One of the best ways to stay focused and dedicated to the process of learning how to play bass guitar is to listen to some masters of the instrument. One of my favorite bassists is Metallica's Jason Newsted. Watch and listen to this awesome bass solo. This is how to play bass guitar.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
How to Play Bass Guitar Lesson 2: Anatomy of a Bass Guitar
For your second lesson on how to play bass guitar, I thought that it would be good for me to describe the anatomy of a bass guitar.
Let's start at the top.
Headstock - the top of the guitar, which contains the tuning keys and machine heads.
Tuning Keys- the bass guitar typically contains four tuning key, one key to tune each string.
Machine Heads - the posts on the headstock that the strings are wrapped around.
Neck - the part of the fretboard that is closest to the headstock.
Fret - the neck is comprised of many frets which you place your fingers on to change the sound of a string.
Dot Position Inlays - these help the bassist know where he needs to put his fingers to play specific notes. They are a quick visual to allow the bassist to know where he is on the fretboard.
Pickguard - a extra protected area on the body of the bass guitar to prevent the bassist from scratching the bass guitar.
Pickups - the area of the guitar that gathers the sound coming from the strings so that the amplifier can play the sound.
Bridge - the area of the guitar where the strings terminate.
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Let's start at the top. Headstock - the top of the guitar, which contains the tuning keys and machine heads.
Tuning Keys- the bass guitar typically contains four tuning key, one key to tune each string.
Machine Heads - the posts on the headstock that the strings are wrapped around.
Neck - the part of the fretboard that is closest to the headstock.
Fret - the neck is comprised of many frets which you place your fingers on to change the sound of a string.
Dot Position Inlays - these help the bassist know where he needs to put his fingers to play specific notes. They are a quick visual to allow the bassist to know where he is on the fretboard.
Pickguard - a extra protected area on the body of the bass guitar to prevent the bassist from scratching the bass guitar.
Pickups - the area of the guitar that gathers the sound coming from the strings so that the amplifier can play the sound.
Bridge - the area of the guitar where the strings terminate.
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Tuning - How to Play Bass Guitar Lesson
When learning how to play bass guitar, one of the first things to learn is how to tune your bass guitar. The method that I will teach you is the relative tuning method where you will learn to tune the bass guitar to sound in tune with itself.
Step 1: Tuning the 4th String
The first step is for you to tune the 4th string, the lowest sounding string and the thickest one. When no fingers are placed on the fret board, the 4th string plays the note E. Find the E key on you piano or on your tuning tool and try to match the sound of the 4th string to the E note. You can raise or lower the pitch of the 4th string by turning the tuning peg associated with the 4th string. One tip for getting the key in tune is to listen for the sounds to collide. When a notes are not in tune, you will hear them collide. As you get closer to being in tune the notes will take longer to collide.
Step 2: Tuning the 3rd String
After the 4th string is in tune, it is time to tune the 3rd string. Start by holding down the 5th fret on the 4th string. Then follow the tuning instructions in step one until the 3rd string sounds in tune with the note played by holding down the 5th fret on the 4th string (A).
Step 3: Tuning the 2nd String
Follow the steps for step 2 except use the note created by holding down the 5th fret on the 3rd string (D).
Step 4 Tuning the 1st String
Follow the steps for step 2 except use the note created by holding down the 5th fret on the 2nd string (G).
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Monday, August 20, 2007
How to Play Bass Guitar With Flea
Learn how to play bass guitar with one of my favorite bassists, Flea from the Red Hot Chile Peppers. I love surfing the net to find cool bass lessons. Youtube has become one of the best places to find bass guitar videos and other videos to teach you how to play bass guitar.
In the video below, Flea jams away with some of the coolest bass rifts of all time. For those of us wanting to learn how to play bass guitar, watching Flea is very inspirational. Tell me what you think of this.
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In the video below, Flea jams away with some of the coolest bass rifts of all time. For those of us wanting to learn how to play bass guitar, watching Flea is very inspirational. Tell me what you think of this.
While I have been able to find some cool videos on how to play bass guitar, this MusicMasterPro lesson program is the best I have found so far. MusicMasterPro contains a gigantic amount of cutting edge, technology assisted information including 200 bass lessons, 18 Video lessons, 20 audio lessons, Exclusive Jam tracks, tablature, Rhythm riffs, Solo Scales, and step by step instructions for all stages. Learning how to play bass guitar has never been easier.
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