Unlike most other bass-players on youtube he publishes serious lessons, but he also makes them entertaining with nice video-edits and little add-ons. Moreover he can explain famous instrumental-parts (not only bass-parts) of well known songs like nobody else. He has even established own trademarks, for example the color orange or his lofi-look of the thumbnail-pictures. […]
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EADGBE bass tuning is one of the most widely used configurations, opening up many possibilities. Stacked 4ths make chord shapes easier to recall while providing fuller sounding chords. Some bassists employ drop tuning for a heavier sound or to match their guitarist, taking care not to add or reduce tension and risk breaking a string.
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A bass guitar neck plays an integral part in shaping its sound. To meet string tension requirements, these are typically constructed of harder woods. Fretboards, commonly referred to as fingerboards, can be made out of many different kinds of wood/materials including rosewood, maple and ebony. Thickness Thickness of neck is one of the key elements
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The bass guitar provides the low end of songs by filling out their low register, creating a solid foundation for other parts of a band’s sound. To add even greater depth and character to your bass line with basic chords and scales. Chords work best on bass when they don’t interfere with other chordal instruments’
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Learning bass guitar fret notes is an essential step in your progression. It opens up a whole new neck area, breaks you out of some old patterns and improves your overall intonation up and down the string. A half step (also known as a minor second) is equal to one fret (moving left and right)
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Bass guitar is much simpler to learn than piano due to the proximity of its notes. Memorizing will come naturally if you find relationships or patterns that make sense to you. A fretboard, commonly referred to as a fingerboard, is a flat surface made from wood such as rosewood or maple. Other varieties may include
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Your pick selection can have an enormous effect on both tone and playability, so try out various shapes and materials until you find the ideal pick for yourself. Idealistically, it would be ideal to learn to use as little of the pick as possible in order to be precise with picking and reduce string displacement.
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Bass guitar notes may seem intimidating at first, but with proper instruction and practice they are actually easier than you think. Start by gathering a notation chart of your bass guitar’s strings. Next, work through it fret by fret with flat notes being half step lower. Open E-string The open E-string of a bass guitar
Bass arpeggios are a great way to build finger dexterity and familiarity with the fretboard. They also help to give a fuller harmonic foundation to your bass lines when used alongside chords. The basic four note triads are the best to start with. They’ll be the basis for everything you add to them later; rhythms,
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Bass guitar knobs are an important factor in controlling your instrument’s tone, with knobs serving to either add brightness and punch or warm and mellowness to its sound. Here we explore several of the most crucial bass guitar knobs and explain their purpose and operation. Split shaft knobs feature one coarse 18-spline fit on one
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