as of earlier this month , I bought my very 1st bass guitar. Never played one b4. Never played guitar b4. This is all very new to me. Like learning a 2nd language. I was inspired to learn bass when u went_to a friends concert near where I live. I've almost always loved the sound, but_the thought of playing one, Just wasn't_there yet. Well, now it is. I'm just learning how to-tune-it. I've been watching bass videos for beginners for quite a while now, but until I could get an actual bass in my hands, & start learning to play, all the videos were just_that, videos. Now I can start putting videos like this to good use. I'll have lots questions as time goes on, while I'm learning.

@doxx2427

7 жыл бұрын

Christofer Riche well your on the right path... This guy (Mark) is an excellent teacher. Also Scott Devine check him out too.

@overbank56

7 жыл бұрын

Rashy Doxx : thx

@skeletoneagle7886

3 жыл бұрын

Christofer Riche hey how much have you improved in playing a bass in this much time ??? I wanna know that

@overbank56

3 жыл бұрын

@@skeletoneagle7886 I had forgotten I asked this question. A lot has changed in 3 years. 1st of all, I lost motivation to learn after I had to give up my bass lessons with an instructor I was working with, (ran out of money). Secondly, I really don't like the bass I have. It's "boring". (one of the things I learned from watching other videos of bass players. "if you really don't love the bass you're buying, you'll never want to play it"). I may have early signs of dementia. I'm 54 (my short term memory is very poor, due to sleep apnea & medications I take). Although my interest in learning still remains, & never wavered. I'm deeply in debt & save a small fixed income. Until I'm out of debt, (maybe 5 - 6 years), Nothing else matters. ¶ although, once in a great while, I have the urge to pick up my bass, put it in my lap, & pick the strings a little. ¶ I know the bass I really wanted, but buying a new one at $2000+ (at the time when I first saw it), just wasn't an option. ¶ I've had a lot of trouble understanding the basics & over time I've learned I'm very easily bored & lose focus. Learning an instrument for me will be Extra challenging, considering my current mental health. ¶ I know this was "long winded", but I wanted to tell you the truth.

@skeletoneagle7886

3 жыл бұрын

@@overbank56 oh! I got it dude. Be happy 😃

Well done Mark.

hey mark, i want to learn more about bass playing to compose, be able to solo, improvise, etc. should i watch the music theory videos before the rest of your videos or should i go straight into chord progressions and all the more "practical" videos?

So this probably doesn't make any sense because I'm not educated in music theory and not even hardly a musician, but if I have a 3 string cigar box guitar tuned G, D, G, and I wanted to write a bass accompaniment for a song, wouldn't it be easier for me to do so if I tuned my 4 string bass to G, D, G, D?

Thankyou

Where do you get the reference sounds

I can tune it this way and using 5th frets and harmonics. The lazy git that I am I just use a TC Electronic polyphonic clip on tuner most of the time if not all of the time, worth every penny!

@hugelavalava

7 жыл бұрын

Jon Don hello from a fellow "lazy git" lol😊👍

Thx m8

This is great but I use the 5th and 7th fret harmonic as long as the G string is in tune.

@TheRflynn

4 жыл бұрын

Any thoughts on; www.schrof.net/guitar/articles/harmonics.html

im so stupid help

I can tune a guitar just fine but the bass just so hard to even tell cause the different plucking techniques and even then all the reference tuners all sound different

Hi I am a beginning base player and I need advice on getting a base what would you recommend

@tylersheldahl9858

7 жыл бұрын

Jolly rangers what's your price range

@jollyrangers7029

7 жыл бұрын

tyler.s 777 at most like 500

@tylersheldahl9858

7 жыл бұрын

What kind of music are you going to play

@jondee442

7 жыл бұрын

Don't make the same mistake I did, if you buy one from a music shop try it stood up with a strap, if theres neck dive put it back on the shelf (neck dive is when you let go of it then the head goes towards the floor)

@jollyrangers7029

7 жыл бұрын

To be honest most likely jazz and blues

Idk, u either have the bass that all 4 strings pitch are higher or the notes pitch are lower

For my first bass I wouldn't go over £300, in case u might not like playing it but don't go too low either, cos you don't want one that sounds like mud, that might put u off playing. Maybe as low as £180

@distrom-sc254

4 жыл бұрын

As somebody who started with a $90 bass I second this. Also because the cheap ones break all the time, you do get good at fixing them though i guess haha

@cesarherrera1926

4 жыл бұрын

How much is that in American currency

UHMMM IDK I THINK IM TOO DUMB FOR THIS YET

@MrRed-tf7bv

3 жыл бұрын

You definitely are too dumb.🖕🏾

@moli2454

2 жыл бұрын

same