5 Tips on How to Sound Better on Bass Guitar
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Free tip: Tune your guitar every time you play it!
1. Clean Sound
Make sure you mute your strings properly with the thumb and perhaps with other fingers
2. Control the length of your notes
Long notes, short notes, staccato, muted notes - it’s all in the fingers, be creative and change a bass-line just by using different lengths!
3. Change your strings
Don’t play on rusty strings! Change your strings every 6 months in average if you gig regularly. Don’t change your strings a day before the gig, try to aim for a week before.
4. Play (super, super super) in time
Don’t underestimate any groove, even the simplest. You think 4/4 is too easy for you? You got it wrong! It’s never too easy. Turn all you attention to where the beat is and to be as accurate as possible. That could make the simplest bass lines shine through.
5. Learn different techniques, and use them sparsely (or when required). This includes muting, playing with a pick, Slapping, tapping, hammering on, pulls offs etc. It adds some spice to you playing, but be careful and don’t over use it when inappropriate!
0:00 Introduction
0:08 Work on a clean sound
5:15 Control the length of your notes
8:51 Change
10:17 Play super super SUPER in time
13:37 know when to use certain techniques
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"Treat every bass line with respect." What a great quote and excellent advice!
That bass tone is perfection.
I really like your tips and ideas. Even after having played the bass guitar for 35 years, I keep on learning. Thank you, Yonit!
I love everything she said!!! You are a very great musician and awesome teacher 😘
Great lessons Yonit! Love what you do. Love the help! Thank you!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you so much for all these practical tips. Really useful!!!!
Love your playing...great tips thanks!
Excellent teaching mam thank you so much..
Thanks for this, Yonit. Love that Moniker bass. Sounds great.
LOVE your Moniker Bass, so jealous. Thanks for the videos, you're terrific!
thank you! I just started so this is just what i was looking for!
Great Video Yonit , a lot of very helpful information Thanks so much ! you are an excellent teacher!
Great video and useful advice, thank you!
Thanks for sharing Yonit.
So sweet to wake UP with you. And fondamental bass playing on morning Say me in Time, is a Big day today .
You have been a great help Thanks.
Thank youuuu for the knowledge
Great Lesson, Yonit, thank you!
Hi Yonit, ❤️ Your lesson videos, your a great teacher!
i love your tips...really very awesome techniques
Excellent points
I’m going into my 7th year from ground zero and I find myself instinctively doing exactly what you’re teaching
Awesome lesson.
Thanks Yonit for the perfect advice
Thanks mate and good skills for walking. Keep up the good work
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Thanks very much for your videos. Among all the browses in youtube, your lessens are very much specific to me. Also I like the simplicity of your playing which is surely quite smart & mature as well. Furthermore, I am in love with the bass groove with the backing track. Much love (from Bangladesh)🙂
No time wasted going right into the first tip so you get my like just for that.
I got back from trying out my first bass earlier today and was resting my thumb on the pickup. Thanks for showing me a better way! Saved me all that wrist strain. Back to practice! :)
W. Ali good luck on your new instrument! I have found soooo much joy in playing one! Cheers friend!
Thanks again for a great lesson. The thumb on the pickup is something that I have been doing for over 20 years and for most of that time I knew it caused problems muting the E String (4-string bass) which I partially compensated for by muting it with my left thumb when possible. I felt it would be a disaster to try to break the habit since my playing would fall all over the place; muting the E-string when I want to play it, plucking the wrong string because my hand is not in its usual position, etc. Also it seems a lot of energy essentially moving the entire right-hand up and down every time you want to use the E-string seems a lot of work and tiring.
However after seeing this lesson, I decided to try to break this habit before I die. Actually it is not as hard as I thought. A half-hour of playing basic lines plus moderate-tempo songs I know well and it started coming together. The tone is significantly more focused on the non-E strings.
Just wanted to mention the thumb-on-pickup habit is not as hard to break as it seems. The real test will be the show I am doing tomorrow but it looks positive.
Thanks again for the great lesson.
I feel kinda lucky because my thumb was already naturally resting on the E string. I anchor my pinky on the other side of the pickup sometimes. But I also have an unconventional style. I use my thumb on the E string, probably a habit carried over from playing guitar. Sometimes I use a forefinger but the thumb is my go-to. That's probably why it rests there naturally. If your experiment doesn't work out, try using your thumb to strike the E.
Thank you Yonit!
Thank you for another helpful video! I learn more from this channel then any of the others
i learned the technique of resting my thumb on each string as i go down to the g string by watching jack bruce on old cream videos...what a player !
Best.
WHAT USE UR ANCHOR TO MUTE, BET U PLAY WITH A PICK ALSO HAAAAACK
Good teacher!
Very useful!
Thank you!
Great Stuff!
That bass...
Great lesson btw.
Thx!
Great video!
Thanks 👍
great and the truth of a cool bass player
This is very helpful to me. As a Bass Player in a Worship Band
I really need to get that bass! Looks and sounds great! 😁👍
Nice technique.
Whoa ..my playing became cleaner I don’t fumble as much and a little bit faster great advice thank you very much
On my P bass I have a set of Labella Flats that are ~13 years old, just keep them clean. Rounds go on my J style bass and those get changed pretty much as often as you suggest. If you can afford it try to have two basses. If you only have one bass set it up with whatever sound that can land you the gig. I’ve been considering a PJ bass with rounds and a “series/parallel” switch. That blended tone has really been growing on me.
No matter how long I’ve been playing I always look for something basic I might have missed. There was no TH-cam when I started so it was picking up as I went along. Thank you for these vids!
I have two J's (my first one just stopped working the night before a gig so I bought a new one aiming for close to the same model). I'm interested in a P, tho. What I'd really like is a collection with different gauge strings and a variety of flats and rounds. But yeah, dream on right?
Amazing Yonit
I thank you are great
Wow. Nice looking bass
Thanks yonit 😘
great tips , especially if youre not a bassplayer but kind of a jack of all trades and want produce/record your own songs.
I Love it
I love you!
Great lesson. What size amp should beginner purchase.
Great lesson! What kind of bass is that? Looks short scale…. I am hooked!
Fantastisk
Do you have any tutorial on how to set different tones on PJ?
Nice bass guitar
That’s a cool bass! What brand is it?
Nice tips! What is that pink sock thingy on the neck of the guitar?
What guitar is this? I've seen it a lot of times and I really like it.
Hi Yonit, what is the bass model you used in this video? Cheers, Alex
Thanks. Could you help me how to mute the B string with 5 strings bass, while strike or slap the 1st tring
So so simple, with two tones!!!!! ("and then I do some fills in between!") Ha, I know what you mean, but it are the fills that make this Basslines sounds fantastic, but then you need more notes then just the two!!!!!
Thank you for this excellent tutorial! If you’re playing on the D string, you would mute the G string with the left index finger while muting the E and A strings with the thumb, right? Thanks again for all you do.
Sounds right! when descending, I was taught to mute higher strings with my fret-hand index finger.
When playing the G-string, I place my thumb on the A-string whilst gently-leaning against the E-string--after years of experimenting, I've found this a relatively efficient muting strategy.
I'm an old fashioned type of guy and I prefer the muted sound that one gets with a double bass, so I generally play with a foam pad under the strings. The foam I use is not particularly dense and the pad is only about a half-inch square throughout its length which I butt up up close against the bridge. However, I'm sure I can hear the string going sharp as the note fades away. I don't think I'm imagining this, so is it something you have experienced using a foam mute?
Cada día, los bajistas buscan un sonido mas agudo en sus instrumentos y se alejan del rango natural que el bajo debiera ofrecer, un sonido profundo y limpio para diferenciarse del resto de los instrumentos en especial de la guitarra.
Soy de los que les gusta el sonido de cuerdas viejas, a diferencia de la recomendación (no me va el slap), prefiero no cambiarlas hasta que note alguna cosas rara. Quizás no toco tanto como un profesional y eso haga que me duren un año jaja
The pickups are Seymour Duncan’s ?
Great tutorial ..am kinda old school and on a budget so changing strings every 6 months is Not for me ..I like the warmer tones your get with older strings an I just keep my hands clean and I use a text wipe with alcohol to keep them clean .. Good luck being a sadowsky bass artist!! That's a Good gig!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hai I am beginar of bass guiter how to start to bass guiter from first ..I hope you will help me thank you.
I love everything she said 💞💞💞♥️ Viet nam music 😘
I love your channel!!! and I love your guitar!!! but I can't make out the name on the headstock. What is it?
Nevermind! I looked you up and the answer is .......MONIKER!, it's a real beauty. Found one for sale on reverb
1:57 - Somewhere in the Isle of Wight Mark King's ears perk up... "Say what now?"
Question, if it would not be too much trouble.
I notice that you use the index and middle fingers of the right hand to pluck the strings.
Is the ring finger ever used?
Good Job, great advice. Perhaps mention STAND UP when you play bass in a band. (you sit in your bass videos like your watching a movie?) I Force myself to practice with strap and standing. You owe it to your audience to stand while performing and your body will keep time for the rest of the band. My drummer on stage can only see my back however he can predict many of my note changes by watching my "Bass Dance" the way my body naturally moves while playing. If you still find yourself playing bass in your 90's then sit down...
Would that be some kind of string dampener or Capo near the nut?
It took me some practice to mute droning strings, especially on a 5 string.
So you don’t have to apply that much pressure when you muting the other strings or do you??
I have 8 years old strings on my ibanez mikro bass :)
Floating thumb right? Pinky and ring finger for muting on regular finger style is a unnecessary for the right hand
Excellent lesson, can you tell me what the pink wrap is for by the headstock? Is it for muting?
Yes it is for muting unwanted notes
Thank you very much.
Is it the bass guitar of what maker?
Shag styring gauge du you use?
Hello i have the same amplifier and i have problems getting a nice eq right now im using a pre amplifier so i use the amplifier flat ... it would be nice if you make or show me a tutorial of how you diál the amplifier
Remember it might not be the amp but the room you are in if it's not sound proofed then a lot of sound is gonna become muddy especially with lower frequencies
How to get rhythm loop for practice, plz sent link
I don't even own a bass, why am I watching this. And why have I subscribed to this channel...
Nice Bass, which one is it?
What’s your bass brand?
Hi mam im a filipino if i play a chord like C how can i played it?
👏👏👏👏
The first time I changed bass strings I immediately regretted it. I don't really like that metally sound. It isn't the "boominess" of older strings I like, its the smoothness. I have one song where I like new strings, so I have another bass that I only use for that song. Those strings will last a long time b/c its just that one song. What bums me is that I'll eventually have to change the strings and they'll sound too bright for a while.
What kind of bass is that ?
Did you sell that Bass?
Changing strings? Gonna need 2 bolters for this heresy xD
1:57 slapp bAss intensifies
Hey Yonit where did you study music ?
Berklee College of Music.
I don't use my thumb and keep it on top of the pickup 90% of the time and I play a 5 string and I don't have a problem with strings ringing out as I use my fretting hand to mute so try different ways and see what suits you
Tho I do have large hands so that might be why
Ollie I also rest my thumb on the pickup most of the time and just make sure to mute it with the finger I used to pluck the string in tandom with left hand muting
Oh me, I took you suggestion to record my self playing, well honesty is a bitch,didn't like what heard thanks for the tip I think I got a lot of work to do😝
Simplest bassline in modern music : sweetest taboo by Sade : only two notes
Do you still teach?
Anyone who knows if there is a name for the "wrist" band thing used on the bass to mute the srings??
Nicolas Kapsis it’s a gruvgear fretwrap
How to properly mute the strings if I play a 5-string bass, esp when I pluck the G string?
I play five and six string basses almost exclusively now. I use the "floating thumb" right hand technique for string muting. That is, instead of anchoring on a pick-up or the adjacent string as I travel up and down the strings, the thumb travels with the fingers and rests against the B E and A strings. When playing the high C on my six string I will rest the thumb on the D string, and carefully rest the thumb against the B E and A strings. This, in my opinion is a very effective way to to keep unwanted noise out of your grooves. 👑🎸🎵