Bass Tabs: Everything You Need To Know To Get Started Reading Bass Tabs
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If you've spent any amount of time on the web trying to figure out how to play your favorite bass lines, you've almost certainly come across bass tabs.
They're the (sometimes confusing) lines splattered with a ton of numbers and frequently, weird symbols. When I first started playing bass, I wasn't a fan of bass tabs - they were kind of confusing to me. They seemed like they were 'upside down'.
After I finally got my head around the idea though, I saw just how useful they could be. It was much easier learning how to read bass tabs than the standard notation - that's for sure! But it still came with it's own set of challenges.
In this video, you'll learn how to read bass tabs - including all the symbols, what they mean, and how to take the music from the screen to your bass.
Once you learn to decipher these tabs, a whole new world of possibilities opens up to you. Instead of needing someone to teach you songs, you can figure them out for yourself.
The one thing to be careful of when using the tabs you find online is that some of them will be just plain wrong. There are tons of good quality resources online, but a lot of bass tabs you find will just be terrible.
When you come across some like this 'in the wild', just take them with a grain of salt. If something doesn't sound right, then change it so it DOES sound right. You could also check with any musician friends you have if they think it's correct or not.
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Good luck with the lesson and happy tab reading!
Cheers,
Luke - เพลง
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Quick correction - At the 9:10 mark, the note marked at the 5th fret on the A-string should actually be on the E-string.
Luke from Become A Bassist
This video helped me a lot thanks
@Arath fonesca - No worries at all! I’m glad it helped
So does this mean that learning to read tabs is easier for people who play lefty?
str8dominican yes, unless you have a left handed bass, then it’s the same
I got really confuse there hahaha
just got a bass & im self teaching & this vid seriously painted a clear picture for me. thank you! you’re awesome
Kayley Neil how is it going? I have been self teaching for 2 weeks and loving it! Admittedly I am a music major, so I have had some skills transfer. I came to this vid just to make sure I was doing everything right as I thought.
I can already read sheet music, but tabs are so much easier.
Wife bought me a bass 5 years ago. It's time... Super helpful vid.
same m8
How are you coming along now?
I'm just getting started with my bass playing and this is going to be super helpful! Gorillaz is my favourite band so when you used Feel Good Inc. as an example I jumped up in my seat and just spent a solid minute playing the riff over and over.
I love the enthusiasm! Keep it up and you'll have no choice but to get better on your bass!
Gorillaz is one of my favorite bands and I’m a beginner on bass and I love playing that song too. Idk why I’m telling you this but whatever.
I ended up on this video cause I want to learn that riff! Haha
If you like Gorillaz go to this Channel Marlon Wörshing Bass Cover i learned and memorized 20 Gorillaz Bass songs it's a good channel
EsseCaraAi BR ikr it’s literally the best
This was so dang helpful. I’m a beginner. As in I have never picked up a musical instrument and I’m 38. I’ve always wanted to learn and I picked the bass..I’m a bit of a rock/ metal fan and I love the sound of the bass. Great video.
Same here, started with guitar when I was around 8 but my hands were too small to actually fret chords, so I picked up the ukulele and bass and have been playing for about 3 years. Never bothered to actually learn how to sight read though, so here I am
Just started learning bass and tabs threw me off so hard, this helped so much hot damn!!
as a "non english speaking person" (i'm belgian) i sometimes to put the playing speed on x75 (it gives you more time to translate in your head)... i used this technique on this video and i can say i all honesty, that this was one of the most instructive videos i have ever found on youtube.
Also a good way to learn a song too
Thank god other people do the same thing- English is my third language and i almost always have it on .75x speed
as soon as you started playing gorrilaz it just gave me more motivation omg
Oh when i slide my finger 14/12 it get sliced up Lmao
Red Leo random question who is your profile pic?
@@overseasonedlamb5604 G Dragon
@@Eolxsx GD YAS 😍
LOL. that's good comment
Took my brother years to get cauleces to stop that from happening
Thank you so much! I’m a piano player, and decided to start bass recently, but was confused about the weird sheet music, but this has cleared all of my questions up and I understand all of the music now. 😊
omg me too!
nice pfp :)
Nice lovejoy pfp
I’m really lucky because I’m left handed so the tab is the right way
G Millsy luckyyyyyy
Lol, i thought that would be a problem to me
I used to play the electric guitar as a teen, but now at the age of 29 I've decided to take up the guitar again but this time with a bass. This video has helped me a lot and I think I'm going to buy my first bass guitar. Thanks for all the simply explained tips (a lot of other people over complicated things which initially put me off).
You're a good teacher
When you already play bass and read tabs but you saw a tool tab and your like wtf
This is an xcellent video. Love your delivery, really clear and precise. Thank you Luke 👏👏
Probably the most helpful and understandable tutorial i've watched, thank you very much :)
Excellent lesson. Very helpful.
Finally a really clear and good explanation to the reading bass tabs
Very good bass guitar teacher with excellent step-by- step instruction!!
thanks for the starterpack! much love (:
Thank you, man! I originally play the cello, so when i got a bass I got really confused when i saw these strange notes with numbers, but this really helps.
Your videos are helping me a lot. Thank YOU!!
Trying this again and again and again hopefully it'll start to make sence
this was so helpful!! I just got a bass a while back and had no idea what those symbols meant, thank you so much
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU
Dude, this is the most helpful video for bass ive watched. Thank u for this
God bless you boss for this teaching. If have been trying to know all this things for long, you are a great teacher Thank you
You made this so simple thanks you!!❤️
Love the video been trying to learn by my self and it hast been working been rapping my head round it so long just wanted to give up trying but seen this video and now it seems to be a lot easier now
This is an excellent lesson and explanation.
So helpful, thanks Luke !
Great! Nice and clear!!
My first Bass guitar is being delivered tomorrow so I’m pleased I’ve found your site!
Thank you so much
I rewatch this video many times and now I'm able to read Bass tabs
Tnx for the good advice
I just bought my first bass a couple days ago so this video is a big help
Thank you so much this helped me a lot i’m getting a bass soon and i was so confused but this helped me a lot more
This video was soooooo helpfulll!!
Awesome video this helped me big time !
super helpful, trying to figure out how to read bass music before I actually get one, thanks!
Thanks, this answered a lot of questions :)
Very well presented. Thank you
Thankyou this helped me so much!
Thanks! Very helpful!
thanks a lot luke! youre really helpful!
This is a perfect video that showed me how to read music thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAD ALWAYS SO CONFUSED ABOUT THE NUMBERS
Thank you this was very helpful . 😊
This did not just helped me in bass but it helped me in all types of guitar ty men
this is perfect. thank you so much
Incredibly helpful
Thanks this helped me start bass
Wow! This helped me out big time! Thanks for this video! :)
Thanks for your advice about the base tabs being upside down and how you see it and reverse it in your mind when you look at the fretboard, I can now follow bass tabs much more easily. Another I’ve found is to look at the fretboard and think the strings are right but the numbers on the bass tab are upside down.
Wow. finally something that makes sense to me. Thanks Luke, it's like you just turned on the light for me.
Thank you sir your teachings are awesome more power to you God bless!
this was so helpful, i’m new at bass and this REALLY helps. +1 sub
This helped me tremendously, the inversion of the strings. I was playing top down instead of bottom up, what a difference.
I am a Pianist thinking of getting into Bass as well as Guitar to kind of broaden my skill set, thanks for this video.
Thank you so much, you're a blessing
Very helpful thanks mate 🤓
Thank you so much this is very helpful
Awesome, thank you!
This is so helpful! You are a good teacher! Thanks!
Awesome to hear you found it helpful - that's always my goal! Cheers!
Very well explained.. Thank you! :)
This is so helpful
Thanks for the lesson my guy
Thanks for this video it helps so much
Many thanks Luke
Man i swear a second ago i knew nothing about reading bass tabs, now guess who knows 3 songs self teach?
I appreciate your video
FINAALLY!! i actually understand now!
dude I’m trying to learn bass from the internet and this was a ton of help to start with
Awesome @ymirror! Glad I could help.
Absolutely spot on!
Glad you think so!
you are a life saver for this video
THANKYOU!!!! I'm going to watch all your videos! I get my bass on Wenesday!!!
Finally! Got confused in the X marks. Thx so much
This is the best video on tabs I've ever seen. THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. I understood MOST.
Thank you for sharing.
This video really helped me Thank you!
You're welcome friend. I'm happy I could help!
Thanks a lot!
This man is a legend
I just started learning how to play bass last week and your lessons already helped me a lot! Thank you also for the beginners starter pack, Luke!
how’s it going? i’m getting a bass for my birthday and i’m worried that i won’t get better lol
madelyn brooke I can play a few songs now! >< Can’t slap yet but definitely comfortable with reading and playing tabs. I also noticed that I can hear the bassline in songs clearer now (before learning the bass I never pay attention to them at all 😂)
@@chrypco late reply but yeah, that's definitely something that happens when you pick up bass 💀 used to think bass was sorta lame a few years back, been playing for 3 years now and all I can hear is the bass line in a song
Thank you so much! This helped a lot!
You're welcome - and that's awesome to hear!
thx u so much i changed to bass for my gcses and still have lots to learn thx
Actually my name is Gavin , learning to read tabs is like learning another language facanating, frustrating but oh so rewarding when you get it right...I'm going to try Zeplins Good times bad times, like I said "try" being the operative word here. ..and bucket loads of patience. ..
And the dude who I'm going to try does the tutorial in Spanish but if you understand tabs the language is not an obstacle, amazing. ..
Tabs love 'em. ..
Thank you.
I'm hand converting Everlong by Foo Fighters into a synthesiser and this helped me understand some of the symbols I was seeing
Thank you for this video i hope more
beautiful thank you
awesome video man gratz!
Cheers Ramon!
WOW thank you, this is like I'm just learning to read at the age of 28, you explained this so well! 🥰
Thanks really helpful
Great job
Thank you for this. :)
thank you so much 😁
thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I'm just starting to learn bass. This is very helpful🙏🙏❤️🌷🍸✌️👆. So kind of you to give a free download on bass leasons.
Nice tutorial , i like it
i might be too old to learn to play this piece of instrument but i will give it a try. thank you
I Am a professional at Tabs and ALL of that, i learned Alone cause i dont knew what was tabs so you is good at explaining tabs. Continue with the good work.
Thank you very much🎉
thanks that helped me
you are awesome! such a great video! thank you.
You're welcome!