bass help

is there any help for bass players?

I'm not sure what's available on the web, but if you want to learn the fretboard. The notes read the same as the 3rd to the 6th string on a guitar.

There are probably other options too, but you could learn what the notes are.

JD

i am really sorrt but no there is no hope for bass players.


just kidding.

i guess it would all depend on what you need help with. if your asking if we can help you learn how to play, then the answer is mostlikely no. a bunch of guitar players arent the right people to ask. while im sure a good number of lessons on this site might help you learn your instrument they still wont cover the basic techs of what a good bass player needs.

but im not one to condem you just cause you play bass. id say look around try some stuff maybe even go get your self a book or two. and youll be ok.

To answer your question [regarding this site], as far as I know, there is nothing specifically for somebody who's trying to learn bass.

That said, that isn't to say that there's nothing here worth learning anyway.

I've learned a lot about playing bass from watching guitarists and even by applying "guitar" techniques to the four string. Sure many of them require some 'fine tuning' due to the logistics and physics of playing on a longer scale and thicker strings (and also a bassist's conventional role in a band) but in music everything relates to everything else.


From here on out, I'm going to presume that you're just starting out – if this isn't the case then go ahead and ignore the rest of this post.


If you haven't already, you need to learn rhythm and you need to learn scales; knowing what key you're in and how to stay in the pocket are critical to playing bass. It's also a good idea to learn chords –*it will help you immensely when it comes to writing your own basslines, improvising on covers that you don't really 'know' yet, learning songs faster (by watching the guitarist[s] and knowing exactly what they're playing) and also because you can use chords as well. Flashier techniques can come in handy later but your bread and butter is going to be knowing how to lock in with the drummer and how to work the key and chord progression of whatever you happen to be playing at the moment. For almost all of these things, this site has resources that can help you out.

There's more of course that you would probably want to learn that Guitartricks is mute on (bass fingerstyle and slap/pop techniques for example) but you should be able to learn most of these things with some other online resources as well as by watching other bassists.


Hope this has helped.