Week 1: Practice Video

Bass Guitar Lessons For Beginners Week 1: Learn the string names, and what all the parts of the bass are called
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Now we're gonna work on playing and saying the names of the strings going from the largest string to the smallest string. The string names are the A, D, and G. Let's try doing that again. And make sure to say them out loud as you play them. ie, A, D, and G. Now we're going to do it with the click track. Play each string as a whole note. So each string will get four clicks.

One, two, ready, go. The two, three, or a 234. The two, three or four For now, we're going to do the same thing with each string being half note. So each string will get two clicks. One, two, ready, go to a to b, to try it again. One, two, ready, go.

E to a to b to be. Now we're going to play the strings backwards using whole notes. One, two, ready, go. G, two, three, or the two, three, or a 234. Be 234 try to get one, two. Ready, go.

D 234, d 234, a 234 or e 234. Now we're gonna play them backwards as half notes. So two clicks for each string. One, two, ready? Oh, G to B to A to B. Now we're going to play the strings forwards and backwards as half notes.

One, two, ready? Go. E to A to B to D. Two, G, two, B, two, a, two, B, two. Now we're gonna play the notes forwards as quarter notes. So each string will get one click. And remember to keep saying the strings out loud as you play them.

One, two, ready, go. E, A, D, gene. One, two. Ready, go. E, A, B, gene. One, two.

Ready, go. E, A, B, gene. One, two. Ready, go. E, A, D, gene. Now let's try playing the strings backwards this quarter notes.

One, two, ready? Go, GE, a, one, two. Ready? Go. Gene, D, A, B, one, two. Ready, go.

G, D, A, D. Now let's play them forwards and backwards as quarter notes. One, two, ready? Go. E, A, D, G, G be a, V. One, two. Ready. So, the A, the gene, G, E, A, E, one, two, ready, go.

E A, the game g e a e

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