Bass Sweeping Exercise for Beginners.

1st: E G B E G B
2nd: E G B E G B C
3rd: Eb G B D F# A
4th: Eb G B D F# A B

This is a simple exercise useful for people getting into sweeping with tapped added notes.
I hope it is useful to you :)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bass
• Sweep
• Tap

[Salvadorinvincible]

How do you mute the lower strings when you go to the higher strings :D?

[Kirameo1]

@Salvadorinvincible

It's all about the position of your left hand. as soon as your finger has left the string it should either stop ringing or make a harmonic note (fret 12), which sounds well.

[Salvadorinvincible]

@Kirameo1 but if you are playing like for example a walking-bass line you don't want that harmonic note either but when it comes to sweeping it is good :D?

[Kirameo1]

@Salvadorinvincible

Eh, it depends. If you are playing fast, then you want a clean sound in which case you need to mute the strings... there are many methods to achive this. You can palm mute them or put a wristband in the neck for instance (I've never done this btw)

[steweDbass]

Learn to walk before you learn to run guys. Sweeping is not for beginners, although of course you can try it, but to get it down well you need to build up muscle strength and control so trying this at beginner level may actually be harmful. Not to say i don't like the content of this lesson, I do, but it ain't for beginners!

[Kirameo1]

@steweDbass

It's meant for beginners AT sweeping. I understand that it may confuse people.

[Kirameo1]

@vision10169666

Beginners at sweeping :)

[vision10169666]

for beginners? well im a beginner and it would take me a year to get that down

[Salvadorinvincible]

@Kirameo1 Well thanks for your help man :)!

[vision10169666]

@Kirameo1 definatly awesome tho

[metalman1a]

it's taking me a while to change from the going down part to the going up part but I'm getting there

[TheJrodmonkey]

very nice man :) sounds awsome, working on getting this down now