Bass: Teach Yourself

2h 23mBeginner2017-03-01

Authors

Morton Manus

Musician, Author, President of Alfred Music

Ron Manus

Co-owner of Alfred Music and Daisy Rock Girl Guitars

Jared Meeker

Guitarist, Composer, Producer, Educator, and Author

Course details

Learn how to play the bass guitar. In this easy-to-follow course, guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker starts off with the basics; learn how to tune and hold your bass, familiarize yourself with the parts of the instrument, and get acquainted with tablature. As you progress through the course, Jared introduces you to different rhythms and keys, eventually moving on to more advanced concepts such as playing from chord sheets or tackling rock and roll licks from different eras.

Learning objectives
Buying a bass
Tuning your bass
Holding your bass
Left-hand technique
Getting acquainted with music and tablature
Notes on the first three strings
The natural minor scale
Sharps and naturals
Key signatures and the major scale
Ties and quarter notes
Rock bass and heavy metal licks with syncopation
Playing chords
Playing licks from the 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s

Skills covered

Music LessonsAudio and Music

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Getting Started

02 - The bass
03 - Buying a bass
04 - Tuning your bass
05 - Holding the bass
06 - Fingerstyle or pickstyle
07 - Left-hand technique
08 - Getting acquainted with music
09 - Getting acquainted with tablature
10 - Sound off - How to count time

2. Notes on the First Three Strings

11 - Notes on the G or first string
12 - The note A
13 - Rests
14 - Notes on the D or second string
15 - Playing notes on the G and D strings
16 - Notes on the A or third string

3. More Notes, Scales, and Accidentals

17 - The natural minor scale
18 - Sharps and naturals
19 - Notes on the fourth fret
20 - Notes on the E or fourth string
21 - Note finding review
22 - Flats
23 - Note finding review - Flats and naturals

4. Introducing Keys and Eighth Notes

24 - Key signatures and the major scale
25 - The F major scale
26 - The key of B flat
27 - Eighth notes
28 - Warmups in the keys of F and B flat
29 - Bass licks in the keys of F and B flat
30 - The key of G

5. New Rhythms, Techniques, and Keys

31 - Introducing ties and quarter notes
32 - Introducing the slide
33 - The accented note
34 - Licks and exercises with dotted quarter notes, accents, and slides
35 - The 3rd position
36 - The key of C
37 - Syncopation
38 - Syncopated exercises in various keys
39 - Rock bass licks with syncopation
40 - Heavy metal bass licks with syncopation

6. Playing Up the Neck and a New Key

41 - Notes above high C, part 1
42 - The key of D
43 - Rock licks in G, C, and D
44 - Heavy metal licks in G, C, and D

7. New Rhythms and Keys

45 - The dotted 8th and 16th note rhythm
46 - The key of A
47 - Introducing triplets
48 - The key of E major
49 - Notes above high C, part 2

8. Chords and More

50 - Introducing chords
51 - Playing from chord sheets, part 1
52 - Playing from chord sheets, part 2
53 - The 8th rest
54 - Notes above high C, part 3
55 - Playing from chord sheets, part 3
56 - Playing from chord sheets, part 4
57 - Notes above high C, part 4
58 - Playing from chord sheets, part 5

9. Licks from Different Eras

59 - Rock and roll licks from the '50s
60 - The 1960s
61 - The 1970s
62 - The 1980s
63 - The 1990s

Conclusion

64 - Conclusion and credits