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For some reason, some people (mostly non-musicians) look at most bands and see the bassist as the least important element, but this opinion couldn\u2019t be more wrong. Yes, it\u2019s not very difficult to pick up the bass play a couple of notes, but getting a solid, cohesive sound out of the bass is incredibly difficult and can take years of hard work to achieve. Practically anyone can play a simple bass line, but it takes true skill to get a crisp, solid sound out of the bass. This is a special Musika Lessons bass tutorial. If you want to learn how to play the bass but aren\u2019t sure how to get started, you\u2019ve come to the right place. We\u2019ll walk you through everything from how to produce clear tones on the bass to how to play scales and arpeggios. <\/span><\/p>\n

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To get the most out of this bass tutorial, here\u2019s what you\u2019ll need:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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-A metronome. These are devices that produce consistent rhythms you can practice to. Your local music store will have tons of options available and there\u2019s even loads of cheap and free metronome apps you can download straight to your phone. As you\u2019ll soon see, practicing with a metronome is hugely important for bassists, so make sure you pick up one!<\/span><\/p>\n

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-A pencil and paper. You\u2019ll need to write down some of the information here if you want to memorize it and apply it to your playing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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-A bass amp (optional). You\u2019ll be better off if you have a bass amp to practice to because the bass is too quiet on its own. But if you don\u2019t have an amp yet, don\u2019t let that stop you from getting the most out of this bass tutorial. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Why the bass is so important<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Before we jump into some helpful exercises to get you acquainted with the bass, let\u2019s talk a little bit about why it\u2019s so important. If we think of pieces of music as structures, the bass guitar would serve as a part of the harmonic foundation. The parts of the structure we all know and are familiar with\u2013\u2013the doors, windows, roof and paint\u2013\u2013those are the chords and melodies we hear in music, and they wouldn\u2019t be presented and supported in nearly as effective of a way if it wasn\u2019t for the bass guitar\u2019s important role. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bass is responsible for playing all the low notes in a piece of music. Often, the bass plays the roots of chords found in songs. And in case you aren\u2019t familiar, the root note is the foundation of a chord, and with that note we\u2019re able to discern what key the chord is in. But that\u2019s not all the bass does. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The notes the bass is capable of playing are often so low that listeners can\u00a0feel them over hearing them. This is why the bass works so well with the percussion elements of a band and is even considered to be a main component of a band\u2019s rhythm section. In particular, the bass works in concert with the bass drum to form the bones of a piece of music: the basic rhythm and foundation of the chord progressions. So yeah, the bass does often get overlooked, but it\u2019s an extremely important component in the music we all know, love and listen to. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Now that you know what the bass guitar does, let\u2019s show you how to play the thing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Holding the bass<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The correct position for holding the bass changes slightly from person-to-person, but as a general rule, you\u2019re going to want to situate the body of the bass upright against your torso. Some bass beginners mistakenly position the neck of their instrument up against their torso so they can see their fingers more easily, but holding the bass like this is bad technique, and you\u2019ll have trouble playing even the most basic material this way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pick vs. fingers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Depending on the style of music you\u2019re interested in playing, you\u2019ll either play the bass with a hard pick or your fingers. Lofty bass aficionados will insist that the bass can only be properly played using your fingers, but there\u2019s plenty of examples of great bassists using a pick to play, particularly in the punk genre. For the sake of this tutorial, we recommend beginning by using your fingers and then switching to using a pick when you feel comfortable. It\u2019s much harder to do it the other way around, and there\u2019s a ton of vital bass technique that gets lost when you only use a pick to play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hugely important that you learn to employ the <\/span>alternate picking<\/b> technique right from the very beginning. Whether you use your fingers or a pick, alternate picking is the technique of alternating the way you pick each time you hit a note. If you\u2019re using your fingers, this means that you\u2019ll alternate between your index and middle fingers. If you\u2019re using a pick, alternate between picking down and up. You\u2019ll use this technique for most everything you play on the bass: lines of melody, scales and exercises. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Reading bass tabs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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We\u2019ve got a few bass exercises to show you, but first let\u2019s talk about how to read bass tabs. Tabs are not music notation. Learning how to read music is massively important for bassists and all musicians, but tabs are a way of communicating big musical ideas in a simple way. We recommend learning to read music as quickly as you can, but tabs serve as a sort of music notation shorthand. With tabs, we can learn scales, bass lines and other exercises in a quick and easy way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In bass tabs, lines represent the bass\u2019 strings and the numbers represent its frets. In case you don\u2019t already know yet, frets are the boxes located on the neck of the bass. If you see a \u201c0\u201d placed on a string in a bass tab, that\u2019s an instruction to play that string as open. Here\u2019s a simple bass tab to help you get started:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tabs are great, but they can\u2019t do one massively important thing: instruct you how to play with the correct rhythm in a piece of music. For scales and exercises, you can set your own rhythm, but if you\u2019re trying to play someone else\u2019s music, you\u2019ll have to try to match the rhythm of the music you\u2019re learning, and that can be really difficult. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Bass Tutorial Exercise #1: Up and down warmup<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Our first exercise is designed to introduce your hands and fingers to the bass. You\u2019ll start by playing the lowest string on the bass open without your left hand fingers touching the guitar. This string, which we\u2019ll call the fourth string, should be the string closest to you. After you\u2019ve played that string, press your left hand\u2019s index finger down on the same string\u2019s first fret and play that note. Use your middle, ring and pinky fingers to play the second, third and fourth frets. You don\u2019t need to keep your fingers held down for new notes to be produced, by the way. Copy this exact same sequence on every string until you reach the first string\u2019s fourth fret. Then, repeat everything you did but backwards until you reach the fourth open string. <\/span><\/p>\n

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To get the most out of this exercise, make sure you use the alternate picking technique we discussed and to practice what you see here to the slow click of a metronome. Start slow and make sure you\u2019re as solid as possible with playing this exercise\u2019s notes to a strict rhythm. Us bassists should use every opportunity we can to develop our rhythm skills!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bass Tutorial Exercise #2: Major scales<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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In our last exercise, we got your fingers used to playing notes on the bass. For this next one, we\u2019ll introduce you to a simple major scale shape. Want to know what makes our lives a little easier as bassists? When can move everything from intricate bass lines to the simple major scale shape we\u2019re about to show you to other places on the bass as long as the material doesn\u2019t have any open notes. Anything with closed notes (notes that require you to press your finger down) can be moved to different keys as long as the relationship between notes are the same. After you learn this simple scale shape on the third fret, create your own major scale drill by practicing this shape with a metronome. Without pausing, play one major scale on each fret before moving up or down the bass.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bass Tutorial Exercise #3: Major and minor arpeggios<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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For the most part, us bassists don\u2019t really play chords that often\u2013\u2013chords are when two or more notes are played simultaneously\u2013\u2013but learning some simple arpeggio shapes is a great way to get ready to support the chords played in the music we\u2019re a part of. Not to be confused with a scale, arpeggios outline the notes of different chords. But like scales, if we play closed arpeggio shapes, we can move them all over the fretboard and to any key. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, that about wraps up this special Musika Lessons bass tutorial. We recommend practicing the material from this tutorial at least three times a week for an hour each practice if you want to really internalize the concepts introduced here. But if you\u2019re really serious about wanting to learn how to play the bass, we recommend working with an experienced teacher in your area. No tutorial or online video can replace the warmth and patience of a knowledgeable teacher. For more helpful articles about the world of music, check out what else we\u2019ve got posted on our blog<\/a>! <\/span><\/p>\n

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