7 Bass Techniques To Advance Your Playing

Work on essential bass techniques including; alternate plucking, raking, rolling, muting, ghost notes, hammer-ons, and hand shifts!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:13 alternate plucking
01:55 muting/ghost note technique
03:32 raking (and hammer-ons)
05:32 rolling
07:33 timing/coordination/touch
08:52 hand shifts
09:25 How to get your timing better
10:55 practice techniques/outro

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[Bonanza]

Dan, as a beginner bass player from the Netherlands i follow a lot of your videos a d have already learned a lot from your lessons . Just wanted to say thank you for Al the explanation, time and patience . Greetz from the Netherlands.

[LanceRohde-pp]

Theres a few great techniques i've searched for YEARS baked in this video. Now I know and hope to engrain them in my playing. Thank you!

[richardvalentine]

I thought I was further along in my bass playing journey! (1 year in). Can play along with a bunch of songs, my tone is reasonably good, I can use 2 and 3 finger technique reasonably well, and can make some good sounds come out of the amp. Following along with this lesson this morning, and having difficulties with much of it - which is a good thing.

Many thanks Mr. Hawkins for showing me some technical stuff I need to work on. I owe you a pint of your favourite beverage.

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[joseflipsok]

This is actually way more informational than I thought it would be, I def think this is going to help me improve with my bass. As a guitarist, this is genuinely fun to learn

[piknik]

Tanks Dan, I have learned a lot with your lessons. You are a great bass player and an excellent teacher!!

[matheusrossi]

Just found your channel, straight to the point, has tabs aaand sheets too. Very nice, gold content

[Keychain-]

This video couldnt have come at a better time for someone like myself who has been ignoring alternate plucking (wannabe Jamerson smh), currently uncomfortable with pinky finger rolling, never tried a hammer-on before, deathly afraid of ghost notes, and yea just a beginner in general open to exploring all of these techniques in one convenient exercise.

Thanks for the perfect upload Dan!

[michaelanthony]

GREAT lesson Dan ! Thank you, you’re awesome !

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I love how you learn while teaching, you are truly a scholar and a gentleman.🫡

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[keithbolger]

Brilliant lesson. A lot to work on but so encouraging. Thanks again Dan😊

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[trumpsolo]

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[ron]

Hi Dan, simply amazing, you’ve inspired me to take up Bass guitar, just wondering if you have a recommendation for someone with small hands like a short scale, or should I look at full scale. I’m also interested in your set as it sounds great. I will look at getting your bass course to help and support me. Regards Ron

[Dragons]

Another excellent lesson. I was noticing that between the second and third notes (A and the octave above it) you give the strings a kind of percussive tap with your plucking hand, marking the eighth rest. Is there a word for this technique and do you have any pointers about it? Unlike ghost notes, I am not sure that I have ever seen this mentioned. (incidentally, I own your Creative Bass Technique book. Really good value!)

[ronallan]

Jaco Pastorius practiced alternating fingers religiously. I like that approach and having exceptions seems to cover up technique problems. Just one bass player’s opinion …

[florisvanderveen]

Hi Floris from The Netherlands here, great bass line! Keep getting my fingers mixing up at The part of The box shape 7-7, 5- 5 you say index- middle, index - middle, but i keep doing index - middle, middle index it feels more natural to me because of The ranking on descending. Is this a problem its better doing in your way since you start on The index again.