In pop when using a bass arpegiation what do musicians usually do when playing pop on the piano? For example, if im in the key of C Major:

And im playing:

C G C G C G C G

Is this correct when using a bass arpegiation for pop? It sounds abit repetitive

 

[bandcoach]

it works.

You could consider using rhythmic variation as well as using the E at times....

 

[Brownz]

C G C G E G C? hmm

 

[bandcoach]

sure,

[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/brownzBassArp.mp3[/mp3]

 

[makemusicnet]

Using just C's and G's can sound fine depending on the style you're writing in. However, if it sounds bare to you, you might want to use and E, and maybe consider some of the other notes of the major scale to create a really interesting bassline