Bassist Of The Music Tips For Beginners

Being a musician is not easy, takes perseverance and constant practice to master all kinds of techniques in music. In the musical, one of the tools that are complicated enough bass. Although it looks easy, it is quite difficult to master bass. Bass is an important instrument in a band. Together with drums, bass beat is the creator, the creator of the space, and the guards before the tempo guitar and vocals executed songs.

Generally the bass has four strings. However, according to the needs of sound, bass developed into five to six strings. Each bass with a number of strings that have different character each. For starters, four bass strings are best for learning bass technique and used it as an exercise.

Before getting to know the characters sound and bass. It is better to learn the basic techniques used to facilitate skill. Here is a stock for bassist bassist beginners to become reliable.

Finger Gymnastics
In music, the term "friendship limbs". The purpose of this term, each member of the body from head to toe ties and linkages. There are times when the music, particularly in playing the bass, ring and little fingers are still following middle finger when pressing the fret. This is what had to be separated first.

One way is to do gymnastics separation finger. In addition to splitting, finger exercises serve to flex the fingers in order to play the bass melody neatly. Gymnastics finger usually hell with lines accord. Just want what's up. Perform finger gymnastics after waking and before the body is exposed to water. If it feels hot, let it go. It was getting better.

Expand Listening to Songs
One of the requirements to be a great musician is to have sensitive hearing. For that many-many listen to the song and then follow it by using the bass. However, in doing this activity, you have to throw the books accord that you already bought. Do not be too frequently to download a video showing how to play the bass on the song A or B.

By listening and following there are many benefits that can be obtained. First, you will be sensitive to the tone of the bass. Secondly, you will know what acoord be combined in a song. Third, you'll find yourself playing style.

Expand Improvisation
When you are playing the song choice lancer, learn to do improviasi. For example, you play pop songs. Find vacancies on the pop charts. Then fill with the sound of your bass. Here is the results of your finger gymnastics to be tested.

Find a Partner
Partners can be termed as a teacher here. Ask him to teach advanced skills on the bass, as stakatu, slap, hammer, and so forth. If there is no teacher, you may download the videos that contain that technique. But remember, do not download the video that shows you how to play the bass on certain songs. It will reduce your sensitivity to the tone. Once you can, then learn the technique until you discover which techniques to suit your musical soul.

After four stages are completed, then get serious about the sound and other experiments. Well, good luck!

History Of Music Bass

Modern bass is a direct descendant of the double bass, which has existed in the 17th century. However, it was not until the 20th century that changes the design of the bass becomes more simple and practical.

In the 1920s, Lloyd Loar was, who worked for Gibson, designing the first electric double bass. Bass that uses electro-static pickup, but amplification of bass frequencies yet developed. so at the time there was no way to hear the double bass instrument. Beginning in 1930, Paul Tutmarc be the first to fix the double bass became more practical. The first prototype was the size of a cello, and a rudimentary pickup,
but the results are too heavy, and was refined to be more like a guitar. New bass has a length of 42 ", solid body, made of black walnut and piano strings featuring a pickup.

Mid-30s, some musical instrument developers - Lyon & Healy, Gibson and Rickenbacker, - began marketing the same experimental electric bass with a prototype basss Tutmarc, much less bulky than the standard double bass. However, the bass was still high, do not, have the fret, and play or stand vertically.

Around 1940, Paul jr Tutmarc began manufacturing guitars and basses, including bass Serenader. This production distributed by L.D. Heater Music Co.., In Portland, Oregon, and became the biggest distributor for electric bass. The genius was that the bass guitar - a pick insturumen fret and played horizontally. The main features of these products are:

* Pickup - designed as a double bass is often covered with a brass section of a jazz band.
* Size - double bass player had to travel alone, because of their large size, often got lost on his way. With the new design, and the bass player could rest with his band.

There is very little progression until Leo Fender created the precision bass in 1951. Naming Precision Bass as the frets on the bass the notes to be played with precision. Electric bass in Leo Fender's production, which produces a lot of forms. In 1957, the form of his pickup was changed to be split pickup, and his pick guard and headstock were redesigned.

In 1960, Fender Jazz bass designed and created, with 2 pickups of the same size. Fender bass popularity followed by Gibson, Rickenbacker and Hofner. This is increasingly making electric bass popularity extends to the present.

1959, created the first Danelectro 6 string bass, tunes EADGBE, and Gibson and Fender used this idea to create a Gibson EB-6 in 1960, and Fender VI in 1962. Fender also made a 5 string bass as the first Fender V.

In 1965, fretless bass Aubi from Ampeg created and in 1968, 8 string bass introduced by Hagstroem. The first fretless 6 string (which is ultimately owned by Les Claypool) was built by Carl Thompson in 1978. Because the style of games like slap and pop, the number of strings and a combination of wood, and the neck pickup is increasingly becoming more varied. EMG pickups became widest used on the bass.

first electric bass in popularized by John Entwistle and James Jamerson in the year 60, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke on the 70 and Marcus Miller and Cliff Burton in the year 80. At the end of 80 seen in the popularity of bass, as the fashion for electronic synthesized dance music. However bass we have now is a progression away from the double bass.

BASS

Here are tips for those of you who want to buy or pick some kind of bass based on the number of strings.

Any kind of musical instrument, have a range or range tones. So also the bass instrument. The range of tones produced bass instrument can be affected by several factors.

First, is the sum of the fretboard contained on bass instrument. The more the number of the fretboard on the bass, the more range of tones produced by the bass. Amount of fret bass instrument usually amount to 22 fret or 24 fret, but there are some who fret bass was only about 20, eg Precission classic Fender bass. There are also a number fretnya some bass over 24 fret, for example, contained the Tune bass Maniac, which fretnya number 25.

Second, is the number of strings contained in the bass instrument. In this case, Bass guitar is divided into a number according to the number of strings, namely:

4 strings
Bass standard configuration with the open string tuning: EADG (low to high).

5 strings
Just like a standard 4 string bass, it's just that there are extra low B string on the fourth string (the E string). Open string tuning its configuration: B E A D G Bass with 5 strings are usually used to reach a lower tone than a standard bass.

6 strings
Just like bass 5 string, there's just extra high C string under the first string (G string). Configuration stringnya open tuning: E ​​A D G B C. Bass with 6 strings are usually used to reach the lower tones and higher than a standard bass.

7 strings
Bass with a string of more than 6 may very rarely be encountered. For bass with 7 strings, open string tuning its configuration: BEADGC F. Just like the 6 string bass, there's just stringing high F under the strings G. 7 string bass function equal to 6 string bass, only in this bass tone too high can be "exploited." Bass like this produced by Conklin, who is a specialist manufacturer custom bass.

8 strings
This bass has the same tuning configurations with standard 4 string bass, just on each - each duplicated strings with string tone an octave higher.

10 strings
Configuration has the same tuning with standard 5 string bass, just on each - each chord strings are also coupled with a tone an octave higher.

12 strings
Has a configuration similar to tuning a standard 4 string bass, but on each string doubled 3, with two strings an octave higher or one octave strings with + height of the strings again with his fifth pitch (E to B, A to E, D to A , and G to D). Includes rare bass, produced by Hamer and Warwick.


Some players still rely on the professional bass 4 string bass as a weapon flagship (Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, Flea, Arya Setyadi, etc.). However, there are also some other bass players who prefer bass multistring (double bass strings), and made the hallmark of their game.

Examples of players who use the bass 5 string, such as: Nathan East, players are excerpts session bass player fills many albums - albums renowned musicians, and Stanley Clarke, who also created the slap and pop technique that became known as the funky thumb. For rock music no name - the name of a kind of Jason Newsted (Metallica), Dave Ellefson (Megadeath), and Rex Brown.

Meanwhile, 6 string bass is a "weapon" for a couple of bass players, such as John Pattitucci, and John Myung (Dream Theater). There are times when the 6 string bass is felt less, then some of the other players using 7 string bass for Meng "exploitation" tone even more, especially in doing a solo improvisation.

If the bass five, six, and seven-string tone intended to reach a lower or higher, then the bass multistring made in order to produce dual tone sound.

Bass is a bass like that in the first eight strings are played by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) to get a sound like a bass and rhythm guitars are played simultaneously. It is needed by the band because they only have a guitar player that will stop playing rhythm guitar as he played lead / solo.

Similarly, having a ten-string bass, the function also produce sounds such as bass and rhythm guitars are played together. Sometimes, a function that was not enough, the sound of the rhythm guitar produced only consists of a single tone. Meanwhile, if you want to match the actual rhythm guitar, the sound is minimal is 2 tone (by playing power chords).

Thus, bassist Doug Pinnick sorts (King's X) was put on the twelve string bass sound like a bass who has played in unison with the rhythm guitar plays power chords. Just like Led Zeppelin, King's X has only a guitar player, so Doug had the same reasons with John Paul Jones on bass multistring use.

Apart from some types of bass above, for us beginners or intermediate bass player, you should note again the functions and needs of the bass will we choose. We have to adjust the function of the bass to the needs of the music we play, whether we choose later bass is necessary or not? Or just for styles - an only?

First, a time when I was just learning the bass, and seeing someone using string bass strings 5 ​​or 6, giving the impression that the player is good at. In fact, not necessarily like that right? Not necessarily well in the game the player uses all the tones and the bass strings are there.

Origins of Musical Instruments Bass

Modern bass is a direct descendant of the double bass, which has existed in the 17th century. However, it was not until the 20th century that changes the design of the bass becomes more simple and practical.

In the 1920s, Lloyd Loar was, who worked for Gibson, designing the first electric double bass. Bass that uses electro-static pickup, but amplification of bass frequencies yet developed. so at the time there was no way to hear the double bass instrument. Beginning in 1930, Paul Tutmarc be the first to fix the double bass became more practical. The first prototype was the size of a cello, and a rudimentary pickup,
but the results are too heavy, and was refined to be more like a guitar. New bass has a length of 42 ", solid body, made of black walnut and piano strings featuring a pickup.

Mid-30s, some musical instrument developers - Lyon & Healy, Gibson and Rickenbacker, - began marketing the same experimental electric bass with a prototype basss Tutmarc, much less bulky than the standard double bass. However, the bass was still high, do not, have the fret, and play or stand vertically.

Around 1940, Paul jr Tutmarc began manufacturing guitars and basses, including bass Serenader. This production distributed by L.D. Heater Music Co.., In Portland, Oregon, and became the biggest distributor for electric bass. The genius was that the bass guitar - a pick insturumen fret and played horizontally. The main features of these products are:

* Pickup - designed as a double bass is often covered with a brass section of a jazz band.
* Size - double bass player had to travel alone, because of their large size, often got lost on his way. With the new design, and the bass player could rest with his band.

There is very little progression until Leo Fender created the precision bass in 1951. Naming Precision Bass as the frets on the bass the notes to be played with precision. Electric bass in Leo Fender's production, which produces a lot of forms. In 1957, the form of his pickup was changed to be split pickup, and his pick guard and headstock were redesigned.

In 1960, Fender Jazz bass designed and created, with 2 pickups of the same size. Fender bass popularity followed by Gibson, Rickenbacker and Hofner. This is increasingly making electric bass popularity extends to the present.

1959, created the first Danelectro 6 string bass, tunes EADGBE, and Gibson and Fender used this idea to create a Gibson EB-6 in 1960, and Fender VI in 1962. Fender also made a 5 string bass as the first Fender V.

In 1965, fretless bass Aubi from Ampeg created and in 1968, 8 string bass introduced by Hagstroem. The first fretless 6 string (which is ultimately owned by Les Claypool) was built by Carl Thompson in 1978. Because the style of games like slap and pop, the number of strings and a combination of wood, and the neck pickup is increasingly becoming more varied. EMG pickups became widest used on the bass.

first electric bass in popularized by John Entwistle and James Jamerson in the year 60, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke on the 70 and Marcus Miller and Cliff Burton in the year 80. At the end of 80 seen in the popularity of bass, as the fashion for electronic synthesized dance music. However bass we have now is a progression away from the double bass.

Glance Indie Music

The term comes from the word indie independent, which means that free, independent. So, basically indie music can be defined as an independent music, independent of the mainstream, who hold fast to the authentic values, experimentalisme, anti-commercial, sometimes also an appreciation of world music against pop culture genre, in other words ... if you dare to be different I call it's cool to be different


If associated with a band, the indie band is a band with an independent, stand-alone, in terms of funding all expenditures, from the production, marketing until distribution.
Sometimes there is a misunderstanding with the term indie / indie bands, indie thought was one of the streams / genre of music. If according to my knowledge, indie bands have strong principles and ideals rooted in a musical, creative, issued free ideas and choose their own path without being bound from the commercial (major label) or virtually out of the mainstream music. Finance and manage his own band so sometimes seldom have a strong marketing links. Regarding the flow / genre of music chosen, in accordance with their ideals masing2. There was a pop, punk rock, metal, blues, or other alternatives.
Because it's cool to be different that sometimes there are some people who say indie band is a band that is not clear direction in music, what genre they created / bring. Oh no! Go ahead people found nothing, but clearly more honest indie music .. their work was started from a hobby, then finance itself, raise her voice inside your heart and be creative without the burden of set-set by the manufacturer ...
In development today, many creations of indie musicians who have container, forming an indie community. Which is very beneficial for their next trip to the music .. Lots of media were in use for distributing their works. For example over the Internet, music festivals (Indiefest), etc.. Because not bound and are not to be targeted by the sales copy like so many major Lable, indie bands feel no burden in creating.
In general, weve major band is stronger in terms of funding, as they were under the auspices of a commercial producer. But remember, many major bands that just make it a surprise, jacked instantly, once issued only one album but only one well-known singles, then evaporate no news for failing to compete in the music industry .. . Instead, why not a little indie band that got people capable marketing, royalties can be obtained even larger than the major band. Even now many successful indie band and got to go international until the big royalties.
Today, many major bands who proudly consider themselves indie (can say so because the rich already, the results of the major labels ..). Though they do not realize, a lot of things that make it difficult to claim to be indie ... Just because it departs from indie band, and as a benefit of ... whatever it is, they get the major label ... Well, after the success they profited off of the mayor and then claim to be indie bands. Hmmm ... so confused as to what's ya name ... Make confusing, especially for those who really indie band with all the independence they have.
Regardless of indie or major, if I personally judge a musical creativity from the seriousness of living it. Concentration with his works, be yourself better than having to tow a fame of others, until the force should be a plagiarist. Not just seeking fame and fortune wrote, eventually even make creativity be decreased, and eventually destroyed. If anything should be commercial and make a profession, it would be nice if not perfunctory, famous home, home sold .. but only for a moment ... not a quality that makes the band they will be able to take care of the audience, just passing through wrote ...

Finding Chord In A Song of Music

If we listen to a song, sometimes we want to play our song on the guitar. But while looking for chord could even make his own headache. Many mixed tone in the minds, sound drums, keyboard, bass and so on. Hmmm .. Sometimes we choose to buy for a practical book of songs or make use of software that automatically search for chord ... then live cheating, in the strumming of chords ...
Weve not easy to find a chord to a song with just listened to her songs alone., Even a famous musician was definitely not right chord detail can easily, because a song is a work of art created by the composition of the notes that have a higher quality of each. The higher level of quality, the more hard to find his tunes.
Well, this time I wanted to share a few simple tips for looking chord in a song.


There are some important things to note:
1. Should be able to play the guitar.
2. Know some chord.
3. Can tune your own guitar. This is important. Because by being able to tune the guitar properly, then we have a sensitivity to the tone, the term feeling tone.
Okay .. Next we go to the steps in the search for chord song:
1. match the guitar in standard position.
2. Listen carefully to the song, if need be repeated until understood and could distinguish the sound of the guitar with other instruments for the song.
3. Observe and distinguish from the start intro, lyrics, chorus, interlude, outtro, etc..
4. Start with the easiest .. find the basic tone of the tone of the first or last song. The trick: once the song into verse 1, to remember the tune (can while humming), then its not looking for basic tone until you find it.
5. Common Chord,
For example:
- Tone or do basic C = C
The distance formula: CDEFGAB-C '= 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2
For chord: D->> Dm, E->> Em, A->> Am, and C'-Cdim >> ... and so on based on the formula.
C Dm Em F G7 Am ..... sometimes there D7 or E7
- Base notes D or do = D
The distance formula: DEF #-GABC #-D = 1 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1/2
For chord: E->> Em, F # - >> F # m, Bm B->>
Find chord-chord around it, do it with patient and painstaking. It's basically just wrote. To learn music theory you need tutoring / instruction first, or at least do not sit on the already seasoned / expert.
6. Start with a slow tempo, then slowly accelerated recently. Could use a metronome for tempo get a chill.
7. Remember, concentration and use feeling ... you should really get to dive song from the heart. Do not force the rich make the exact same original musicians. important tone and the feel able. To achieve perfection have much to learn and experience.
playing guitar is a tone creations in music, which has the value of art, life evolved in tastes and ideals, which also takes the soul and feeling for play ... not just pluck it.
Good luck ...

Bass Playing Techniques Guitar

Basically the bass is one instrument that determines the tempo in playing music, keeping the guitars and vocals to remain constant at the specified tempo.


To be able to play bass guitar should we learn first, do not jump to learn bass. Because my teacher said, usually people who can play the guitar can certainly play bass, but one can not be able to play bass guitar.
Like the guitar, the bass is a musical instrument that uses strings or strings as the sound source. It's just bass using 4 (the top string on the guitar if there is), ie the low E string, the A string, D string and the G string being the highest. The composition of the strings on the bass (4senar) also starts from string 6 = E, 5 = A, 4 = D, and 3 = G. So is the writing on the tablature, bass only using 4 lines representing the strings.
Although there is an acoustic bass, but is often used which requires electric bass amps to amplify his voice.
Role Bass On Songs:
- Bass and guiding role as a determinant of chord that is being played in every movement of the song.
- Bass also served as musical accompaniment, which is shared with the role of drummer. Bass can also connect between the guides (guitar and piano) with accompaniment (drums) so it can be a harmonious whole.
We use the chords as accompaniment to a song. Chord is a collection of at least 3 tones are sounded together or close. Well, the main sound that can be recognized from the third tone is called the root note, and the two are complementary chord tones that can produce its own nuances. For example chord C minor (Cm), the root note is C and its subsequent second tone is a decisive chord into a C minor chord types.
There are several techniques in playing the bass:
1. Alternate Picking
This technique is most often used by the bassist, as alternate picking is actually the basic techniques in playing bass. How: strum bass by using two fingers alternately, generally still use your index finger and middle finger.
2. Up Thumb Down
In this technique we use our thumb as a pick, while four others jari2 we use for picking, much like playing the guitar is ... So if we usually use the index and middle finger picking for bass (alternate picking) then this technique we replace the thumb .
3. Slapping
Slapping technique on bass. So play bass by hitting bass with your thumb or palm of the hand, and the sound produced to be like percussion that. The father of her bassist Flea of ​​Red Hot Chilli Peppers typically use techniques like this ..
4. Popping
Mechanical pulling the strings with the fingers and then released again to compete with the fret, so his voice was loud like that pitted the two objects. Usually we can join the slapping and popping techniques, Myspace combinations sound so unique. There are also techniques to draw two strings popping once called double Pluck.
5. Tapping
This technique is commonly used on guitars, but play bass could use this technique. How: press the strings with fingertips to fret bass and slide a little more like a finger poke.
6. Bending Neck
If the guitar we know that lifting the string bending techniques with fingertips, but this time we did it on the bass. How: by the time we pick, press the strings are there on the headstock (the bass end where we normally tune), Myspace resulting sound like buzzing. Her bassist Billy Sheehan Mr. Mr. Big frequently use this technique.
In the play above techniques we need to make people understand that guide it can be done well. Practice and studied the experts will help you enhance our game. Due to a mistake in applying the technique the resulting sound will be different.
Note also the position of the hands, use the power of the wrist, not the arm. Remember, it often is to do exercises for relaxation and fingering finger in order not to injure the finger.

TRIAD

You can play not only one interval interval, but you can combine with the other intervals. Combine it with the interval between the Third Third interval to another, this will generate a triad. Triad is the basic chord shapes are the simplest.

1. Combine it with a Minor 3rd Major 3rd above will result in Major Triad. Examples of the bar 1

So the construction of the C major chord is formed

C-E-G

Interval C to E: Major 3rd

Interval E to G: Minor 3rd

2. Combine with Major 3rd Minor 3rd Minor Triad on it will produce. Examples of the bar 2

So the construction that forms the chord C Minor is

C-Eb-G

Interval C to Eb: Minor 3rd

Interval Eb to C: Major 3rd

3. Combine the above two Minor 3rd will produce Diminished Triad. Examples of the bar 3

So the construction of the form C dim chord is

C-Eb-Gb

IntervalC to Eb: Minor 3rd

Interval Eb to Gb: Minor 3rd

4. Combine the two Major 3rd will produce Augmented Triad. Examples of the bar 4

Sehigga construction that forms the chord is C aug

C-E-G #

Interval C to E: Major 3rd

Interval E to G #: Major 3rd

Try to play each chord is. It will produce different emotional effects. For example when playing a Major chord you will feel happy, strong, happy. When playing a minor chord you will feel sad, tragic, luggage daydreaming, remembering your love story that is not accomplished (what the heck ... hehe). When listening Diminished chord you feel restless. When you hear a chord Augmented you will feel the atmosphere that gives the impression of quiet. Silence.

CHORD MELODY

This technique basically play songs with chord melody simultaneously, it would sound empty. Good to be played with solo (alone), but can also play in the band.

The key, according to p Oelle, is "in the paste chord melody" rather than vice versa, in the paste chord melody. therefore I prefer to refer to this technique as a melody-chord. Then what is the difference?

First time learning acoustic guitar, hand position was habit forming chords. So, if you play a song, then the hand that forms the chord is then sought to suppress the melody of the song. Fingers do not move away from chord shapes ... remains essentially forming a chord. this is like this is leaning paste chord melody.

If chord melody affixed how? OK unloading on the first habit. If the above is left of the chord, then d paste melody. If chord melody in the paste, then we depart from the song melody notes. Then clay, fitting the tone of his chord melody right. okay departs from the melody, one finger still pressed tone melody, while the other fingers pressed chord.

Chord here do not need full-chord. Even better is not Full Chord. The problem that needs to be emphasized here, will find that its not a chord melody of her. Chord melody was strengthened. Not until the paste chord melody blur even make it.

How can that not make blur paste chord melody? If I myself, can input from Dede, I just add the 2-3 pitch from the chord-its course. So it's a conversion melody + chord tones 3-4 aja. Because cuman 2-3 pitch, so the tone melody songs can still be heard. Select the tone of a baseball chord melody make it blur. Usually that should be in play is his tone root. If in the mean guitar strings should in bass (6,5,4). Only if we play in a band, so do not need to push the root tone, because it already exists bass player.

If the chord melody paste, then the position of the hands tend to be a lot of moves from chord positions. But if chord melody in the paste, then do not hesitate to shift the position of the hand along with the movement of the song melody notes. Although the position may also move a lot of baseball hand chord positions. important not to make a blur until chord melody.

If the tone melody songs still exist in the chord is usually easier to press her. For example, the tone E and chordnya CMaj7 (C E G B). But if baseball melody tones in a chord, it could be more difficult. For example, the tone of his E and chord Bm7 (B D F # A). If who like this usually need a little modification.

On top of that could roughly as its base. Progress can be all sorts. One of them I often clay altered chord of his, I'll be more blend and strengthen the melody. Then there is the added chord, so let the tone of the chord. There is more bass notes of his baseball silent but "way" too. Becomes more crowded.

INTERVAL

Interval is the beginning of how the chord can be formed, harmony can be formed. Of course we have to learn to be aware of how the basic arrangement of a chord.

Knapa Must learn theory?

The theory is the "tools" for musicians .. by studying the theory we can find out why we play like that, how to play like that, how to make music like that .. course of our ideas become more widely grown in the presence of theory ..

Knapa should learn intervals?

Interval is the beginning of how the chord can be formed, harmony can be created .. Of course we have to learn to be aware of how the basic arrangement of a chord .. when you already know better, it would be very helpful when you "transcribe" (in the language of popular ngulik) a song, because the master interval, you have to know the melody and chord arrangement, even without the use of musical instruments.


Interval (1)

The build melody and harmony is an interval, it can be said interval is the distance between two tones. The following example will illustrate the distance interval from the first tone (Root), the smallest distance (distance of half tone / half step) up to octave / octave.

Sample Interval In C Major Scale

C major Scale: C D E F G A B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

FIRST INTERVAL.....................Root / prime note / notes early
SECOND INTERVAL ................. distance from C to D
THIRD INTERVAL .................... Distance from C to E
FOURTH INTERVAL ................ Distance from C to F
FIFTH INTERVAL .................... Distance from C to G
SIXTH INTERVAL .................... distance from C to A
SEVENTH INTERVAL .............. Distance from C to B
INTERVAL EIGTH .................... Distance from C to C higher / octave

Intervals are included in the C Major scale and called diatonic interval. There are two kinds of intervals in the diatonic intervals of the Major and Perfect intervals Interval

C to C is Unison

C to D is a Second Major

C to E is a Major Third

C to F is Perfect four

C to G is a Perfect Fifth

C to A is a Major Sixth

C to B is a Major Seventh

solos using the blues scale

This post directly from Mr. Fajar Adi Nugroho active member of the ISBC.

Immediately, we see ... cekidot ...

Just a note - this solo is sweet tone to be generated by the ferocious great bassist. simplicity in assembling this vein we can apply in our game


What about using a scale solo this .. interesting .. but the tones produced very harmonious and sweet .. before we examine first on this scale

minor blues scale = C - Eb - F - F # - G - Bb

premises only tone - the tone is sweet solos until the belligerent can be produced by a great bassist above .. simplicity in assembling this vein we can apply in our game

reference: marcus miller, stanley clarke, Victor Wooten, jimmy haslip, blues guitarists, etc. ..

good luck!

This post directly from Mr. Fajar Adi Nugroho active member of the ISBC.

Immediately, we see ... cekidot ...

Just a note - this solo is sweet tone to be generated by the ferocious great bassist. simplicity in assembling this vein we can apply in our game


What about using a scale solo this .. interesting .. but the tones produced very harmonious and sweet .. before we examine first on this scale

minor blues scale = C - Eb - F - F # - G - Bb

premises only tone - the tone is sweet solos until the belligerent can be produced by a great bassist above .. simplicity in assembling this vein we can apply in our game

reference: marcus miller, stanley clarke, Victor Wooten, jimmy haslip, blues guitarists, etc. ..

good luck!

Jaco Pastorius sequence 5 in 4/4

Jaco Pastorius ...

who does not know the name of this ...

Jaco is a bassist who often use the technique of phrasing in his solo play sequence 5 at tempo 4/4 not 1/16.


5 is a grouping of tone sequences in the 5 tones ..

example

C major = C D E F G A B C

then reply in for the 4 bars

l C D E F l G l D E F G A E F G A B F l l f .. as well as ascending

descendingnya ..

good luck .

Indonesia a Good Wood for Musical Instruments Bass Made Materials

Friends - Friends are all, I believe we have only know that a particular timber that can be used as an ingredient of a guitar / bass. Actually there are some real wood in Indonesia that is often made of materials both body and neck.

Post I took from the post bang Budi Kurnia Contributor in ISBC, when he made a thread about Indonesian timber for used musical instruments. that we know only Alder, Ash, Basswood, Maple, Mahogany, agathis .. which is often made in the basic materials guitar / bass. but there is some good wood that's been in test reliability for guitar & bass material. Original timber Indonesia has met the standard of materials that are pretty good. such as texture, density, wood fiber, wood strength and power of resonance that good!!

The timber is CEMPAKA, MERAWAN, nyatoh, Lasi, EBONY, MAGOHANY, AVOCADO, banyan ........

1. Wood Outcome: included into a special type of wood! name was KILAKI. Adina Fagifolia Val type species. Rubiaceae tribe. This wood has a dandy drought and heavy types that are not too heavy.

Wood is dark yellow color, with flower pattern medium, medium hardness power, which combined with fiber. Growing up in the area around Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara! timber if it is in the finishing is very luxurious and quite expensive wood for musical instruments in use .. but rarely there who know and begin there overseas manufacturers that use it for guitar / bass!

2. EBONY Wood: Wood who is no stranger to the guitar industry in the world to be made freetboard or plywood top & middle Body! Macasar name was Ebony, wood charcoal, wood Coromandel & black! its Latin name Dyospiros spp. Ebenaceae tribal family. Growing up in central and southeastern Sulawesi Around (Maluku).

black and gray in color alternating younger, and sometimes dark black. the nature of his hard work and difficult, large fiber flower moderate hardness. coarse texture. Timber is suitable for musical instruments, tools, carving ..

3. Wooden CEMPAKA: Another name Baros yellow to brown red. moderate hardness. There the Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi. wood is now being widely tested to be made in musical material, which has a wood belonging karean resonant sound that good. with fiber-tight.

4. Wood SONOKELING: name was Sonobrits, Palisander, Indian Wood, sono sungu! its Latin name Dalbergialatifolia Roxb. with dark red / purple with dark black lines. This type of wood that is very hard, even harder than the Ebony! and if the brush can be very subtle. located in Java Island! also commonly used as Frettboard guitar / bass and guitars are almost all industrial wear that look a lot like Ebony just more black ebony.

5. Wood MAHONI: or call Magohany wood outside world! Indonesia is the most original wood lots in the search to be made in the material body guitar / bass. Manufacturing Gibson, PRS, etc. This type of wood used as raw material for his guitar. This wood light brown to dark brown. timber that already hundreds epidemic is a very nice material made in the Body & neck guitar / bass.

Wood was found by Americans in Indonesia once, then it is known as American Mahogany! wood is now becoming rare in Indonesa as much on exports to be made of materials guitar / bass and the other instruments.

Fiber is very solid, if not easily processed saws or sompal & neat. glabrous. This wooden timber count for the guitar in the world. Growing up in west and central Java around Kidiri.

6. Sungkai wood: wood that once ruled this guitar-making material in the era of the 80/90 's. Similar to that of wood fiber and wood colors from American Ash. resultant resonant sound pretty good. old wood that has aged very nice. light yellow to dark yellow.

Another name of this wood is teak Sabrang (not the kind of Teak!), Straight, Koeroes!. its Latin name phenomenon Canascens jack! grown in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, west, central and south. timber that I use for the manufacture of bass seasonal models to look like Ash wood.

SLAP MECHANISM

Slap in the game we should not have any to play. Not any time and any appeal, but there is to be aware of them, and the mechanisms of scale in a slap game itself. Here I want to share about the mechanism and the scale itself.

Slap Mechanism:

1. Using the power of wrist

This mechanism is usually used to slap2 who need high speed or technique down up hard like Pluck, Pluck double, etc so no need to use hand motion and excessive power

2. Using arm strength

if this mechanism is to slap like that tend to be more percussive slap2 marcus miller (pattern2 drums) so as to have a more pronounced beat and more powerful. If Flea combination of both, if he needs a powerful slap him use power from the arm, if you want more speed he use energy from his wrist ..

Slap Scale:

The following exercises can slap make a choice if my friends want to play all the bass tones are usually played with the finger becomes more varied with the slap ..

example: C major scale

string tone technique
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C A DOWN
D A UP
E D Pluck
F D DOWN
G D UP
A G Pluck
B G DOWN
C G UP

Example 2: C minor scale (Aeolian)

string tone technique
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C A DOWN
D A UP
Eb A Pluck
F D DOWN
G D UP
Ab D Pluck
Bb G DOWN
C G UP

okay, this exercise can be both basic to play later when the singing slap each finger has an independent level as when we play finger ..

good luck.

Bassist Nick Seymour of Crowded House Performing on Tarmac’s Debut Album

A famous musical producer once said, to paraphrase, “the final collaborator on any music, is the audience, until they’re brought in, the work isn’t complete.” For the sonic journey that began in Melbourne, via Dublin, Nashville and New York, the artistic collaboration of Tarmac Adam is now complete, and along with their fans, they may have just introduced the album of the year; The History Effect.  The first single, “Chalk on Slate,” is already garnering attention from Undercurrents Radio Network, whose programming runs on over 126 NPR and non-commercial stations across the U.S. and a promotional tour is planned for spring of ‘13.

Tarmac Adam is the creation of Melbourne, Australia-based songwriter Matt O’Donnell and multi-instrumentalist Steve Paix. Later, Rueben Alexander signed up to play drums, and the group was completed with the arrival of Crowded House bass player, Nick Seymour.  The Crowded House connection is part of the ‘history effect’ that colors this album. Nearly ten years ago, O’Donnell and Paix, with guitarist Sean McVitty, had the full-House rhythm section – Seymour and the late Paul Hester – performing on Tarmac’s debut album Handheld Torch. Import copies found their way on to US radio, but the journey changed course and the band went their separate ways; to far-flung locations and the joyful challenges of fatherhood.

Those experiences inspired lyricist Matt O’Donnell, and a decade later, new songs emerged. So enticing were the songs that Nick Seymour got on a plane and the rest is The History Effect. The album’s very cover shot, an endless roadway vista, reflects its ten year journey, and the name of the band, as Matt explains, “Tarmac Adam is our play on the original name for tarmac. But also that sense of ‘Adam’ – the first man, the Everyman – on life’s journey, a journey we all travel.”

An early champion of the band, Melbourne newspaper The Age, wrote, “…the appeal of Tarmac Adam is about intimacy and soundscapes…” This intimacy is like those thoughts that fill your head just before you go to sleep, transporting you into the dream.

O’Donnell drew much of his inspiration for The History Effect from, oddly enough, a single day, “We’d just had the annual family Christmas gathering, and for me it just opened out into all these themes – getting older, acknowledgement, aspiration, regret, acceptance.” It will resonate with anyone who has had their fair share of life’s ups and downs. The musical palette of Tarmac Adam – including a haunting cameo from rising star Maddy Hay on “You As Me” – makes it a lush listening experience from start to finish with a narrative thread of bittersweet reflection and hopeful longing. Like the rearview mirror on the album’s cover, who we are and where we’re headed is defined by where we’ve been. That’s The History Effect.

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND THE 7 DEADLY SINS OF THE PROFESSIONAL BASS PLAYER BY IGOR SAAVEDRA

First of all I wish everybody in the magazine and also to all my readers a Fantastic New Year!

This article is very short, but I think is very meaty. Don’t take anything of this as a dogma… I’m not a religious person myself and I’m also the first person in this world to dislike dogmas, so just take it as a “creative way” to give you and advice on the aspects that I consider the most important ones to do and avoid doing.

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS

1) The Beat is your god.

2) The Fundamental is your goddess.

3) Invest more in learning stuff rather than having stuff.

4) Never overplay.

5) Have your bass ALWAYS clean, calibrated and intonated… and change your strings 3 days before any important concert, not the same day.

6) Tune your bass and absolutely relax before going to the stage.

7) Level the quality of every link of “The chain of your sound”. If you have a weak link, that’ll be the exact measure of the quality of your sound.

8) Never think you are so good that you have nothing more to learn.

9) Be always on time for your meetings, rehearsals and concerts.

10) Be nice, responsible, gentle, kind, empathic and helpful with your colleagues, but at the same time demand these very same values from them towards you.

THE 7 DEADLY SINS

1) Disrespecting the Pattern by not keeping it steady and recognizable, making it to get lost within the ornamentations.

2) Slapping when not necessary.

3) More popping than thumbing when you slap.

4) Not listening to what your colleagues are playing.

5) Spending more time playing from the 12^th fret up rather than from the 12^th fret down.

6) Playing under the influence of alcohol, drugs, hate, fury, anger and stress.

7) Thinking that “playing bass” means playing an instrument “named as bass”.

That’s all for now my friends… I’m leaving now to the US to play at the NAMM Show 2013 in Los Angeles and then I’m flying to New York to perform a Master Class at the New York Bass Collective, so I’m really happy because life continues providing me with amazing opportunities to learn.

How to Learn Bass Tab

Learn bass tab to play the bass lines from your favorite songs. Tablature notation was developed to show where notes are on the neck of a guitar or bass guitar. Knowledge of reading music is not required for using tabs. Knowledge of a song to be played from tabs is necessary since tablature does not give any countable timing indications. Bass tabs show a bassist how to find notes but not exactly how long to hold them.

Instructions

1. • 1

     

     Tune the strings on the bass guitar to the proper notes. Use an electronic tuner to get each string in perfect pitch. The top string with the lowest not is tuned to E, the second string down is A, third string is D, and fourth G.
   • 2
     Learn the order of the bass strings as they are shown in a bass tab graph. The top string on the bass guitar is shown at the bottom of the tablature graph. This is the order of the strings from your viewpoint when a bass guitar is strapped around your shoulder or balanced on your lap.
     G| ---------------------
     D| ---------------------
     A| ---------------------
     E| ---------------------
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   • 3
     Learn the fret numbers. Frets are the spaces on the neck of the bass guitar separated by inlaid metal wire. The first fret is the space just below the head of the guitar. Hold the top string against the neck on the first fret with the tip of your index finger and pluck the string to play an F. This note is shown on the bass tab graph with a "1" on the E string line as illustrated. The note on the second fret of the same string would be indicated with a "2" on the E string line.
     G| ---------------------
     D| ---------------------
     A| ---------------------
     E| --- 1 ---------------
   • 4
     Identify an open note, or note played by plucking a bass string without holding it against the neck on any fret. Pluck the third string down without touching the neck for the D note. This note is shown in bass tab with a "0" on the D line.
     G| ---------------------
     D| --- 0 ---------------
     A| ---------------------
     E| ---------------------
   • 5
     Use the imprecise timing cues that tablature offers, for what they're worth. The only timing references made in tablature come in the form of spaces between numbered notes. Two fret numbers written close together followed by a bigger space before the third number indicates the first note last for a shorter time than the second. Exactly how long any of these notes should last is not notated.
     G| --------------------------------------------------------------------------
     D| ------------------2-------------------------------------------------------
     A| ---0--2---------------------------0--2----------------------------------
     E| ---------------------------------------------------0----------------------
   • 6
     Use simple rhythms to get familiar with reading bass tabs. The bass guitar can be used to play complex rhythms, but it's best to practice basic rhythms while learning to read tabs. The blues bass line illustrated is a good exercise for following tabs on different strings.
     G| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     D| -------------------------------------------0------------------------------------------------------------------
     A| --------------0----0--0----0--0-----0---------3------0----0--0----0--0----0---------------0----0--0--
     E| --0--3--4--------------------------------------------------------------------------0--3--4-------------------

Right-Hand Warm-Ups on Bass Guitar

Just as with any other physical activity, you need to prepare your body for the task of playing bass guitar. Without proper exercise, your hands simply won't be strong enough or coordinated enough to endure long hours of bass playing. A few minutes a day with the proper exercises go a long way.

Start the exercises in this article by positioning your right hand on the bass. The letters for the fingers of the right hand are as follows:

• Index finger = i

•  Middle finger = m

For now, your left hand gets to take a break while your right hand is working out. Feel free to use it for scratching various body parts.

Right-hand same-string strokes

When you play notes on the same string, you need to be able to alternate between your index and middle fingers, so you can play notes in rapid succession and with an even tone. The following steps show you how to practice these same-string strokes.

1. Using the index finger (i) or middle finger (m) of your right hand, strike the lowest string.

Alternate between your i and m fingers (striking the string with one finger at a time) and keep the sound even.

2. Pull your fingertips across the string.

Don't lift your fingers really high and slap them down. When you slap the string, you create a lot of unwanted fret noise. Don't pluck the string up (like a classical guitar player), either. When you pluck the string up, it vibrates over the pickup in a way that produces a very thin sound. Your angle of attack (your strike) should be into the instrument, making the tone full and round.

Take a look at Figure 1 for the proper strike angle for the right hand. This technique gives you an authoritative sound, which is exactly what you want as a bass player.

Figure 1: Angle of attack for right-hand strike.

Play evenly on each string, alternating between your i and m fingers. Aaaaaah, can you feel those calluses building up? You better make your fingers tough and hard so that you can strike the string all day long without any pain (or blisters).

As you play, you probably realize that your striking fingers are coming to rest on the next lowest string when you play the adjacent higher string. This technique is correct; it helps mute the strings that are not being played. When you play the lowest string (the E string), your fingers should come to rest against your thumb (which, of course, is firmly anchored, right?). Check out Figure 2 for the proper striking sequence.

Figure 2: Sequence of fingers striking the string.

Right-hand accents: Getting control of the strength in your striking hand

This section takes you one step closer to creating music and introduces accents into your playing.

Accenting a note means making it slightly louder than the other notes. To accent a note, just strike the string slightly harder. Accenting allows you to control the volume of each note as you play it, which makes your bass line more interesting.

Don't accent a note too hard, though. If you strike a string too forcefully, the sound becomes distorted, and the tone leaves much to be desired. (It also tires out your hands very quickly.)

Follow these steps to accent a note correctly with either striking finger:

1. Start playing the E string with alternating i and m fingers of your right hand.

2. Accent (that is, play it louder) each note that you strike with your i finger.

3. After you get comfortable using your i finger, accent each note that you strike with your m finger.

4. Repeat this exercise on the A string, and then move on to the D string and G string.

You want to familiarize yourself with all the strings, because each string has a slightly different feel.

When you're comfortable accenting with either finger, put the previous instructions into exercise form.

1. Play evenly, alternating between your i and m fingers.

Think of this as a four-note sequence where you play i m i m.

2. Accent the first note of each sequence (the underlined i), making it i m i m, i m i m, i m i m, and so on.

3. When you have a handle on playing i m i m, start the sequence with m, making it m i m i.

4. Accent the first note again (this time, the underlined m), making the sequence m i m i, m i m i, m i m i, and so on.

5. Repeat this exercise on all the strings.

Right-hand string crossing: Getting across the strings smoothly

The final stage of the right-hand warm-up is called string crossing. How do you cross the strings? It's very straightforward. Just remember the following three rules:

• Alternate your middle and index fingers when you're striking the same string. (The "right-hand same-string strokes" exercises are covered in the previous section.)

• Alternate your middle and index fingers when you're crossing from a lower to a higher string.

• Rake with the same finger when you're crossing from a higher to a lower string. (Raking means striking a string with one finger and then striking the next lower string with the same finger.)

Take a look at your alternating fingers when you're crossing from a lower to a higher string. Remember, the lower string is the one on top (nearest your head). A regular four-string bass is tuned (from low to high) E, A, D, and G. Try the following exercise for right-hand coordination:

1. Strike the E string with i (the index finger).

2. Strike the A string with m (the middle finger).

3. Strike the D string with i.

4. Strike the G string with m.

Now strike the G string again, this time with i (alternating on the same string), and rake it all the way across the D, A, and E strings. Keep the rhythm and volume even.

After you play the E string with i, continue with the second half of the exercise:

1. Strike the E string with m (the middle finger).

2. Strike the A string with i (the index finger).

3. Strike the D string with m.

4. Strike the G string with i.

Now strike the G string again with m (alternating on the same string), and rake it all the way across the D, A, and E strings. Again, keep the rhythm and volume even in both directions.