I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. Romans 1:16
Just began Learning. . .
The bass guitar and I need some pointers and techniques on how to play it. I know this is mainly acoustic/electric guitar forum but there has to be a couple people out there who can help me.
# 1
Ok now here's a specific question: How do you stop the buzzing that occurrs like when your doing something fast and don't hit the frets just right? Is it me or do I have a crappy bass? Another thing: when playing and again I like to play alot of fast stuff, how do you pluck the string without making a clicking noise (the string is hitting the fretboard or something)? One more thing, How do you make that sudden muted sound? it's not just a regular muted sound it's like( I know I'm being stupid noew so no comments please:() bum-bum-bum-mute-bum-mute-bum. Do you know what I'm talking about? It almost sounds like a drum beat or something but I've heard people play that noise without a drummer. Rask I'm especially waiting for your opinion since you play the bass. Thanx in advance :D
[Edited by Guitarin'4Jesus on 02-10-2001 at 05:42 PM]
[Edited by Guitarin'4Jesus on 02-10-2001 at 05:42 PM]
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. Romans 1:16
# 2
About the mute-technic: You have to lift your finger slightly from the fretted note, just after you've picked it. Only lift it so it'll mute, not till it will bable on the open string. Also you can mute with your picking hand. On guitar, we use the palm, but on bass you'll use the picking fingers. Most bassplayers use two fingers alternately when picking, kind of the same when guitarist pick up and down. Altough the best thing to develop as a bassplayer is picking with 3 fingers ALTERNATELY! This no piece of cake to learn! But it'll surely pay off some day.
Oh damn, back to the question.
If you start by picking with your indexfinger on the low E-string, fretting an A (5th fret), obviously the next pick-finger is the middlefinger. JUST after you've picked the note, land the middlefinger on the string, DON'T PICK IT, and at the same time release the pressure on the fret (as I described before). This way you'll mute the hole string, above the pickups AND above the fretted note.
So after that, you'll fret another note, pick it with the middlefinger and again, JUST after, land on the string with the index again (or the ringfinger if you want to try with 3 pickingfingers), and again mute above the fret just by releasing the fretted note but still keeping the finger in touch with the string.
Phew! Hard to explain, even for a dane like me. Hope you can use it.
Fiddles
Trolle
Oh damn, back to the question.
If you start by picking with your indexfinger on the low E-string, fretting an A (5th fret), obviously the next pick-finger is the middlefinger. JUST after you've picked the note, land the middlefinger on the string, DON'T PICK IT, and at the same time release the pressure on the fret (as I described before). This way you'll mute the hole string, above the pickups AND above the fretted note.
So after that, you'll fret another note, pick it with the middlefinger and again, JUST after, land on the string with the index again (or the ringfinger if you want to try with 3 pickingfingers), and again mute above the fret just by releasing the fretted note but still keeping the finger in touch with the string.
Phew! Hard to explain, even for a dane like me. Hope you can use it.
Fiddles
Trolle
# 3