How To Play STEVE HARRIS Fast!! 🔥🔥
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2023
- Steve Harris plays super fast fingerpicking bass lines with zero effort. Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden is a perfect example of his ridiculous freak fingerpicking. But there is a secret sauce to playing that fast with your fingers!! Let's take a look
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I'd add a detail: steve uses high gain and the proper tune of compressor, then you get meat sound playing lightly 😼
I always use the pointer finger when playing gallop at this speed but constantly alternate between middle and ring to maintain speed and avoid fatigue. Having low action helps a lot with the crisp Harris sound.
alternating is "wrong" because you're always changing the accent note. but that's only if you reeeally want to sound like steve harris (like me)
Saw Iron Maiden live several times. I don't really agree that Steve Harris hits the strings lightly.😄
It’s the only part of his technique he ever talks about tied into the gauge of his strings. It’s really obvious in his tone. But besides that, this is a general tip that’s really important to understand. You will always gain more speed by picking lighter. Even if Steve was playing hard, he’d be able to gain a speed boost by playing light.
Frank bello played really hard and fast he was like the Steve Harris of thrash except with a way harder attack
You might be interested in the lesson I've done on Frank and our interview with him. Also worth noting that the full lesson this is taken from is about developing speed whatever the style. As you increase speed, the more relaxed you should become (just like a drummer). The fastest electric bass playing examples in the world are in jazz fusion (Hadrien Feraud etc.) and that kind of ridiculous virtuosity demands total relaxation. Classical instrumental technique is the model to follow in this regard. I always advocate ignoring rock/metal players for rock/metal players as strange as that might seem.
Which means we shouldn't practice this stuff unplugged.
I do that way too much
@@beovulf7241 ironically, me too.
I was thinking that recently, because I really want to notice the nuances in dynamics and try my thing, I need those juicy decibels
The other secret is to remember that you have a dominant finger that will emphasize the downbeat a little more. Dont let anything interrupt that main pulse, and the rest will come.
It's never the cramps that get me but the blisters I get on my fingers from plucking the strings so many times...
I use 3 fingers. In high school, I had an accident with a knife that resulted in my right index finger getting stitched up and bandaged.
I didn’t want to stop playing bass so I had to learn to play using my middle and ring fingers. It built up strength in my ring finger so when I got my stitches out I could use the three of them interchangeably. So for a gallopy Steve Harris line like this, I’d use all all three.
I had a teacher who broke her right arm and had to learn to write with her left hand. She would show off her skills by writing with both hands simultaneously in different directions.
HOW TF YOU DO THIS WITH TWO FINGERS. LOL i have to gallop with 3. This is insane!
watch the video that bassbuzz did about steve harris. he shows a pretty good tutorial on how to 2 finger gallop, i got a fair bit of speed after a lot of practice
This is a clip from the original vid on Run To The Hills. I breakdown the whole technique and bass line.
@@talkingbasslessons hell yes, thank you!
it's all about coordination. I personally play thinking that a gallop is a single movement. if you can play ONE dun - dundundun, you can play the whole song if you have enough stamina. that was how I managed to reach stable gallops at 184 bpm. also, "singing" the gallop really helps
@@skslchd7664 i can do 3 finger gallops for songs but 2 finger blew my MIND seeing it, the saying it might help me to better get it down! much appreciated!
The thing is… Steve doesn’t not play lightly!!! He actually plucks the shit out of his bass to cut through the mix live! He is something else
Great tip!
If I go light then my sound becomes weak
I also use 3 fingers, thanks to Billy Sheehan. Never had any problems playing this song. I think this song is really easy. I had a lot more trouble playing Duran Durans ”Planet Earth”. John Taylor is one of the best bass players.
Obviously it’s easy with 3 fingers. As I point out in the full lesson, that’s how I’ve always played it. As with all the lessons it’s not about showing a bass line. It’s about demonstrating technique. This is the perfect example for practicing good light fingerpicking. This also translates over 3 and 4 finger picking. It’s absolutely essential when trying much harder jazz lines a la Hadrian Feraud or Dominique Di Piazza.
John Taylor plays that line with a pick...
@@Cosmopavone yeah I know, but I get better sound with fingers and it’s a good practice for finger control
@@talkingbasslessons Yes you are correct. I like all your videos a lot!
@@mv9787 i play that line with finger picking too and i don't struggle anymore, but i cheated cause i forced myself training to it playing it thousand times with rocksmith...Lol. i found the Rio line to be much more hand tiring.
I didn’t know Shane McMahon played bass!
What if I play all time with 3 fingers :) and have havy grip on strings ..
how low are your strings?
he does use his wrist tho its never static
Song name ?
Finding the sweet spot for the right hand is key as well. Too close to the bridge and the strings don’t wanna budge. Too close to the neck and it sounds sloppy, even with a light touch.
My finger are to stiff😢😢😢
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Who cares. We’re not talking about Billy Sheehan in this thread. Focus.
@@markpr73 lol
John Myung plays really hard and fast though. He doesn’t play light though
Remember this isn’t a rule of thumb. This is advice. Obviously anyone can play hard and fast but it’s much, much better for stamina and general playing technique to play lighter as you increase in speed. This is the same as the technique of a drummer. Yes, a drummer can play hard and fast but, as a general tip, it’s much more efficient to play lighter as you increase in speed. No matter how fast you can play hard you’ll be able to play faster lighter. John Myung included.
@@talkingbasslessons mk thank ya you should do an interview with John Myung
@@gabrielwalker4411idiot😅
@@gabrielwalker4411 Definitely!!
Also need to use the third finger, like steve harris
he only uses 2
Steve uses a damped note iirc. I use two to play this, but use my middle finger on the upstroke to flick the string.
light you say?
I thought he played with a pick? Maybe I just assumed, what do I know I’m a drummer 😂
I don't blame you for thinking that. His tone does sound like he's using a pick but I think I read somewhere he just grows out his fingernails and only uses 2 fingers for everything he plays which is crazy to me.
The galloping in this piece has a different "intention"! It doesn't sound like you are playing in this video! You play It a bit too squary! (Sorry for my english 🙄🤣)
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Only time Maiden has ever been played at a straight tempo and not 3.76/4 to 4.35/4.
Awssm
I use a pick 💀 (I’m a guitarist)
he uses three fingers and so do i; much better, plus he plays triplets, just like john bonhan triplets in drum beats
Non, Mr Harris only uses 2 fingers, as stated by himself
Harris dont play like this. he hits a lot harder. His strings hits the frets and have 'ploc' sound very characteristic of Maiden songs.
One thing you have to remember is that the actually 'hardness' of the hit is totally relative. The lesson here is about relaxation (this is just a short from the full lesson).
I've noticed over the years with students that when I play totally relaxed and they play totally relaxed, my attack of the string will be totally different to their attack of the strings.
Tens of thousands of hours of playing changes your physical makeup. It's the same as a power lifter easily lifting a weight that a regular person would not be able to move.
The point of the lesson is not about 'how steve plays'. It's not about the song I'm demonstrating or his actual technique. It's about how to generate speed and, most importantly, stamina. This is all done with total relaxation and playing lightly. The 'clank' comes from his incredibly low action and incredibly heavy strings. He doesn't have to play 'hard' because the lines are easy to him. He just plays.
Bassists that struggle with a line like this will not have sufficient years or hours of practice/playing. That's the only reason. Consequently, they end up playing harder (with more tension). The actual attack of the string is irrelevant. Steve will find it so easy to play these lines. Playing hard won't even occur to him. Beyond a certain attack, the tone doesn't really change.
Стив играет по другому, да и мощнее намного
No. Steve plays pretty hard, hence all the fret clacking. Good way to do it if you simply can’t when you’re starting though.
He’s talked about it many times over the years in interviews and I asked him about it back in the early 90s. The reason for the clank is the opposite. He has very high gauge strings (giving very tight tension) and he picks further back past the pickup (a very taut area of the string). That will always give less clank but the high makeup gain used because of the lighter picking gives his signature tone.
@@talkingbasslessons Well, happy to be corrected if that’s the case. I just tried galloping lightly and there’s clacking but more when I graze the string, like with a glancing blow rather than just playing lightly normally and that seems to be the way he plays after watching some videos so thanks!! I take this as a bit of a feather in my cap because I’ve always played Maiden hard. I guess I could have relaxed but I’ve never had problems with right hand technique because of it so good.
@@brentinjapan obviously the lighter you play the more you have to turn up and remember he uses flatwounds. Also worth mentioning that my idea of playing lightly might have more impact on the strings than someone else with less playing experience. Technique plays a part as does the development of your bass 'physique' over time. It would be a better description to say "play relaxed' rather than lightly. Yes, it's subjectively light but the impact of the finger on the string might carry more weight for the long time professional than a beginner or intermediate player just because of the naturally higher power in the hands.
It's also important to remember he actually puts his arm and hand into the attack. So as much as his fingers will be playing lightly, he gets more weight behind the note. Again, it's all about relaxation in the arm. Steve isn't tensing up at all.
The secret sauce is, PLAY LOUDER!!!!!🤦🏻♂️👎🏼
Just use a pick 🤷♂️
Tone.
@silverphoenix_1756 Yeah not buying that argument. Guitars and amps have tone controls.
@@magicanimalfish1029 Fair point. But for someone who've never used a pick before, wouldn't it be easier to just learn it with fingers?
@silverphoenix_1756 Probably not tbh. But why restrict to just playing with fingers though?. You should learn both?
@@magicanimalfish1029 idk, it was harder for me.
And I wasn't trying to make that point. I play with both.