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Beginner Bass Lessons

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Overview

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Embark on a comprehensive 8-hour journey through beginner bass guitar fundamentals. Master essential techniques, avoid common pitfalls, and develop a solid foundation for your bass playing. Learn fretboard navigation, explore easy shapes for creating kickass bass lines, and discover effective methods for learning scales. Dive into crucial topics such as proper strap usage, instrument anatomy, tuning techniques, and basic plucking and fretting methods. Tackle popular beginner bass lines, simple funk and blues patterns, and learn how to play effectively with a drummer. Progress through various skill levels with finger exercises, chord techniques, and an introduction to slap bass. Gain valuable insights on tone improvement, muting techniques, and creating dynamic bass fills. By the end of this course, you'll have acquired a comprehensive set of skills and knowledge to elevate your bass playing and avoid common beginner mistakes.

Syllabus

Very, Very, VERY First Beginner Bass Lesson (7 Steps).
Learn Your Bass Fretboard Notes (Easy Starter Method).
5 Easy “Shapes” for Kickass Bass Lines (Bassist Shortcuts).
How to Learn Bass Scales (Become a Better Bassist, Not a Robot).
Bass Straps (Beginner Bass Basics).
Bass Guitar Parts (Beginner Bass Basics).
How To Tune Your Bass (Beginner Bass Basics).
Basic Bass Plucking Technique (Beginner Bass Basics).
Basic Bass Fretting Technique (Beginner Bass Basics).
Are You Fretting the Wrong Way? (Bass Fingering Showdown).
5 Popular Beginner Bass Lines (Are You Playing Them Wrong?).
3 Beginner Bass Riffs (You Can’t F*** Up).
Beginner Funk Bass Made Simple (Bootsy’s Funk Formula).
Beginner Bass Mistakes (5 Tips to Suck Less).
5 Beginner Bass Myths (Busted).
6 Bass Tone Fixes (Beginners, Stop Sounding Like a Newb).
Beginner Blues Bass "Survival Shapes” (Simple Method for 12 Bar Blues).
7 Easy Blues Bass Line Formulas (The Blues Box).
How to Play Bass with a Drummer (Foolproof Beginner Blueprint).
5 Levels of Bass Finger Exercise (Beginner to Advanced).
Idiot-Proof Bass Chords (2 Easy Chords for Any Song/Jam).
Idiot-Proof Beginner Slap Bass (Every F**king Detail You Need to Get Started).
Slap & Pop Bass - Bad vs Good Technique (Beginner/Intermediate).
Are You an Intermediate Bassist? (17-point Checklist).
3 Steps to Killer Bass Fills (for Beginners).
Your Bass Muting Technique Sounds Like S**t (How to Fix It).
20 Tips I Wish I Knew as a Beginner Bassist (Avoid My Dumb Mistakes).
Bass Lines *Any Style* with Just 2 Notes (for Beginners).
Boring Bass Lines Fixed (With 1 Simple Walkup Trick).
10 Songs that Taught Me Bass (Easy to Effin’ Hard).
Bassist Answers Google’s Top Bass VS Guitar Questions.
Better Bass Tone with “The Producer Switch” (costs $0).
The 10 Rules of Bass Playing (That Pros Break).
How to JAM a Metal Bass Solo Like Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath).
Why Beginner / Intermediate Bassists Sound “Karaoke-y”.
Are You Plucking the Wrong Way? (Raking v. Alternating Showdown).

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BassBuzz

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