How To Play Bass Guitar - Lessons for Beginners - Chromatic Scales & Accidentals

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Now we are going to learn the names and positions of all the notes on your Bass. We will do this by playing a chromatic scale up and down the neck on each of the open strings. This will help you to familiarize yourself with the notes and eventually visualize the entire neck harmonically. Well also be introduced to enharmonics, which is when the same pitch will be named differently according to what key you are in and what direction you are moving on the neck. You will understand the difference between an A sharp and a B flat! We will also get used to using all four fingers to fret the notes and how to keep from having flying fingers so that your left hand will be in a good position to make it easy to get the notes out.

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[jmalpica1982]

I am a beginner player... each video very helpful but I wish they were in order I am not sure how to follow. Also, I don't see those dots on the neck of your bass... I guess it would make it easier to follow on my bass as you play the lesson.

[imtherightguy]

very important info (beginners wonder why E and F, and B and C do not have sharps or flats between)

Remember- BC and EF are married. they do not have sharps or flats between them

[GodOfWhiteOut]

how hard do u push down on the strings im so confused please help!

[murlocsaver]

but i said before just like guitar, no it appears as in the bass it's longer the basic notes that are naturally on the guitars first 3 gaps (i'm not sure how they're called in English since i learned it in Spanish it's know as trastes, i just heard it's called frets)

[murlocsaver]

its exactly like guitar, of course i learned in spanish so sharps are called bemol or sostenidos which are origanaly italian

[MendozaMichelle100]

can you work out which lesson is which, they are not numbered?

[wesleychezz]

Wait im confused, when you went back up and down when you changed from sharps to flat, why did it change? It looks like D# is played on the same fret as E flat :/

[Druidianna]

@imtherightguy BC and EF are married, is that just a saying or is there something behind it? Thx :)

[hovannes80]

great

[NeonPurple3000]

so the notes you play are inbetween the lines and on the lines?

[TwoSevenElevenEighty]

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[cislas89]

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