Becoming a proficient musician requires learning at least some of the language of music.
Becoming a half-way decent Bass Guitarist really requires that you can play a certain pitch on demand. If you put your finger on a fret and play that string, what note are you playing? How can you communicate to other musicians, especially instruments that don't have frets such as a piano? And what if the other musician is playing a C chord, where do you put your fingers and how do you know that you are playing the right note?
The only way is to learn these simple series of notes. Here we have one set of notes for each string - learn them one at a time (some people like to start with the A string, as it most resembles the alphabet).
Eventually you will learn songs at lightning speed, with no need for tabs or sheets of music, by simply recalling the chord sequence in your memory (such as C, D, G) and moving to the relative note on your fret board. It really is a simple but massively useful tool!
Becoming a half-way decent Bass Guitarist really requires that you can play a certain pitch on demand. If you put your finger on a fret and play that string, what note are you playing? How can you communicate to other musicians, especially instruments that don't have frets such as a piano? And what if the other musician is playing a C chord, where do you put your fingers and how do you know that you are playing the right note?
The only way is to learn these simple series of notes. Here we have one set of notes for each string - learn them one at a time (some people like to start with the A string, as it most resembles the alphabet).
Eventually you will learn songs at lightning speed, with no need for tabs or sheets of music, by simply recalling the chord sequence in your memory (such as C, D, G) and moving to the relative note on your fret board. It really is a simple but massively useful tool!
E String
A String
D String
G String
So, by now, you should be noticing how any B note is immediately followed by a C note (with no gap between the two), no matter what string or whereabouts on the neck you are. The same also applies to E and F.
And the frets in between C and D, or D and E, F and G...? Well, we will be learning about those in a lesson called "Sharps and Flats" later on!
And the frets in between C and D, or D and E, F and G...? Well, we will be learning about those in a lesson called "Sharps and Flats" later on!
Click here to download all of the above tabs, compiled into one handy reference sheet ready for printing:
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