Bass Guitar : How to Tune a Bass Guitar by Hand

Tune a bass guitar by hand by tuning the E string first, using a piano or a guitar, and then tuning the other three strings to the corresponding notes on the E string. Find out how to match pitch and compare tones when tuning a bass guitar in this free video music lesson from a bass guitar instructor.

Expert: Steve Bauman
Contact: www.summerhaysmusic.com
Bio: Steve Bauman has been playing bass guitar for 15 years. He instructs on his own time as well as for Summerhays Music located in Murray, Utah.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

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• bass
• bass guitar
• bass lessons

[Counted01]

@belkotar Yea you can, you just have to play scales.

[Ofx78y]

u cant even hear the bass in a song

[panagiwths100]

how can i tune the fucking bridge????

[freakystyleyman]

just plug in to a tuner and save yourself from this dude

[Eukatheude]

Tuning using harmonics is much more precise and even easier imo.

[RDdaNINJA]

@kevin1237799 Hahaha, I dont either.  :)

[kevin1237799]

@RDdaNINJA do rock,metal,metalcore, or deathcore (wich i don't recommend)

[CrypticWand621]

@Ofx78y Look up "Hyper Music", "Hysteria", and "Muscle Museum" by the band Muse. These are very good basslines loud and clear that you can hear.

[freshNclean82]

@RDdaNINJA ...your audience might care

[ChaoticTheOne]

@RDdaNINJA good luck >_<

[RDdaNINJA]

@33alienware Note: Not EXACTLY in tune. You missed out that word, though I do see where you are coming form. But as of right now, I'm trying to create a style of music where everybody in the band is an equal. What I mean is: Guitar Solo, Keyboard Solo, & BASS solos, all in the same song. And have the guitarist & bassist switch off instruments ever other song, so they get an equal amount of chicks after the concert :)

[33alienware]

@RDdaNINJA If it's not tuned in how are you going to support the band??? cause the bass is supposed to support the rest of the band! your the foundation of the pyramid even if your not in front!