Guitar Tips : How to Get Started Playing Bass

Beginning bass players should start with a four-string bass and learn all the controls, such as volume, tone and pickup selection features. Begin playing bass guitar with tips from an experienced musician in this free music-education video on bass playing.

Expert: Jim Federico
Bio: Jim Federico is an accomplished guitar instructor in Nashville, TN. He has a degree in Music Education and has been playing for over 35 years.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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Entertainment

Tags:

• musical instruments
• guitars
• instruments
• music
• dobro
• music theory
• notes
• scales
• strings
• chords
• classical guitar
• electric guitar
• acoustic guitar

[THEYCALLMEDRLOVE1997]

like bar is yodas light saber

[Bassluv99]

I bruised my thumb when I was playing hard slap with my band.

[HippyManEyeballs1]

i wanna hear you play a rush song. 

[Forkenzo]

this guys obviously plays with a pick all the time, because his finger technic isnt that great

[337bass]

bass can be played with whatever you want fingures pick thumb whatever. Everyone that says ohohoh bass is playd only with fingures are the ones that have never picked one up ...Megadeth motley crue guns n roses... thats just a few of the bands that use picks! and many more. All badass.

[houssam1997]

rule 1:Bass = fingers

[sakarilind]

@PAPERisFUN for example Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue plays with a pick, amongst many others, just to let you know

[AldoZuper]

@PAPERisFUN yes you can dumbass!!

[penguim1996]

@PAPERisFUN whatever -_-

look it up. you can play with a pick. end of story.

[PAPERisFUN]

@penguim1996 LIES