Beginner Bass Guitar Lesson: Left Hand Technique
View tabs at www.freeguitarvideos.com Left Hand Technique is a free video lesson by Russ Rodgers for beginning bass guitar. This lesson will teach you proper left hand form which will help you become a more efficient player. We will first cover the proper positioning of the hand and fingers and then move on to some exercises that will eliminate excess motion from your fingers.
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Bass is all about scales isn’t it?
Is it normal to use a plectrum at bass?
you can use a plectrum but it realy depends on the type of music.
if you are playing rock you would use a plectrum but for something like blues you would use your fingers. but it realy comes done to what u fell comfortable doing
no, no it’s not.
Thank you for you very informative comment, I must say I have never seen a bass player strum a chord.
just because bassists don’t bang out power chords all day doesn’t mean playing bass revolves around playing scales.
really? because I’ve seen plenty
O’rly? Bass are usually played fingerstyle with scales and slapping the strings, anyone who strum a bass guitar is mentally challenged.
Check Out Alexis Sklarevsky strumming the strings, bass guitar has no limits…
I’m not talking about only playing freaking chords for a whole song. I’ve seen plenty of bassists hit a chord when it’s appropriate for a part of the song.
sangolt88,
You can play chords (melody) on a bass, the problem is that you must play them pretty high on the instrument to make them sound nice.
This takes out the main purpose of the instrument which is setting up the foundation (harmony).
What scales are used for is to develop patterns to define bass lines.
On the comments about tapping, strumming, etc. you will find players who can do that, and in a very nice way (Manring, Rainey, Graham, etc.) one last thing: Picking is just for noses
well in Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin, when it is at the chorus, JPJ (great bassist) played powerchords given the song an extra edge, and cool sound… But that’s the only time I seem him do powerchords, the only time!
sangol88: i wouldn’t say its completely normal, but its definitely not uncommon to use a pick (plectrum) on bass. I do it all the time. It doesn’t make it sound bad or anything, and it doesn’t make me a bad or “impure” bassist, it just depends on what is comfortable for you for the style you play. I can play much faster picking than not. Bass is bass. Pick or no pick.
This is an excellent video on left hand technique for bass playing. I strongly urge anyone who is thinking about or already playing bass to view and learn from this video. Outstanding work Russ!!
can you have the bass up a little higher it’s not quite past your neck yet!
Is that a Tradition Bass?