How to Play Bass Guitar: Beginner Lessons : Tuning a Bass (By Ear)

Learn how to tune your bass guitar by ear using a pitch fork for reference.
Expert: Dalton Chamblee
Contact: www.fatbackcircus.com
Bio: Dalton Chamblee has been playing the bass guitar for over 10 years. He is a member of the band Fatback Circus.

[@starjacko]

Geez! Thanks professor! Couldn't have done it without you, genius!

[@dhoshi55]

Thanks a million! Just got my bass yesterday and tried to use an electric tuner. I messed it all up. This was fast and easy.

[@bassmajor]

if you tune by ear, use flageolettes, it's far more precise since for beginners they are much clearer.

[@bass4grace]

Sure, if you have a tuning fork that's A or D that's fine. But, it's smarter to tune from the G down because you can more accurately Tune the G by ear than low E. It's not that big of a deal, but I find it annoying that everyone starts on the E string.

[@51362879]

What's with the sock hat?

[@Forkandles88]

on the d string there is a g string?????

[@lumigecko]

hee hee I love these videos... on the D-string there is a G-string right here... :D

[@Keenalama]

how do you tune the first string i lost my tuner.

[@thankthemaker]

.... how do you tune your E string btw? did he say there's a D string on the A string? ..... um...... I don't even wanna say anything else.

[@xXHunterLuvaXx]

Very helpful :D

[@adrian5b]

hey it was useful, I used this video to tune my bass... his E was on tune mine wasn't =)

[@adrian5b]

@@animallover7784 Funny enough, I was about 15 back then… there weren't many options to get your bass in tune without a tuner back in 2006. Browsers were not as modern and many of those tuner sites wouldn't work for all of us, specially if we had shitty computers. This helped me get my E string in key, apparently!

[@Vometbomb]

what kind of bass is that one?
looks like a shecter

[@sgobot]

how do you tune in drop D

[@Pirate1014]

Such hubris!

[@Leibi83]

yup, right.

[@Lennie1989]

very true

[@Naminator99]

Why? That doesn't make any sense buddy.
In fact, people usualy start from the A or D string because that is what tuning forks are usually made to sound as.

[@kickback4me]

@samusrocks3 You mean yes miss.

[@landfill2]

okay how do u tune the E string then. idk what the fuck a pitchfork is.

[@OzClawhammer]

Well... you didn't mention which frets you were using, I couldn't see 'cause our hand was in the way...you din't play the notes...and you mention amazing things like "you have a d-string on your a-string there's a g-string on the d-string. It's amazing..quantum laws just fail to exist on your bass!

[@bulldozer]

on my but there's a g-string

[@bass4grace]

WRONG!!! When tuning by ear you ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS start with the G and move backwards.

[@slagathor54]

LOLOLOL OMGOMGOMG HE SAID G-STRING ROFL LMAO HAHAHAHa

[@comalley0130]

oh yeah, dont bother mentioning what those nobs at the top of the bass are for... not important for tuning or anything

[@PedroRagazzi]

lol, i'm giving you a T-up

[@sirduckfuck]

hi, my name is dalton, and i like boys.

[@baxterj405]

so why the hell comment?

[@mynamesDevon]

dont make fun of him hees specail edd

[@salestrada5203]

Can you tuna fish....?

[@rollcd111]

yjem he sais that shes right here titles show wich is a hair

[@NcSpike]

haha yeah, that's a pretty cool bass lol

[@landfill2]

oh wait nvm.

[@JasonChamberlain]

just buy a digital tuner! =))

[@bumchunk3]

@sirduckfuck hey man i like women and on occasion maybe a boy and a women

[@MrToothy01]

Buy a fucking tuner, quicker and a lot easier.