Harmonics on Bass | Lesson | Thomann

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Julia teaches you how to play natural harmonics on bass and how to use them in a musical context. Have you ever used harmonics in your basslines? If so, in which context did you use them? Let us know in the comments!
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:54 What are natural harmonics?
1:23 12th fret: one octave up
1:54 7th fret: the fifth
2:33 5th fret: two octaves up
3:19 4th fret: the third
4:05 How to get a good tone for playing harmonics
4:55 Using harmonics for tuning
5:15 Using harmonics in a musical context
5:27 Playing | Victor Wooten - Amazing Grace
6:04 Playing | Chords with harmonics
6:23 Playing | Bass line with added harmonics
6:46 Have you ever used harmonics in your playing?
6:55 Thanks for watching and please subscribe
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  • @BhaktaKali
    @BhaktaKali4 жыл бұрын

    Julia, these videos are really spot on. Accurate info, professionally presented -- and excellent bass playing! Kudos and thanks.

  • @jonathankessler4684
    @jonathankessler46844 жыл бұрын

    I actually wrote the intro to a tune yesterday using 99% harmonics, its a very fun world and I think im addicted!

  • @biprodipsadhukhan5530
    @biprodipsadhukhan55304 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial...all information is packed up in one lesson...thanks for this one❣️❣️

  • @adamjackwilliamson8762
    @adamjackwilliamson87624 жыл бұрын

    That blew me away - what an awesome bassist! Thanks Julia...

  • @nicolasurteagabriceno3388
    @nicolasurteagabriceno33884 жыл бұрын

    Great video. The best video about Harmonics, that I have seen until now. I'm learning Portrait of Tracy from Jaco, so this video came out just in the right minute for me. (But I was not able to learn Portrait of Tracy in just one night like mr. Victor Wooten. I am not a bass genius like him. XD) Thank you a lot!!

  • @samlelowitch
    @samlelowitch4 жыл бұрын

    Julia Hôfer’s videos are excellent.

  • @Thabassmon
    @Thabassmon4 жыл бұрын

    Well explained Julia, really clear instructions. I think harmonics are great I use them to extend the range of my instrument.

  • @nickborromeo9360
    @nickborromeo93604 жыл бұрын

    i love how julias bass has its paint fading while maitaining its superb sound as if it was newly purchased.

  • @Nebvin

    @Nebvin

    4 жыл бұрын

    You too can have that aged look from a brand new bass: www.bax-shop.co.uk/electric-bass-guitars/sandberg-california-tt4-masterpiece-aged-roquefort-blue

  • @kalidesu
    @kalidesu4 жыл бұрын

    This why Bass is beautiful, those sweet bell harmonics.

  • @vincentcuevas
    @vincentcuevas4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!

  • @grizelda4526
    @grizelda45264 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson. Thanks!

  • @Novataro
    @Novataro4 жыл бұрын

    I have a habit of using them when jamming with friends; the last held chord on a song has me searching the neck for an appropriate harmonic. I usually pick the wrong one!

  • @aftertheendtimes
    @aftertheendtimes Жыл бұрын

    Much love to you Julia for showing the harmonics,..Thanks a lot❤🎸

  • @jomamma1750
    @jomamma17504 жыл бұрын

    I like using harmonics on an intro and sometimes tied together with harmonics in the outro. I think the best usage overall of harmonics, though, is that of sparing use-- similar to tapping or slapping. I think that less frequent use of devices makes them much, much more powerful and memorable when employed.

  • @josedealba2352
    @josedealba23524 жыл бұрын

    thanks for another great video and the tips Julia!! i like your tone, i cant make my bass sound like that xD. I can not wait for more videos hehehe

  • @melich_5
    @melich_54 жыл бұрын

    3:19 Science! Hahahaha xD

  • @dirkjanklijn9949
    @dirkjanklijn99494 жыл бұрын

    What a great lesson, I allready used harmonic's in tuning my bass but this was a verry clear explenation, thank you.

  • @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. You are welcome! :-) // Cheers, Julia

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja4 жыл бұрын

    Natural harmonics are freedom. Let freedom Ring 🤘🏽

  • @pmdinaz
    @pmdinaz4 жыл бұрын

    Ear training, playing broadcast channel 'songs' like ABC, NBC and CBS. I've also used them when playing sitcom tv show tunes, again for ear training. Wootens amazing grace floores me too the first time I heard it years and years ago. It was my introduction to him.

  • @marcioletras
    @marcioletras4 жыл бұрын

    I´m from Brazil, played the bassguitar since 1995, and I like your videos very much! Congratulations.

  • @niallpadden
    @niallpadden3 жыл бұрын

    Talk about being "in the groove". Wow! It is palpably obvious when you fall into the groove. Love it. Superb. Great stuff.

  • @manmewxlsgb
    @manmewxlsgb4 жыл бұрын

    Julia you're great. And what a fantastic quality bass this is. Pity they're hard to find where I live (Indonesia).

  • @xbassfiendx
    @xbassfiendx3 жыл бұрын

    Love this going to try this now

  • @InvictusBananman
    @InvictusBananman4 жыл бұрын

    I tried to use harmonics since i watched this video for the first time. Until now, most basslines i have come up with use the same two or three harmonics but change the root note. It's not much but it's honest work and i love it

  • @user-ee8oi4bt7r
    @user-ee8oi4bt7r4 жыл бұрын

    Great work 👍

  • @petluv214
    @petluv2144 жыл бұрын

    You play very well. Great information.

  • @kevink6697
    @kevink66974 жыл бұрын

    What a great technique and Tutorial. I love how Victor uses it and also Julia plays it on point! Can you maybe give a few Tips or even make a Video about tapped Harmonics like the ones from Cliff Burton on Anesthesia? Keep on groovin!

  • @teodortsonev4442
    @teodortsonev44424 жыл бұрын

    Music for my ears!

  • @diegovargas70
    @diegovargas704 жыл бұрын

    and by the way, very good starting point for harmonics. und du bist so lieb.....ich mag deinen akzent

  • @NickoDim
    @NickoDim Жыл бұрын

    Really nice explenation!

  • @keithyoung1597
    @keithyoung15973 жыл бұрын

    I just could watch Julia all day. She fresh, fun, and packed full of knowlege.

  • @jamesp.mcquoid1639
    @jamesp.mcquoid16394 жыл бұрын

    Nice waltz!

  • @snoopyjc
    @snoopyjc4 жыл бұрын

    I first started using them when covering “Just a Girl”

  • @cameronm7848
    @cameronm78484 жыл бұрын

    It makes me a little bit sad every time you play that beautiful Sandberg, knowing I'll probably never have something that looks and sounds that good. Great video though, keep up the good work!

  • @lexeykuzmintsev2410
    @lexeykuzmintsev24103 жыл бұрын

    I love it! :))

  • @benmaguire4098
    @benmaguire40983 жыл бұрын

    Hey Julia .. Cool lesson .. I knew some of the basics .. but Loved the way you used them . My only unusual experimenting with harmonics was using a combination of a fast repeat delay & a pair of light drumsticks ( & some of the Damping techniques you showed in other lessons . ) It's gr8 to have short concise tips & lessons . Even 'tho I have a long attention span .. ehmm what was I saying ? Lol Yes most people learn better in small " Bite's " I am absolutely new to slapping .. thats next .. Stay safe Bye

  • @tondermusic
    @tondermusic4 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing!

  • @chrishansen-crowley3287
    @chrishansen-crowley32874 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the excellent lesson. I have one more tip for making your harmonics sound good: use new strings.

  • @prycejunior2467
    @prycejunior24673 жыл бұрын

    every time you play , you make me smile

  • @rodrigovazquez1292
    @rodrigovazquez12924 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!! Does Julia have a band or had participated on an album? I would love to hear some of her bass lines arrangement Cheers from Mexico

  • @alanscharrer5255
    @alanscharrer52554 жыл бұрын

    I’ve used harmonics but always accidentally! Now I will try on purpose with proper fretting technique

  • @bertrandmajorik6589
    @bertrandmajorik65894 жыл бұрын

    BASS player here, very informative, and no gear to mute the strings ! Now that's a BASS player ;)

  • @damico529
    @damico5294 жыл бұрын

    She’s blinding me with science!

  • @strat0871

    @strat0871

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just knowledge.

  • @KurtRichards
    @KurtRichards4 жыл бұрын

    Cool lesson Julia. I am a big Rush Fan and I hope you will do a video about your top Geddy Lee Basslines soon :-) One of my favourites is the line in the Song "Force Ten". You may also like it ;-)

  • @SuperGeorge2112

    @SuperGeorge2112

    4 жыл бұрын

    She wouldn't be able to play that bass line.

  • @dwainehalberg1086
    @dwainehalberg10864 жыл бұрын

    Listen to the Into to Molly Hatchet's Version of Dream I"ll Never See, played that in a band for several years, learned to tune with harmonics and a tuning fork that was our auto tuner :)

  • @bobbyohanesian4228
    @bobbyohanesian4228Ай бұрын

    Superb thanks so much!!! BobbyO

  • @boomerbassmeme
    @boomerbassmeme4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Julia! love the pineapple! Does one go with you everywhere? I have a hedgehog puppet (we call him Herbie) that my brother put on my guitar stand in 1983 that has never missed a gig. Have been listening to something from my childhood lately, Rocco Prestia from Tower of Power, you might really enjoy it. Stay Groovy Lil Sister! 😎

  • @Terrible_Peril

    @Terrible_Peril

    4 жыл бұрын

    boomer bass meme didn’t she do a video or clip within a video of some Rocco lines? Can’t remember. Julia’s a true bassist, though. She knows our heroes because they’re her heroes as well. 😇

  • @boomerbassmeme

    @boomerbassmeme

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Terrible_Peril Must have missed that one or forgot about it. I am lucky to remember what I had for breakfast sometimes.

  • @kenduffy5397
    @kenduffy53974 жыл бұрын

    I think you’re a great 👍 Musician. Also, your Teaching technique is great! You teach playing Bass Guitar fun! You keep it simple ( great for beginners ) & you keep it light-hearted, which interns make it enjoyable! We all remember the university days. There were also great Professors that made learning fun! Then there were always horrible Professors that really should have been ANYTHING else other than a Teacher.

  • @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! :) // Cheers, Julia

  • @bettenanni83
    @bettenanni834 жыл бұрын

    Brava Julia! You played it almost like Victor...

  • @labshot
    @labshot4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I am just now learning the scientific terms for what i have been hearing all my life...I am not being lazy but can you suggest one of your videos that explains what harmonics are? I have been learning the bass for some 20 years now, off and on and I want to know it thoroughly...and scientifically...as you were speaking i remembered the frequency of the open D string is 73.416thousandth Hertz...learning all things this way helps clear up my naturally confused mind...

  • @aarondavis4341
    @aarondavis43414 жыл бұрын

    I use harmonics to test the setting of my bass,if it's not set up right,the harmonics won't ring where it's supposed to. And I find it easier to get them to ring is use my finger nail,put the string right by the fret let the string rest under your nail,that like holds the string so the harmonics ring beautiful

  • @JEARP
    @JEARP4 жыл бұрын

    You might make the idea of dividing the string in for example three equal parts more clear by identifying the other harmonic node at the 19 fret and showing that the harmonic is the same. It could be useful to point out the waveform that does not then vibrate over these harmonic nodes ( you can see this!) And notice that because of this phenomenon if you stop the string at the 7th fret and play at the 19th you will be completely unsuccessful because the string cannot move at this point! (The math is cool too! 8ve vibrates 2x faster 7th fret is 3x faster, 5th fret 4x faster etc.) The higher a harmonic you play the more places there are to play it and also the more places the string will not move.)

  • @yugyugyug2447
    @yugyugyug24473 жыл бұрын

    Amazing Julia Grace. Portray of Julia. Bonjour de France

  • @Xeallous
    @Xeallous4 жыл бұрын

    You cannot trick me, Julia. I know you just made this vid to play Amazing Grace. Lol. I saw your interview with Wooten. Thanks for the explanation.

  • @gabrielquarm6588
    @gabrielquarm65884 жыл бұрын

    That bass face started immediately she began playing

  • @xai1971
    @xai19714 жыл бұрын

    Julia is a scientist.

  • @funnytrolls2798
    @funnytrolls2798 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Julia the bass you are playing is amaizing could you please send me a video how to do first movement of harmonic bass thank you

  • @noahorosw
    @noahorosw4 жыл бұрын

    She's really cool (:

  • @Deep42Thought
    @Deep42Thought4 жыл бұрын

    ahh i just < 3 u ) thnx for the video

  • @diegovargas70
    @diegovargas704 жыл бұрын

    4th fret the third..wich one? The major third? yes of course, and this interval is to found also in the 9th fret. The 5th is not only at the 7th fret, it is present too in the 4th, but not allways ring properly in this position.

  • @guzzialfa
    @guzzialfa Жыл бұрын

    Never used them in a melodic line but certainly to help sustain feedback through 4 - 18" folded Sunn cabs and 800 watts / channel. Honestly don't know when 8 & 10" speakers became the vogue.

  • @bobbyohanesian4228
    @bobbyohanesian4228Ай бұрын

  • @leesbassment6393
    @leesbassment63934 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! In order to not confuse the newbies, maybe you could have explained how the string is divided into equal parts, and then show the parts. For example, the octave+fifth harmonic at the 7th fret is also at the 19th. Two octaves is at the 5th fret as well as the 24th(plus you can touch any/all of the nodes of them without killing the note). Bonus round, you can also play in such a way as to have both the open string and one of the harmonics ring out at the same time. 😎

  • @samir_bassman9330
    @samir_bassman93304 жыл бұрын

    I'm wondering how long it might took to play that well

  • @prashuryagoswami6122
    @prashuryagoswami61224 жыл бұрын

    miss that homemade thomann logo

  • @prometheustv6558
    @prometheustv65584 жыл бұрын

    What about tapped harmonics

  • @RedDevil0902
    @RedDevil09024 жыл бұрын

    Do harmonics sound better on roundwounds or flatwounds

  • @onjx9233
    @onjx92334 жыл бұрын

    I love your accent..

  • @bobbyohanesian4228
    @bobbyohanesian4228Ай бұрын

    I can funk/ slap well because I've played drums for 50 years, working on harmonics and listening to the beautiful beauty you get by mixing different bass notes with the harmonics, gorgeous right? It's not a competition eh? Jeff Berlin just told me he won't evaluate my bass video, will you?????😊😊😊

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc4 жыл бұрын

    The overtones are slightly different if you play short scale bass, but I think the harmonics are the same.

  • @kostasmariolas9830
    @kostasmariolas98303 жыл бұрын

    Have you ever thought on doing a tutorial ? For example amazing grace by the legend Wooten !

  • @edbrito-swdev
    @edbrito-swdev4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, science!

  • @markdavis4754
    @markdavis47544 жыл бұрын

    Hay juliea you really should check out AZYMUTH~RAPID TRANSIT title track Alex Malheiros use of harminics is so funky.

  • @OverlyCooked
    @OverlyCooked3 жыл бұрын

    "Science" 😂😂😂 I loved that.

  • @yetimatzenightcat8702
    @yetimatzenightcat87024 жыл бұрын

    Da werd ich mal ne säge holen, das fretboard krieg ich schon klein, danach brauch ich sicher noch nen smoothie 😅🤸‍♂️🙋‍♂️

  • @5eviexe466
    @5eviexe4663 жыл бұрын

    Do you think the jazz is better than the pbass for playing harmonics?

  • @HenkeEdge
    @HenkeEdge4 жыл бұрын

    3:18 Yeah that is string theory science. ;)

  • @KohlHosein
    @KohlHosein3 жыл бұрын

    What is the colour of your second bass?

  • @alfredex22
    @alfredex224 жыл бұрын

    Victor Wooten... Das war aber süß ::)

  • @Ordinariyus
    @Ordinariyus4 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that pineapple touch everytime I see.

  • @JTPrime08
    @JTPrime084 жыл бұрын

    Noice, Harmonics are noice to play on bass. Other than that, cool:).

  • @Terrible_Peril
    @Terrible_Peril4 жыл бұрын

    Yooooooooolia! Pineapples DO belong on bass amps (and pizza)!

  • @JimAndcco
    @JimAndcco3 жыл бұрын

    whats the name of the bass ur playing

  • @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey, that is a Sandberg California :) // Cheers, Julia

  • @JimAndcco

    @JimAndcco

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thank you

  • @willyeldelarockola3902
    @willyeldelarockola39024 жыл бұрын

    Science!

  • @EnCoreArte
    @EnCoreArte4 жыл бұрын

    Tks Julia. Why is the pineapple there? ;)

  • @williev9267

    @williev9267

    4 жыл бұрын

    Must be a fan of shawn and gus

  • @Gregorydaerr1971
    @Gregorydaerr19712 жыл бұрын

    What are you thinking as you stare at this PICTURE of a pineapple? Is there a reason you prefer to stare at a picture as opposed to a real Pine apple? kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4easKxun9HVg9o.html

  • @vinnysilveira4685
    @vinnysilveira46854 жыл бұрын

    science ¬_¬

  • @zachatreiu4944
    @zachatreiu49443 жыл бұрын

    I pretty much watch this channel just for Julia. lol

  • @headninjadog8120
    @headninjadog81204 жыл бұрын

    I had a mexican p bass. Now I’m seriously thinking of getting a Harley Benton. Will I be disappointed?

  • @kevinriveron27
    @kevinriveron274 жыл бұрын

    "Science" LOL

  • @sourpoi3
    @sourpoi33 жыл бұрын

    "Science"....😄

  • @irishchuck2145
    @irishchuck21454 жыл бұрын

    of course I've used harmonics....Red Barchetta

  • @sebrura
    @sebrura6 ай бұрын

    Better get the intonation right doing harmonics 😜

  • @williev9267
    @williev92674 жыл бұрын

    What's with the pineapple Is this a psych following ?

  • @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    @ThomannsGuitarsBasses

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just love pineapples! Instead of flowers! ;) // Cheers, Julia

  • @rafaelbaixista
    @rafaelbaixista4 жыл бұрын

    Science 🧐

  • @sniffrat3646
    @sniffrat36464 жыл бұрын

    Why the pineapple?

  • @Kawabxl
    @Kawabxl4 жыл бұрын

    for the science behond that kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGiBj5ith9fRn6Q.html Walter is the seconde best teacher (after Julia ^^)

  • @mansosound
    @mansosound4 жыл бұрын

    my harmonics or your's?

  • @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen7510
    @lasyngwieeeiiilarsen75103 жыл бұрын

    My god she is cute!!!!!!🥰🎩

  • @doomlava222
    @doomlava222 Жыл бұрын

    Get a pinch harmonic from popping the string. Then ill be impressed. ❤

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