How to Play the Bass Guitar : How to Tune a Bass Guitar by Ear

[houseofdominique]

Not being rude, but this is absolutely no use if you don't know what E is supposed to sound like in the first place. So basically, if your all your strings are out of tune and you don't have a tuner of another player to match it, your royally screwed, Great. You're explaining it all too fast and it makes no sense to me.

[MrBullya]

wow like nobody knows this!

[NYhomewrecker]

They're Grrrrrrate!

[nflmj93]

finally! now i know you use the 5th fret all the strings. thats all i needed. thankyou

[MrFunjoWorld]

i dont fucking know how this gets thumbs up if is worthlest

[zappasoul]

buy a tuner!

[zzzzzzqu]

@zappasoul what if you loose your tuner and have to tune by ear huh dude.

[zappasoul]

@zzzzzzqu If you have absolute pitch you can use your ear... If not, ask the guitar player for an A! :) I think the ringing tone of a phone call is in the key of A also, i'm not sure...

[zappasoul]

buy a tuning fork!

[mrluis3510]

can i use the same method of tunning if i get the G string in tune and work up from there?

[thatguy0525]

BENGALS!!!

[steveexplodes]

i flagged this for usless content.

[elgonzo1128]

freaking douche bag made me brake my E string!!!! D:

[mjfoghat]

@elgonzo1128 ---That's funny, I don't care who you are, that's funny.

[internetoo1]

@elgonzo1128  did you broke a bass string??????????? wow!! XD XD XD XD XD

[Edntm]

this is very helpfull i know is hart to hear the difference but with the time you will learn ...also im paying for lessions like this

sory for bad english :)

[MarijuanaTitsAssPuss]

all these comments should get a thumbs up

[Keilz]

What if you dont have one string to tune off of? Like ever string is out of tune?

[MonkeyManBlues]

As he said at the beginning of the video, get the E string in tune with a source (piano, tuning pipe, another instrument) and then tune the other strings to that one in order A, D, G.

[TheGreatMalumba]

lion-o

[brycetoby123]

you suck... i didn't learn shit from you..

[smoon3]

anybody else suddenly have an urge to go eat some frosted flakes?

[random94man]

erg just use an electric tuner for petes sake!

[lowfreq65]

This dude is trippy looking

[gtronan]

yea he just cost me a good fortune i got his i.p adress he owes me a fiver!!!

[ProgressOfTheory]

Dont Try This At Home xD....Belive me..

[MoanaLindsey]

i like harmonics lol

[chrisrydr1121]

my first string broke from you jerk

[silentbob890]

lol thats gotta suck

[DDDragoNNN]

it's written tuning by ear, you deaf idiot -.- use electric tuner, or go play in sandbox

[ProgressOfTheory]

loooool try a software :P

[Leibi83]

Doesn't seem like he enjoys what he is doing there. :-/

[frenchartificer1958]

is that a Bengals jersy? bummer season dude,,,where are you from?

[fillycheese92]

yes

[vonroden]

To tune the "E-String" you could play a song you know plays in open E AC/DCs "Dirty Deeds done Dirty cheap"

That what iam doing when iam to lazy to bring out the Tuner

[takeo1969]

Guys the E string is simple: buy a tuning fork (440hz) and USE IT!!!

[stryderfilms]

how do you tune the e string

[fateonline]

i use weed

[XStraightEdgeFool]

cool.

[RichiBitch]

okayokay i know that, but how to get the E? :D

[Roy1880]

you use the 19th key on the left of middle c on the piano

[RichiBitch]

thank You so much!

[Char92dj8]

I play guitar for about 2 years, A friend just lent me his bass to mess with but i dont have a tuner..... what can i do ??

[Zachain]

do what he did, and for reference to the E, either use a piano / tuning fork, or just tune the e string to whatever sounds ok - and tune the rest of the bass to that.

[broncojazzfan1]

wow that didnt help me at all

[lowgonn]

u got that right

[tigerman9091]

i use a tuner i got from fiat

[ReDhAvEn1993]

lmao magicmaniac is a fool. He obviously hasn't heard of Cliff Burton or Victor Wooten.

[zorntheman99]

i wonder if he could demonstrate how to shave off way too long sideburns next?

[penguinpillow]

nice grammar. you is most goods at word writings.

[letterbekmen]

Yes, Most easiEST

[Tylerandhisbass]

Bengals? You from cinccinatti? Me too I''m learning bass also.

[horsegon1]

this helps but i ccant tune my e so i cant tune at all

ill go buy a tuner

[killthedonkey540]

If you had a song that you knew how to play, which involved the e string (or any other string for that matter, just as long as you knew how to play it) you could have tuned one string to the song, and used any of these two techniques in the video to tune the rest to your tuned string.

[HugelyBig]

... all you have to do is learn how E sounds and you're set.

[buehler740]

yep its the only place I can actually hear it online

[letterbekmen]

i use a piano