What to Learn on Bass (in Order)

So you wanna learn bass… but where do you start with INFINITY bass lessons out there? This video. Here. Stop reading and watch it.

So you’re trying to learn bass.

"This’ll be easy," you say to yourself.

But where do you start? What order do you watch things in? Then you remember some dude on Reddit told you about a great course with really easy to follow lessons but money’s tight, and a private teacher costs even more, what do you do??? AHHHH!!!

Well, I’m gonna screw myself out of a job and tell you the FIFTY-holycrap - yep, FIFTY FIVE steps of what to learn on bass in what order, if paid lessons aren’t an option right now so you too can progress through these 5 levels of bass playing.

In this video, you’ll learn:

- The 55 steps to learning bass.
- Basic technique, from stuff a monkey could do to rockstar status.
- How to set good goals for learning bass.
- How to overcome challenges as you learn bass.
- How to stay confident and motivated.

#BeginnerBassLessons #BassBuzz

[BassBuzz]

How do you keep yourself excited about learning bass, so you don’t get crushed by THE RESISTANCE? 👊

[getampedmiku]

Thankfully i have a tall youtuber bass teacher with strong jawline

[travisreed]

Hello All,

Bass Buzz Is More Than Simply Learning Songs - My name is Travis and I am the actual student at the 10:06 time stamp in this brilliant episode here. I happily joined Bass Buzz in August of 2020 and the support by Josh Man, The Forum, And Other Noobies was unexpected and a pleasant surprise. Just began playing in front of others Spring of 2023 as I worked through the Bass Buzz program at my own pace. I highly recommend researching Bass Buzz and begin your Bad A$$ adventure pronto.

Seriously, if you have any hesitation, ask me. I will answer any of your questions to the best of my ability or I will definitely ask your question in the forum section so that we share concrete proven advice with you all. I have zero regrets and I am so thankful that I signed up to become a Bass Buzz Bad A$$.

Stay Rowdy,
Cheers

[TonyJ]

The production you put into your videos is kinda insane.

[nicolasptrsn]

For those of you considering getting Josh's beginner course, I did a few weeks ago and have ZERO regrets. Do it!

[joshi_ji_senpai]

The timing of this video dropping was too perfect. Just reached a mind bloc on my progress and I desperately needed something like this.

[WeepTheGreed]

I’m self taught so far and I now see the spaghetti mess of how I’ve approached learning. Wow. Now I see all the dead ends I keep running into. I know little bits of lots of stuff.

[alexandergimbel]

When I started learning bass again I watched all the bass education YouTubers and I ended up purchasing Josh's course because of videos like this. I never got the sense that Josh hides the good stuff behind a paywall, even his free videos have all of these carefully curated resources and PDFs.

[nathandiercks]

Videos like this are exactly why I started the Beginner to Badass course three weeks ago. Such a great course! Made it through Billy Jean a couple of days ago (finally!!!!) and I am always stoked to get to the next lesson and look forward to playing every day. Seriously, if you want to learn, and the ability to get the lessons, it is SO worth it. I grew up playing music (trombone) in middle school and high school and Josh is honestly one of the better instructors I have had. Thank you, Sir!

[backlineguy]

I've been playing the guitar since I was 7, and the bass since I was 22...( I'm 64)...learned how to read by the time I was 9, but felt at the time that learning scales and fundamentals was slowing me down, so I quit lessons and started learning by listening to records (The Beatles, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Simon and Garfunkle, America, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd....you get the idea)...I enjoy your videos because you make excellent points for noobs as well as experienced players - don't give up, practice, push through the difficult lessons, learn as much as you can...This has helped me throughout my career as a bassist as well as a guitarist. I've toured as a pro out of Nashville with some pro Nashville acts, and I've been lucky enough to have played in a million bars...there is nothing without music, and it's SO much more fun if YOU'RE making the music...
Keep up the good work, and LISTEN TO THIS DUDE...HE KNOWS HIS STUFF...

[alza]

2:17 names of open strings
2:22 learn to pluck
2:28 learn to fret using all four fingers
2:32 basic rhythms
2:41 learn to read tab
4:10 muting technique
4:14 pluck better - string crossing
4:18 finger roll
4:22 figure out the drums and listen to them
4:32 basic rhythms again (ALOTT)
4:45 chugging rhythm
5:14 sheet music - rhythm notation
6:33 learn basic scales - major scale
6:37 (minor scale)
6:42 key and key signature
6:45 chords and arpeggios
6:49 triads
6:55 diatonic chord progressions
7:46 syncopation
7:57 fret efficiency
7:58 plucking even faster
9:02 common time signatures
9:08 play and count triplets
9:11 shuffle with swinging 8th notes
10:47 16th notes
10:55 syncopated 16th notes
11:15 note length and note muting
11:31 understand 7th chords
12:29 using a pick
13:07 ghost notes
13:21 hammerons and pulloffs
13:31 scale fluency
13:42 one string scales

note: these aren’t all of them! 💁‍♀️💁‍♀️

[jess-jess]

I used to think that half the people promoting the bass buzz course were bots. But what the hell, I bit the bullet and gave it a shot. I’m not even half way done, and I’ve been having so much fun after module 4. Worth it. And thanks Josh!

[EisGlockner]

I learned playing Bass 8 years ago pretty intensively, but still, i watch every video of yours because they are really good and often still have many good tips!

[MatteoAntonyMistretta]

Confession time: I started guitar 25 years ago starting from step 55. It was really hard for me to go back to the basics and relearn everything the proper way. Then I moved to bass, and luckily most of what I learned can be transferred to this instrument (apart from plucking, which I really sucked at first). Thanks Josh for preventing people like me from learning the wrong way!

[wesleybrehm]

Beginner to Badass is a great course. I wish my bass instructor 20 years ago had been as helpful and as awesome as Josh. Thank you for doing what you do!

[henrychinaski]

Got to step 20 and had to stop the video to go and pick up my bass. Which I hadn't played in almost a year. You are something else, Josh, never stop teaching, your love for bass is just contagious. Thank you for reminding me I love playing music.

[BarricadeShane]

Oh wow I'm in this video at the 00:18 second mark!

This channel, Josh himself and the lessons have helped me get better in a big way. I learned how to slow things down to get it right and increase the difficulty and keep working at it and it has helped me keep motivated and learn things that I thought I'd never get better at like octave shapes, string switching and not cutting off notes when they need to ring out. I started the b2b course in late september and finished in about a month and a half and since then I have learned about 20 songs I owe a lot of it to those lessons, the community on bassbuzz and the lessons from the videos on this channel to help me get started!

[AlessandroCassano]

hi Josh, I am on the second run of your Beginner to badass course. I am extremely pleased with the results and am anxiously waiting for you to release a new course from intermediate to advanced. PLEASE let us know something, I don't want to end up in someone else's clutches

[AnnickEudes]

Steps 35 to 41 are what success looks like to me. 10:05: I love the highlight of the actual students!!! ❤

[DramaKweens]

I have tried learning to play the bass with a private teacher for a year. Dropped that and got Josh’s course. So worth itttt! I’ve already made way more progress