July 20, 2010
How To Play Bass Guitar – Lessons for Beginners – Funk Jam
More bass guitar lessons: truefire.com More free guitar lessons – bit.ly On Twitter – www.twitter.com On Facebook – www.truefire.com There are lots of ways to strike the strings on your bass to get different sound. Pulling with your fingers, using a pick, and using your thump to slap the bass and pulling your fingers up from underneath the strings to pop them. The slap and pop techniques are a fun way to get that unique sound, so in this segment Ill show you the basic techniques needed to play in this style. When slapping, the idea is to hit the string from the top/side and with your thumb and then to get it away so that the strings can freely vibrate. When popping, youve got to learn to use your wrist to open up your hand, and by doing so have your fingers pop the strings to get that sounds. We end with a couple of exercises using octaves in an E minor pentatonic scale and introduce the bounce technique to get a double hit with your thumb.
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July 20, 2010
crystalmtkid :
great teaching tool.
piopin :
its inpossible to me
BellumSacrumBellum28 :
Wow, you’re a genius. Who could have ever figured that out on their own? Hitting a string with your thumb. Making contact with a string using your thumb. Pure genius!! Brilliant!!!! A million(thumbs) up for you. You must be a major rock star.
juniorortizpr :
Thanks a lot, man!!! This was my first bass lesson, and I really enjoyed it. Thanks
bigghaph :
which strings r which?
drowe77 :
If I order the video will there be tabs? I don’t know the E minor penetonic scale. Do you teach the scale on the video?
kpJhvid :
Your bass lessons are great!!
kpJhvid :
Your bass lessons are great!!
n4179 :
@TKay2307 yeah you can also pop the G-string or even slap it…
not sure but you can also bounce it…
you know that G-string lick… where you lick the G-string?
Cheeseheadedbeanboy :
@Silks hahaha. yeah. hilarious xD
deathencasedimmortal :
@Silks hell yeah he did
Lifeofbass :
@Nuclearbomb8900 I slightly agree, the A-string seems a bit off, but who really cares…? =P
Nuclearbomb8900 :
Holy crap is that bass off-tune!
Not a lot, but just a little bit that
it’s really annoying.
my0name0is0nothing :
i am at home ..
58ghzful :
Dude you got major hitch hikers thumb
headhumper45 :
@TKay2307 lol
ajam920 :
blablablablabla…..
awesomemattw :
@Silks you will only see him flip you off if you play it from 3:24
Schectler :
i have a hartke too!
MizzPaparazziPrince :
@manguy500 same im gettin mine in 2 months
LegoBricKing :
like Marcus Miller!
bluenessaja :
plucking is grand dude but slap sounds waaay better, practice tapping ur thumb on ur knee,steering wheel, office desk! eventually u wont be so stiff. another tip is try not to look at the strings when ur poppin/slappin only focus on left hand power(if ur right handed) took me almost a year to get it down
royx888 :
Hi i have found a easy way to learn Guitar
Guitarstut(.)com
BarthilasAlliance :
on which axis?
Jigamuffin :
I can’t stand this guys voice :/