Play a pentatonic blues scale on bass guitar; learn how with tips from our professional bass guitar instructor in this free music lesson video.
Expert: Carl Shepard
Contact: www.entheosmusic.com
Bio: Carl Shepard is a professional bass instructor working at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Filmmaker: Jason Sager
Duration : 0:1:52
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I’ve had my £400 …
I’ve had my £400 Cort sounding better than my £1,000 Warwick bass before. It’s set up perfectly to my liking with Roto Flatwound Jazz strings which compliment the bass perfectly.
I’m still trying different things with the Warwick.
Just be sure to try a lot of basses before you buy if you can. If you cant then ask for recommendations in a local music shop and have someone demonstrate their stock.
Then find it cheaper online lol
Sorry for the long read
I suggest that you …
I suggest that you get to a good standard for a beginner / average player before you buy your second bass
If you can make a piece of sound good then imagine what you can make a piece of gold sound like
But still remember, you can polish a piece of …but its still a piece of shit.
Recommended basses – Ibanez, Epiphone (NOT THE THUNDERBIRD), Cort, Fender, OCCASIONALLY Yamaha…
They’ll all be fine for cheap basses.
I dont know if …
I dont know if it’ll help now but
My first bass was a Jim Deacon (NEVER RECOMMENDED) that cost £109
My second was a Cort C4 Special edition that cost £400
my current is a Warwick STD5 Corvette Ash which is worth about £1,000 (Depends where you look)
I’d say for your first bass, if you know nothing on bass yet then no more than £200
if you know things already but are still just starting then no more than £300.
@britishman2 as did …
@britishman2 as did i, however it isn’t my first.
@818KLOWNER around …
@818KLOWNER around $300
@818KLOWNER
i’ve …
@818KLOWNER
i’ve bought an epiphone thunderbird goth and i’ve spent 250 euros (soemthing like 300 dollars)
yeah you should …
yeah you should probably see if any one of your friends is selling an old bass orwhate ever, but probably around 200 and 150
about 100 150
about 100 150
why…?
why…?
Hey brother. I’d …
Hey brother. I’d recommend a squire vintage modified. I got mine a year ago and would recommend it to anyone starting out, or someone who doesn’t want their nice fender beat up on the road. For a starter bass, it can’t be beaten, and that’s no lie. check it out.
search Academy’s …
search Academy’s Bass. They are cheaps.
question to every1. …
question to every1… how much should i spend on my first bass guitar?? just want to get somewat of an idea of the money im a gonna spent when i buy a bass guitar….
You’re funny. No …
You’re funny. No one could point out how stupid you are better then you do yourself.
Why don’t you chase …
Why don’t you chase my down to my ball sack and finger my scrotal hairs?
It has nothing to do with chasing notes and should be easy for you if using the proper hand position
You miss the point. …
You miss the point. A proper hand position gives you what you seek.
By using all 4 of your fingers you cover a greater range in 1 hand position. Using all your fingers is exactly the reason why you get a greater range without having to check your hand (for the singers). With 1-finger-per-fret you don’t have to look at the fingerboard because you can cover over an octave before needing a position shift.
It’s about NOT chasing notes.
The principle still …
The principle still applies, dickface.
If you can’t switch keys or modes you can’t play it anyway. It is still easier to play across the board and sing than to chase notes up and down the neck while trying to concentrate on a refrain.
@mryellow123 …
@mryellow123 Alright, gonna check it out, thanks… sounds really interesting.
Checkout “George …
Checkout “George Russel – Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organisation”…..
“Fixes” 350 years of “diatonics” and brings it back to a unified harmonic universe.
Oh just realised …
Oh just realised what it is that confused you.
Cello is tuned in 5ths (C G D A). Bass is tuned in 4ths (E A D G). Thus the difference in the range covered by the fingers.
link me please
link me please
You guys including …
You guys including the “teacher” in the vid should listen, read and get the principles of music as seen by Allan Holdsworth, he is really inspiring and liberating.
He has scales who are 3-4 octaves long for instance, he just broke up and extended classical theory. Yet his principles are really easy to comprehend.
You put too much …
You put too much unneeded stress on your wrist if you’d use your fingers in a one-fret-per-finger setup. If your playing low on the neck-that is, low notes-use your pinky.
wtf? You not happy …
wtf? You not happy that I didn’t reply to your rant?
So several rockers play with this shape? No shit! It’s good for certain tones, just not the best thing to teach kids as their resting hand position.
Chasing notes? You wouldn’t have to worry about chasing notes if your fingers were already ontop of them.
Get over yourself dickhead.
It’s true when it …
It’s true when it hurts, correct?
Tell the truth……….
Ain’t that better?
I can see you’re an …
I can see you’re an intelligent person who has a gift for the art of conversation.