Bass Guitar : How to Read Bass Tabs
Bass tabs, or tablature, is a way to write music without standard music notation, with numbers instead of notes for each string, numbers that indicate which fret to play. Find out how to write and play music on the electric bass without using traditional musical notes in this free video music lesson from a bass guitar instructor. Expert: Steve Bauman Contact: www.summerhaysmusic.com Bio: Steve Bauman has been playing bass guitar for 15 years. He instructs on his own time as well as for Summerhays Music located in Murray, Utah. Filmmaker: Michael Burton
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more strings? lol just kidding if you have more strings you don’t have to jump up and down with your fingers so much on the neck
if you have more strings
get 5 string. you can rest on the lowest string
a four string bass is the standard is recommended for beginners, or at last thats my opinion people can disagree with me thats fine. and if u get a five string bass it ads an extra string on the top so it wouldn’t be EADG it would be BEADG and same for the sixth and it would be another one.
heya guys i play douple bass ( the huge classical one) and i’m thinking of buying a electric bass guitar. Can anyone help what bass should i choose to?
ya thats my huge problem
I wanna play few figures/songs but the TABS on the internet aren’t good enough as they have no notations above which will tell me the right rythm
I know when I listen to the song I can figure it out by myself but I am a perfectionist and I can’t be sure if it’ll be right even if I try to play like I hear it…
if you get a bass guitar you should start with a 4 string (thats what i did) and the 5 string bass has one thicker (lower) string while the 6 string has one lower, and one thinner (higher) string…so yeah get a 4, its all you usually ever need anyways
im learning standerd sheet music for the bass too
dude if you hear it and play it like you hear it ull stll play it right right? hav som confidence
a les paul bass
Alright you faggot, just hurry up and say which letters the strings are you testicle.
does any one know of a web site that will give me the notations as well as the tabs?
@qetuolac Get a five string, the only problem people have with them is the big neck, and if u can play the big one, u can handle a 5 string!!
Thank you i feel really dumb right now!!
can i ask ive only just started learning bass today in a tab say if it has 5 5 5 5 5 on a string does that mean strum the 5th fret as many times as there is 5 ?
Yep. You got it!
@kingpin0072001uk thanks =)
yeah, so if it says 5 5 5 5 5 you would play 5th fret 5 times.
poo
So a 0 on a tab would be an open string right?
an entire year I waited for my teacher to tell me about tabliture and I learned nothing. What a crummy teacher I had in elementary school. Couldn’t even teach me what each not meant on the scale because I didn’t understand standard noteation.
yes
Question:
Is the top bar on the tablature the lowest pitched string on the bass?
Thanks.
IVE PLAYED 15 yrs GRADUATED FROM BERKLEY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND STILL CANT READ MUSIC NOTES FOR SHIT ….TABS ARE GREAT ALL YOU NEED
i am better with tabs than regular music with bass