From Novice to Pro: Start Here with Bass Lesson Number One for Beginners

I obtain asked all the time in the remarks area where do I start where do I start with your video clips well um I place'' t been able to answer that question since I I don'' t really have a lesson one previously [Songs] Hello close friends and neighbors welcome back to the Brownstone my name is Rich Brown thank you for tuning in uh today is lesson one if you'' re a brand new novice on the base picking it up for the initial time begin right below there are several lessons on the network geared towards beginners however I for some reason uh I'' ve never ever in fact put up a lesson primary if you'' re just picking up the base for the very first time this is where you begin prior to we reach the actual playing we require to talk a little about hand placing due to the fact that this can be particularly testing for brand name new players um currently regarding the best hand is worried there'' s some argument regarding positioning goes and what I claim may not help everybody so I recommend you examine out some different resources this is YouTube there'' s mosting likely to be a great deal of wonderful channels that are mosting likely to tell you specifically uh um what to do as far as hand positioning I will certainly offer you my 2 cents and uh take that with a grain of salt so here'' s what I do generally what I want is for my thumb to be secured somewhere this is where the debate is available in because some people like to utilize the floating thumb method and and I recommend you look that up also and see which technique functions best for you the floating thumb does not benefit me I'' ve tried it over and over once more'and I can ' t do it so what I such as to do resembles to Anchor my thumb either on the bridge pick-up or the neck pick-up or often precisely the neck itself um but for one of the most component I such as to to Anchor my thumb like precisely the bridge pickup often if I'' m playing a bit like on the higher register and the higher strings I'' ll support my thumb like precisely the E string kind of put right in you may not have the ability to see that however type of tucked right in in this corner created by the E string and the pick-up so as soon as my thumb remains in place I wish to get my wrist sort of as straight as possible and a great deal of this will have to do with the positioning of your elbow you can bring the joint out a bit this is probably mosting likely to be much better if you'' re standing [Songs] you may really feel some stress on in the shoulder but if you place if you locate the ideal angle for your joint [Songs] that stress should probably reduce itself and and you won'' t feel it as much to make sure that ' s the bargain I ' m using my first and 2nd finger to play the strings now there was a there was a time when I first began learning this instrument where I did everything with the very first finger and I couldn'' t get the second finger up to speed so what I did was I quit making use of the initial finger and I just utilized the second finger simply to play Whatever and now I really feel that they'' re at equal staminas so when you'' re playing specifically if you ' re having fun much faster tracks you wish to get utilized to the concept of alternating in between the very first and 2nd finger so we'' ll enter some exercises in a bit that will certainly assist you with that said however, for now all I want you to do is simply play the top string that open e and um just play First Finger 2nd finger alternate in between those 2 fingers go back and forth level loud just claim one 2 one 2 you can even go in vice versa and and start with the second finger and most likely to one two one starting with the two either way I desire you to get used to the idea of rotating between those two fingers since if you'' re playing one finger that ' s just dominant whether it'' s the initial or second finger what ' s happening is that finger is mosting likely to come to be more powerful and then when you have to play faster type of expressions or flows or Bass lines you'' re going to encounter a little bit of trouble so what you desire is equal stamina in between these 2 fingers now when it involves the left hand positioning is very essential and the positioning of the thumb is ultra essential if I bring my fingers together like so you can see where my thumb is this is primarily an unwinded position of of bringing the fingers together not necessarily into a fist yet as if you were going to get a sphere so when you see the fingers like this this is what I'' m offering the base and the positioning of the thumb is going to be probably like around the center of the back of the neck right in this manner what happens is I can pivot the thumb and swing it back and forth so I wear'' t always need to make these big stretches among the concerns that I get a lot is that people have difficulty playing utilizing the pinky on the left hand this will certainly aid to deal with that the lower your thumb is on the back of the neck the simpler it will certainly be to utilize your little finger if I bring my thumb up similar to this utilizing my little finger is like beside Difficult however if I bring the thumb to at the highest possible the center of the neck when I say the middle of the neck I suggest if this is the neck relocating in this manner after that my thumb is going to be like right there appropriate so there'' s the neck there ' s my thumb like that does that make feeling and it can be also reduced as you bring the thumb down'it ' s going to be simpler for you to make use of the pinky I ' ll show you what I imply so with the thumb being reduced on the neck and also allowing myself to turn and pivot that thumb so I can obtain a bit more room I have a much bigger span that I can access so below I'' ve gone all the method approximately the fifth fret without relocating my thumb in any way yet you can see how I'' m pivoting with the thumb utilizing that thumb as sort of a fulcrum to accessibility a lot more variety on the neck so let'' s discuss the E string the most affordable string on the bass what I want you to do is concentrate on the initial 3 notes on that E string that'' s going to be the open e and then the very first fret of the E and after that'the third fret of the E to ensure that ' s zero first fret and 3rd fret'currently you can see the fingers that I ' m making use of correspond with the Frets to put it simply I play the open string and after that with the first fret I make use of the very first finger after that with the 3rd fret I utilize the ring finger [Music] that ' s it currently right here ' s your very first exercise what I want you to do at your very own speed you can take this as slow as you desire I desire you to play 4 times on each note four times on the open e four times on the Note f with your very first finger on the initial fret of the E string four times on the Note G with your 3rd finger on the third fret of the E string does that make good sense currently as you ' re doing that with the best hand I want you to alternate between your initial and 2nd finger this could be a little complicated however take it at your own speed take it reduce and make make certain you obtain collaborated to ensure that the hands know specifically what they'' re doing what they ' re meant to be doing this aids you to work the exercise right into What'' s called the muscle mass memory so you don'' t necessarily need to think of what'' s going on the hands already just the hands currently understand what to'do that ' s what we ' re working in the direction of below so take it at your'very own pace I ' m going to go really slow and simply play four times on each note focus on the setting positioning of my left hand and likewise focus on rotating the initial and 2nd finger of the ideal hand below we go one 2 three 4 open e first finger on the initial fret that'' s f 3rd finger on the third fret that ' s G let ' s reverse take it back down to the F at the initial fret and'then open e allow ' s keep doing that first fret f third fret G ring finger we ' ll return down one even more time fifty percent initial fret third fret back to the very first fret and let'' s end on the E international exactly how concerning that point I ought to point out is that if you'' re experiencing any kind of buzzing with any one of these notes then it could relate to the positioning of your finger um in distance to the Fret so what I desire you to do is make certain that you are playing as near to the Fret as feasible virtually like nearly precisely top of it and that should deal with any kind of humming that you'' re hearing as you play so right here I'' m playing the F at the initial fret of the E string and you can see where my finger is in relationship to the Fret it'' s almost like you'can ' t even see the Fret I ' m virtually exactly on top of it and afterwards the same thing I intend to get as close to the Fret as feasible without like really using the Fret that'' s the thing so if you ' re listening to any kind of buzzing it could be that you'' re too far away from the Fret or that you'' re exactly on top of the Fret once again what you wish to do is get as near to it as feasible without playing on top and that should tidy up the tone [Songs] that'' s it I simply desire you to focus on those three notes lesson number one I wish that helps all my beginners around close friends and neighbors um if you such as this lesson do give it a like listen you know what all that things is mosting likely to remain in the summary box listed below I put on'' t demand to go through it like subscribe contribute to the channel if you want blah blah blah um I'' m gon na be back with more lessons for you my good friends and neighbors particularly the newbies but I am not overlooking the rest of y'' all out there my intermediate and advanced gamers I'' ve got some even more stuff coming up for you too but for now I'' m mosting likely to leave it at that and I thanks for seeing me right here in The Brownstone my name is Rich Brown and I'' ll see you in the next video oh [Music]

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