Bass Guitar For Beginners What Bassists Should Know

In this video I give the fundamental knowledge that bassists should know... notes, triads, chord progressions, the relationship with bass and guitar, etc. This is bass for beginners and will get you off to a good start.

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Chapters to this lesson:
Notes- 1:15
Half Step/Whole Step- 2:00
Laying Out Notes On Neck- 3:42
Tuning- 8:00
C Major Scale- 10:20
Bass Play Along- 11:30
Chords In C Major- 11:55
Triads- 14:22
1-4-5- 17:00
Bass Play Along- 19:45
Guitar Play Along- 21:00
1-5-6-4- 22:00
Bass Play Along- 24:58
Guitar Play Along- 25:48
1-6-4-5- 27:07
Bass Play Along- 28:45
Guitar Play Along- 29:18

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[michaelweymouth]

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[NousSpeak]

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[justwin]

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[jrusovich]

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[alm]

First 8 minutes have cleared up my understanding of the fretboard and I've been dabbling with guitar and bass for nearly 40 years!

[Aesthetic-universe]

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[AlaryWoods]

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[kevspeakstruth]

Not even 5 mins into this video and I’m already moving so much smoother on my axe. 10/10 video dude love how simple you made it seem!

[МашаМаша-вя]

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[olepal]

Been playing what I refer to as very "basic" bass since 1979. Never really go much better. 7 minutes into this video and I already know more than I did before I began watching. This is great stuff.

[ml]

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[rhondalyn]

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