I've been playing bass for 17 years. I figured this out probably after about a year of playing. I'd say you laid it out perfectly and put it all together. This is exactly where a bassist should start. well done
I started as a drummer in my first band but after we broke up my little brothers band needed a bassist (he was the drummer) so I said "hey just show me what to do" even though I had never played bass or guitar (apparently all those years of tennis racket guitar didn't help). The guitarist said just follow my pointer finger and you should be good, we played pop punk and skate punk in the mid 90's and it turned out pretty good.
This is a the best example of building riffs in key around - clear, uncomplicated and easily understandable. So many videos and apparent 'teachers' massively overly complicate it. Brilliant - well done.
An excellent introduction to playing bass. So often, the lesson books take the too-long way around to get to this point. You did a great job of helping beginner bass players get playing easily. Well done.
Sean, thanks for your videos, I've been a drummer/percussionist for 35 years, and I wanted to expand myself, so I took up bass. I've been in it for little over a year, so your video are really helping. Keep it up.
The tips you gave are amazing!!! I taught myself to play guitar and eventually ventured to bass but not having a teacher to show me these tips you gave in this video, now I can teach myself to play better!! Thank you!!!
Woah! I've only had a bass for a couple of weeks, but within 7 mins of watching this video I feel like I've been playing for a lot longer! Very well well done sir :)
first video Ive ever seen that shows the relationship between the bass and the guitar chords. Which in reality means this is the first bass video Ive ever seen that makes relevant sense. I dont care if you can play every bass riff under the sun, if it doesnt relate to the chords those riffs are worthless.
been playing guitar for decades and i'm just now starting to play bass and find that it's a hard instrument to master. guitarists have it especially rough because we tend to just fiddle and noodle bass leads rather than creating a true bass that is independent from guitar and locks in with the drums. Guitarists are often tricked into thinking it's easy because it only has four strings...
Heh, if you go and check Technical or Progressive metal, you'd see that the bass players in there don't kid around. Taking "bass is easy" (not saying that's what you said) and completely breaking it.
I think the core of the problem is that pretty much 99% of bassists suck. A lot of them are failed guitarists who didn't want to put in the work. This leads to an industry full of simple bass lines, which leads to myths about bass being easy compared to guitar. It's not - they're equally as difficult to master, but you can get further on bass with less talent and effort.
statikreg Depends what you consider as "getting further". If you mean being in a successful band but not playing anything serious - then yeah, I guess that's possible, but in that case no one would give a single fuck about you or what you do in that band. Though you can say the same for guitar players. Mediocre bands such as Green Day for example, don't do ANYTHING impressive or special at all, and yet they did become famous. In the end of the day though, none of the guys in that band are deemed to be talented or inspiring in any way, doesn't matter on which instrument you're looking at. And I wouldn't say 99% of bass players suck. You have a lot of very impressive bass players around the world, in many many different genres. I personally feel that sometimes it just matters what genre is in the discussion, as some genres leave more space for bass players than others.
Some of the comments here.. (facepalm thingy) Bass is a unique instrument, it does a unique job. It can't be compared to a guitar in the way it's played. Guitarists sometimes don't make good bass players because of being stuck in a certain way of playing, like with a pick, or they try to solo too much, or play too many chords, or not listen to the drums. I wasn't a good guitarist but I'm approaching the bass the way it should be, as a completely different instrument, but at the same time using the knowledge I got from learning guitar scales and a bit of theory which means I could hit the ground running and after a year sound like a reasonably competent player. Being aware of complementing the drums and putting down a solid backing for the rest of the band is a responsibility and a real buzz
For when my guitarist was introducing something new, I learned how to "read" hi's finger shapes for all of the common chords. Then I would build my basslines from that progression.
This gives me some new ideas to work with. When our bass player has schedule conflicts I usually have to jump from guitar to bass and I stick with just the root and 5th just because I'm not that comfortable with it. But I can use some of these ideas to make things less boring.
Thank you so much, I am learning the 1-5 now! Feels so good when something clicks, I usually don't watch videos because I have a teacher and don't want to pick up bad habits. Your video was great, thanks again buddy! ,
Great intro .... just started with bass having played guitar (badly) for years. This totally makes sense..... Thanks for the guidance and keep up the great work
I don't know what kind of people you play with but the bass I play with is my rock & anchor. We recognize our own errors and let eachother know of adjustments we should make. If the guitarists you play with dont respect you, you gotta find one you actually get along with.
This is excellent. Been playing guitar for many years, and I have just taken up bass. I can play just about any song I know on guitar on the bass, meaning pick out the bass line and play it, but I don't really know what I'm doing (if that makes any sense). I've asked myself what would I do in a group situation when asked to jam along with a chord progression. After watching this video, now I know. Also picked up a little theory from this. THANKS!
@@seandaniel23 Haha..Thanks...Now I got to find a way to pay for all this stuff! Worse thing to happen was give me a credit card to a music supply superstore! LOL
Wow, I've been searching for a lesson like this on the net for ages. Thanks so much. All the other stuff tends to think I've been playing for 10 years not 1.
Thanks for posting this, very helpful for a beginner. I like your use of the word percussive, it speaks well to the relationship between bass and drums!
A fun tip for rock or grunge music is to play a bix shape of the rhythm root and it gives you a few options of approach depending on the tempo. Double stops are another good way to follow along that sound a bit more full than just pumping the root.
I recently started learning guitar, and recently wrote my first song. I wrote the bass line before I started learning bass. Now, keep in mind I know virtually nothing about music composition and I'm not very good at either guitar or bass. So my song was more about playing around with chords I knew and playing with how doing notes in a different order sound than about actually writing music, if that makes sense. It was more academic for me than it was emotional, if that makes sense. Anyway, I think I watched this video and maybe some others around the time I was writing it, and it helped me a lot in playing around with the bass lines, getting simpler and more complex throughout the song. For example, at different points the bass line is: *Whole note in the root note of the chord being played *Pulses along with the melody in the root and the fifth *Playing along with the guitar riff *Arpeggiating a chord My song includes only major and minor chords, and it wasn't until I was done writing that I realized all I need to know are two shapes, just like the major and minor 6-string barre chords on a guitar. I didn't include too many places where I was doing this, because based on my personal experience with music, if the bass doesn't have room to breathe you will mostly pick up on the higher-pitched instruments, and the bass can be a lot simpler without many people noticing. I'll have to try playing around with fifths and octaves on the A string, I really liked when you were able to go up and down the strings like that (like doing frets 5-5-7-7 for the roots and octaves on a D chord).
this is really easy to follow a lot of these bass "tips" and geared twords the masters. It took me a month to figure out what a root note was watching other "tips"
I have made this one song on an acoustic guitar, and the chords are pretty straightforward bar chords. I was so worried what am I going to do for the Bass part because just hitting the root notes was sounding really bland and this video taught me a lot how to play and manipulate the bass. Hope ill be able to put some good bass touch to the song :). THanks a lot Sean :D
I just got a bass about 30 minutes ago and i played along to some blues. Delta blues is what the title said. I don't know what that is, but i was playing right along with the first one i tried. The bass i picked up is strange looking because there isn't any of those metal bars that go under the strings on the front. Have you ever seen anything like that? You would think that you have to have them but you don't. It plays without them. Anyway after a couple songs i thought i would look at videos to get a tip or two. This is where i ended up at but yours has the bars on it. I gotta keep on looking for a no bars bass. I want to learn what some of the parts are called and see if it's supposed to have metal bars on it. it sounds ok to me, and its smooth. I messed around once with a guitar 30 or so years ago for a few minutes and the strings didn't sound good at all so i put it down. This is a lot better and kind of fun. No metal to metal sound. bye . the search continues.
Thank you this was such a good tip!! I really appreciate it. Played guitar but going to bass an I missed a lot of simple lessons like this. This is really great info thanks so much for this short an straight to the point video
Another thing that can really help is locking into the rhythm of the bass drum. A good bassist is always working with the drummer more than any other instrument - in most circumstances.
Cool video Sean and love the Rickenbacker bass as well as the Albert Lee EBMM guitar! Been wanting to learn bass to add to my guitar and keyboard playing so this is very helpful!
ok im back on one of my guitars had a broken truss rod neck is fixed now i finally had the time to put it all back together its was on my cheap start but i like it put on a tele neck lol weird right/ worked ! any ways yes i have a bass this is good stuff here simple but good to get me warmed up again
I'm a drummer that has just started learning bass for the worship team at church, thanks for the help. I know you're a guitar player first but any pointers on bass you have time to offer would be greatly appreciated. I like your easy going style of teaching
great lesson ! i bought my first bass 2 years ago at age 58 ( mid-life crisis ? ) hofner ignition , not the easiest to learn on due to the tight string spacing but got the hang of it . still want a ric , tho ..sigh .
Hi Sean, thanks for the awesome video lessons, they are very helpfull. I was wondering if you could make a video for scales in general on guitar. I've seen you use them on your videos a lot, but when trying to learn them, most websites just confuse me.
Sean do you have a video describing how to play along with a bassist as a 6 string player? My roommate plays bass and sometimes I have some trouble locking in or accompanying.
No Im sorry I described that kinda funny, I mean to say my roomy plays bass, I play the guitar, but I have some trouble linking up with him. So essentially just the flip of this video, are there any clues I can take from the bassist to inform my guitar rhythm or chords/scale choice. Thanks Sean.
Yes, the root and fifth is the common notes used in country music. However, The bass parts usually start on the fifth and then the root. Then, embellish with simple runs to lead in to the next chord of the progression... The chord progression Sean is using would sound good with the root, third and fifth walk ups and some walk downs in spots and such... What he did with it here was cool... good basic stuff... :-)
I play bass at our church and this one is really helpful for beginners like my since I only know how to press the root chords xD I hope to improve as I watch and learn from your videos
Sean Daniel Thanks, I originally wanted the Mapleglo, but I found the Fireglo for a good price and couldn't pass it up. I've always liked natural wood color basses, but I love the Jetglo, it's slick and a classic.
I like it a good starting help for bass tracks to accompany. Thanks If you have any Logic Pro x tips to get perfect track sync other than auto sync. This also will be helpful toward greater mixes
4 string has no weird B string which is the first thing I noticed when I started playing one. Obvious really I suppose, but it makes it much easier. Got one when I started recording. Must have a real bass in the mix! Good video.
Nice lesson and I feel a little closer to being able to jam but my biggest question is how do you play along to songs you don't know and the guitarist or whoever says it's in the key of G. I know a lot of bassists and guitarists have no problem following along like that but when all I get is a key of G I never can figure out what the next sequence of chords are. I spend the whole song trying to figure out the chords. Any advice on that?
Hey Sean! Since you have a Rickenbacker bass like Paul McCartney, did you approach to play the bass with the pick like Macca? He came up with his sublime bass parts for tracks like 'Rain', 'Taxman', 'A Day in the Life', 'Something' etc. using a pick. What do you feel are the benefits and shortcomings of the plectrum approach to the bass? Hope everything is all right with you after the hurricane. You're awesome! :)
Thanks for reaching out man! Hurricane pretty much missed us so it's all good. Playing with a pick is all about tone in my opinion. You can definitely do some cool things with a pick on bass, especially speed stuff, but the rounded tone and warmth you get from the attack of your fingers on the string is really hard to duplicate with a pick.
Sean Daniel i dont like using a plectrum with bass. Too sharp for me. But i did use a folded up piece of cardboard the other day. Worked awesome! Made a really round thumpy sound
Found this to be a very good starter lesson, are you doing anymore on the bass? This was posted Oct 2016, if you have done more, I missed them, just found this watching your Question post today. And you and Ian are kickin it, please keep it up🎶🎸😎
hey! I'm about to get a bass and I've been wanting to learn how to improvise. This video was super helpful. Just one pretty stupid question though. How did you know that when you were playing the G that it was a G? Is that a the shape of the G chord on the bass?
Wow i didn't think about playing notes of the previous chords or maybe of the next chord i should give it a try. How do i know the chord that is played if only the key is written?
Hey man, first of all I'd like to say that I enjoy your vids greatly. And now I'd like to ask you what that short lick in your guitar loop was (if you don't mind the silly question).
I've been playing bass for 17 years. I figured this out probably after about a year of playing. I'd say you laid it out perfectly and put it all together. This is exactly where a bassist should start. well done
Wow thanks so much for the compliment and thanks for watching!
fleshTH ii
what were u doing before figuring that out
fleshTH a
You’ve been playing longer than I’ve lived...
I'm a simple man. I see a Rickenbacker, I click like
Excellent rule.
Sean Daniel Lol, thanks for the reply. Gorgeous guitar!
+Brennan Sullivan: I've had the very same thought, a second ago, when I spotted the Ricky :D \m/
~ Michael
Sean Daniel Excellent shirt, too, just noticed that.
Same here xD
This guy is a hybrid of Pewdiepie and Chris Pratt
(Blushing)
Wow, true!
His parents?
Jk I know that’s not true
@@kempybass5786 i dont think you needed to clarify that you know it's not true. Lol
Spam singles k?
Excellent teacher. No boring, endless talking just saying enough and getting on with it. Well done
I started as a drummer in my first band but after we broke up my little brothers band needed a bassist (he was the drummer) so I said "hey just show me what to do" even though I had never played bass or guitar (apparently all those years of tennis racket guitar didn't help). The guitarist said just follow my pointer finger and you should be good, we played pop punk and skate punk in the mid 90's and it turned out pretty good.
That's awesome. Definitely a cool thing about bass is it can be as simple or complex as you want it to be!
Guitarist who just started playing bass to fill out my demos...this was fantastic!! Thanks for making it.
Thanks so much! No problem :)
This is a the best example of building riffs in key around - clear, uncomplicated and easily understandable. So many videos and apparent 'teachers' massively overly complicate it. Brilliant - well done.
An excellent introduction to playing bass. So often, the lesson books take the too-long way around to get to this point. You did a great job of helping beginner bass players get playing easily. Well done.
Thanks so much John!
Dude. Immensely helpful. I typically play guitar at church, but filling in at bass this week. Great place to start
Sean, thanks for your videos, I've been a drummer/percussionist for 35 years, and I wanted to expand myself, so I took up bass. I've been in it for little over a year, so your video are really helping. Keep it up.
So great to hear! I've got more bass videos coming!
Probably one of the most helpful videos I've ever watched for learning bass. Thanks so much.
Happy to help! I'll have more soon!
The tips you gave are amazing!!! I taught myself to play guitar and eventually ventured to bass but not having a teacher to show me these tips you gave in this video, now I can teach myself to play better!! Thank you!!!
So great to hear! Thanks for reaching out!
Gosh, you even have a Rickenbacker!! I'd kill for that bass.
... ditto!
Man it was expensive, but worth it.
donate a lot of blood
Got a credit card? Then you can *afford* a Rickenbacker ;-)
what the hell does Trump have to do with this video??? !!!!
I've played for 9 months and just had an awakening due to this video. Thank YOU!
Happy to spread the info!
Thanks again Sean I’m a guitar player learning bass. I have watched ten or so bass videos and yours has helped me the most.
Lovely lesson, shows that there is so much improv possible with just a few extra notes. Thanks!
Thanks for watching Sanjay!
Woah! I've only had a bass for a couple of weeks, but within 7 mins of watching this video I feel like I've been playing for a lot longer! Very well well done sir :)
So good to hear!
been searching online for a beginner to start, you are by far the best! start simple and add more as you go along. Well explained! Thank you!
first video Ive ever seen that shows the relationship between the bass and the guitar chords. Which in reality means this is the first bass video Ive ever seen that makes relevant sense. I dont care if you can play every bass riff under the sun, if it doesnt relate to the chords those riffs are worthless.
Thanks so much!
Damn, see even a hurricane can't keep Sean from giving us quality content.
Unstoppable!
Thanks for the excellent bass tutorial. Simple, yet sounds great and makes perfect sense.
Thanks so much for watching :)
been playing guitar for decades and i'm just now starting to play bass and find that it's a hard instrument to master. guitarists have it especially rough because we tend to just fiddle and noodle bass leads rather than creating a true bass that is independent from guitar and locks in with the drums. Guitarists are often tricked into thinking it's easy because it only has four strings...
Totally agree.
This is right on. I'm right there with you.
Heh, if you go and check Technical or Progressive metal, you'd see that the bass players in there don't kid around.
Taking "bass is easy" (not saying that's what you said) and completely breaking it.
I think the core of the problem is that pretty much 99% of bassists suck. A lot of them are failed guitarists who didn't want to put in the work. This leads to an industry full of simple bass lines, which leads to myths about bass being easy compared to guitar. It's not - they're equally as difficult to master, but you can get further on bass with less talent and effort.
statikreg Depends what you consider as "getting further".
If you mean being in a successful band but not playing anything serious - then yeah, I guess that's possible, but in that case no one would give a single fuck about you or what you do in that band.
Though you can say the same for guitar players. Mediocre bands such as Green Day for example, don't do ANYTHING impressive or special at all, and yet they did become famous.
In the end of the day though, none of the guys in that band are deemed to be talented or inspiring in any way, doesn't matter on which instrument you're looking at.
And I wouldn't say 99% of bass players suck.
You have a lot of very impressive bass players around the world, in many many different genres.
I personally feel that sometimes it just matters what genre is in the discussion, as some genres leave more space for bass players than others.
Recently started bass, loving it so far. This video was really great to just get some general knowledge for playing along with friends. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Some of the comments here.. (facepalm thingy) Bass is a unique instrument, it does a unique job. It can't be compared to a guitar in the way it's played. Guitarists sometimes don't make good bass players because of being stuck in a certain way of playing, like with a pick, or they try to solo too much, or play too many chords, or not listen to the drums. I wasn't a good guitarist but I'm approaching the bass the way it should be, as a completely different instrument, but at the same time using the knowledge I got from learning guitar scales and a bit of theory which means I could hit the ground running and after a year sound like a reasonably competent player. Being aware of complementing the drums and putting down a solid backing for the rest of the band is a responsibility and a real buzz
Great points Dave!
you can play abss with a pick.
For when my guitarist was introducing something new, I learned how to "read" hi's finger shapes for all of the common chords. Then I would build my basslines from that progression.
Your tone is terrible and chords you played were fuzzy and not clear . Do you do a sound check?
Thank you. I like the way that you explained this. Guitar is my primary instrument, but I think that I may be bass player at heart...
No shame in that. The bass rules all.
This gives me some new ideas to work with. When our bass player has schedule conflicts I usually have to jump from guitar to bass and I stick with just the root and 5th just because I'm not that comfortable with it. But I can use some of these ideas to make things less boring.
Happy to help Roy!
as a bass guitarist... i like to prey on the insecurities of guitar whammers.
There are plenty of insecurities out there for you to feast on :)
as you do well lol
Watching this year. So freakin cool to hear you play it like this. Definitely makes me want to practice a ton
Glad it's helpful!
Great quick lesson, and it was nice to see what you were doing. So many people mute so many strings that it's impossible to see their fretting.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much, I am learning the 1-5 now! Feels so good when something clicks, I usually don't watch videos because I have a teacher and don't want to pick up bad habits. Your video was great, thanks again buddy!
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Thanks so much for reaching out, glad you like the video!
Great intro .... just started with bass having played guitar (badly) for years. This totally makes sense..... Thanks for the guidance and keep up the great work
Happy to help Dave!
As a bass player I can say that guitarists always blame us if THEY make mistakes
I don't know what kind of people you play with but the bass I play with is my rock & anchor. We recognize our own errors and let eachother know of adjustments we should make. If the guitarists you play with dont respect you, you gotta find one you actually get along with.
Dude you should find better musicians to play with if you can! Been playing bass for 8 years and noone's ever blamed me for something I didn't do.
Teaching all of this music "theory" and how to build a "song" and such is interesting, but when will you teach something practical, like windmilling?
I'll have to do that right after the rock power slide vid.
I can't wait!
Or, maybe shredding the bass behind your neck... Plucking the strings with your teeth... Never seen a bass player do that!!! LOL... :-)
What is windmilling
@@MichaelJordan-hn4zdAsk Pete Townshend. "Who?" You may ask. ...Yes. "Yes?" You may ask. ....No.
This is excellent. Been playing guitar for many years, and I have just taken up bass. I can play just about any song I know on guitar on the bass, meaning pick out the bass line and play it, but I don't really know what I'm doing (if that makes any sense). I've asked myself what would I do in a group situation when asked to jam along with a chord progression. After watching this video, now I know. Also picked up a little theory from this. THANKS!
Thanks for watching!
great lesson Sean, I play guitar but picked up the bass lately to add to my 'journey'
happy to help!
Thanks for the lesson. I'm keen to learn some bass for recording my songs on my home studio. So very helpful.
Happy to help! Bass on!
Sweet lesson! Thanks. Helping me be more functional with my instruments I bought impulsively over the years but no real knowledge of playing much.
Haha, give me a list of what else you bought and I'll get to it :)
@@seandaniel23 lmao..Mandolin, violin, keyboards, lapsteel guitar and a minisax.
I'm on it.
@@seandaniel23 Haha..Thanks...Now I got to find a way to pay for all this stuff! Worse thing to happen was give me a credit card to a music supply superstore! LOL
Awesome, thanks a million. It's the simple stuff like that no one teaches which is the most important. Thanks again.
Always happy to help Ken!
I am a piano player who is trying to learn how to play bass this video is very helpful. Thank you so much.
Wow, I've been searching for a lesson like this on the net for ages. Thanks so much. All the other stuff tends to think I've been playing for 10 years not 1.
Thanks for posting this, very helpful for a beginner. I like your use of the word percussive, it speaks well to the relationship between bass and drums!
Thanks for watching!
A fun tip for rock or grunge music is to play a bix shape of the rhythm root and it gives you a few options of approach depending on the tempo.
Double stops are another good way to follow along that sound a bit more full than just pumping the root.
Great tip man, thanks for chiming in :)
I recently started learning guitar, and recently wrote my first song. I wrote the bass line before I started learning bass. Now, keep in mind I know virtually nothing about music composition and I'm not very good at either guitar or bass. So my song was more about playing around with chords I knew and playing with how doing notes in a different order sound than about actually writing music, if that makes sense. It was more academic for me than it was emotional, if that makes sense.
Anyway, I think I watched this video and maybe some others around the time I was writing it, and it helped me a lot in playing around with the bass lines, getting simpler and more complex throughout the song. For example, at different points the bass line is:
*Whole note in the root note of the chord being played
*Pulses along with the melody in the root and the fifth
*Playing along with the guitar riff
*Arpeggiating a chord
My song includes only major and minor chords, and it wasn't until I was done writing that I realized all I need to know are two shapes, just like the major and minor 6-string barre chords on a guitar. I didn't include too many places where I was doing this, because based on my personal experience with music, if the bass doesn't have room to breathe you will mostly pick up on the higher-pitched instruments, and the bass can be a lot simpler without many people noticing.
I'll have to try playing around with fifths and octaves on the A string, I really liked when you were able to go up and down the strings like that (like doing frets 5-5-7-7 for the roots and octaves on a D chord).
So cool to hear! Congrats on writing your first song!
Now I just need to learn it!
Now I just need to learn it!
this is really easy to follow a lot of these bass "tips" and geared twords the masters. It took me a month to figure out what a root note was watching other "tips"
+BurningTirez thanks so much for watching!
Exactly what I wanted to know. I'm looking at getting a bass to put down the foundation on my loops and recordings. Thank you.
I've just shifted from guitar to bass.... you've helped me a lot, thanks.... btw I've bought cort b4 plus AS bass is it good enough?
300USD Ibanez Mezzo 5 string PJ 32 inch scale was my Christmas present. This vid is exactly what I need.
I have made this one song on an acoustic guitar, and the chords are pretty straightforward bar chords. I was so worried what am I going to do for the Bass part because just hitting the root notes was sounding really bland and this video taught me a lot how to play and manipulate the bass. Hope ill be able to put some good bass touch to the song :). THanks a lot Sean :D
Rock on my man!
Exactly what I was searching for.... Thank you..!
It's fun to learn from you😁
Thanks so much!
Excellent early learning bass lesson! Very nice and understandable.
Thanks so much!
I just got a bass about 30 minutes ago and i played along to some blues. Delta blues is what the title said. I don't know what that is, but i was playing right along with the first one i tried. The bass i picked up is strange looking because there isn't any of those metal bars that go under the strings on the front. Have you ever seen anything like that? You would think that you have to have them but you don't. It plays without them. Anyway after a couple songs i thought i would look at videos to get a tip or two. This is where i ended up at but yours has the bars on it. I gotta keep on looking for a no bars bass. I want to learn what some of the parts are called and see if it's supposed to have metal bars on it. it sounds ok to me, and its smooth. I messed around once with a guitar 30 or so years ago for a few minutes and the strings didn't sound good at all so i put it down. This is a lot better and kind of fun. No metal to metal sound. bye . the search continues.
Thank you this was such a good tip!! I really appreciate it. Played guitar but going to bass an I missed a lot of simple lessons like this. This is really great info thanks so much for this short an straight to the point video
This video gave me a lightbulb moment. Thank you.
This video perfectly sums up what Ive figured out myself playing over the past 5 years lol well done
So great to hear you've been rocking it! Keep up the good work!
Easy to follow and a great way to get started on bass guitar. I found it really useful. Thx.
Thank you so much this really makes playing along a guitar so much easier
Happy to help!
Another thing that can really help is locking into the rhythm of the bass drum. A good bassist is always working with the drummer more than any other instrument - in most circumstances.
Cool video Sean and love the Rickenbacker bass as well as the Albert Lee EBMM guitar! Been wanting to learn bass to add to my guitar and keyboard playing so this is very helpful!
Thanks so much for reaching out! I'll keep em coming!
ok im back on one of my guitars had a broken truss rod neck is fixed now i finally had the time to put it all back together its was on my cheap start but i like it put on a tele neck lol weird right/ worked ! any ways yes i have a bass this is good stuff here simple but good to get me warmed up again
More bass videos coming soon!
Best guitar and bass video ever seen
Thanks so much!
Finally someone that makes sense ! Thank you !
I'm a simple man. I see a Triumph tshirt, I click like !
I'm a drummer that has just started learning bass for the worship team at church, thanks for the help. I know you're a guitar player first but any pointers on bass you have time to offer would be greatly appreciated. I like your easy going style of teaching
I'll definitely try and make some more bass videos soon!
great lesson ! i bought my first bass 2 years ago at age 58 ( mid-life crisis ? ) hofner ignition , not the easiest to learn on due to the tight string spacing but got the hang of it . still want a ric , tho ..sigh .
The opening line always cracks me up. Keep up the good work with the videos :)
Thanks Alberto!
Bass is the combo of guitar and drums so who's insecure here?
dross eres tu?
Hi Sean, thanks for the awesome video lessons, they are very helpfull.
I was wondering if you could make a video for scales in general on guitar. I've seen you use them on your videos a lot, but when trying to learn them, most websites just confuse me.
Great suggestion man, I'll get on it!
These videos are very helpful!! Thank you for the wisdom you spread \m/
Always happy to help Christian!
I'm 70 YO and brand new to the bass and even I got this one. LOL. Good job.
Best lesson I've ever had. Many thanks.
So cool to hear! Thanks for watching!
Sean do you have a video describing how to play along with a bassist as a 6 string player? My roommate plays bass and sometimes I have some trouble locking in or accompanying.
Hmmm I've never actually played a 6 string bass believe it or not. I"ll have to look into it!
No Im sorry I described that kinda funny, I mean to say my roomy plays bass, I play the guitar, but I have some trouble linking up with him. So essentially just the flip of this video, are there any clues I can take from the bassist to inform my guitar rhythm or chords/scale choice. Thanks Sean.
Very useful insight into starting with the bass guitar
Yes, the root and fifth is the common notes used in country music. However, The bass parts usually start on the fifth and then the root. Then, embellish with simple runs to lead in to the next chord of the progression... The chord progression Sean is using would sound good with the root, third and fifth walk ups and some walk downs in spots and such... What he did with it here was cool... good basic stuff... :-)
Thanks so much for checking it out!
I play bass at our church and this one is really helpful for beginners like my since I only know how to press the root chords xD I hope to improve as I watch and learn from your videos
Thanks man. This is literally my first song on a bass. I'm very encouraged to play now
Keep rocking it!
I'm a drummer learning bass. Enjoyed this lesson.
Love the Ric man! Mine is in the Fireglo, it has a sound like no other. Nice vid by the way, I subscribed.
I was so torn up about choosing the color! The fireglo is so nice.
Sean Daniel Thanks, I originally wanted the Mapleglo, but I found the Fireglo for a good price and couldn't pass it up.
I've always liked natural wood color basses, but I love the Jetglo, it's slick and a classic.
I like it a good starting help for bass tracks to accompany. Thanks
If you have any Logic Pro x tips to get perfect track sync other than auto sync. This also will be helpful toward greater mixes
Yes...just yes! Wonderful lesson!
+Prince James :)
4 string has no weird B string which is the first thing I noticed when I started playing one. Obvious really I suppose, but it makes it much easier. Got one when I started recording. Must have a real bass in the mix! Good video.
Thanks for checking it out!
Nice tone from the Rick, Sean. Has a cool upright thing going on there.
Subbed for more I can learn. Good suff dude. Liking.
+John Gerring welcome to the party John! More bass lessons coming soon!
can you do a video on how to select an amp for studio or for performing, i've been wanting an amp better than my current Fender Rumble 15.
Great idea, I'll put it on the list! I really like that Ampeg portoflex though.
I found this video very helpful. Do you do anymore on bass tutorial?
Not at the moment but I'm going to try making more.
Nice lesson and I feel a little closer to being able to jam but my biggest question is how do you play along to songs you don't know and the guitarist or whoever says it's in the key of G. I know a lot of bassists and guitarists have no problem following along like that but when all I get is a key of G I never can figure out what the next sequence of chords are. I spend the whole song trying to figure out the chords. Any advice on that?
Hey Sean! Since you have a Rickenbacker bass like Paul McCartney, did you approach to play the bass with the pick like Macca? He came up with his sublime bass parts for tracks like 'Rain', 'Taxman', 'A Day in the Life', 'Something' etc. using a pick. What do you feel are the benefits and shortcomings of the plectrum approach to the bass?
Hope everything is all right with you after the hurricane. You're awesome! :)
Thanks for reaching out man! Hurricane pretty much missed us so it's all good. Playing with a pick is all about tone in my opinion. You can definitely do some cool things with a pick on bass, especially speed stuff, but the rounded tone and warmth you get from the attack of your fingers on the string is really hard to duplicate with a pick.
Sean Daniel i dont like using a plectrum with bass. Too sharp for me. But i did use a folded up piece of cardboard the other day. Worked awesome! Made a really round thumpy sound
Utterly love this. Why did it take me (or YT) seven years?
Very helpful to me starting out,thanks
Happy to help!
Nice bass my first bass
I got from the bassist of
Journey it was a les Paul gold top.
I was sold on - "to follow what a guitar thing is doing..." @0:26
:)
Thank you very much for making this video, Sean. I'll be looking forward to ur bass videos ~ haha
More on the way!
Nice and helpfull but why are the G and D string, mounted the wrong way?..
Because I'm weird. I have no good explanation.
Found this to be a very good starter lesson, are you doing anymore on the bass? This was posted Oct 2016, if you have done more, I missed them, just found this watching your Question post today. And you and Ian are kickin it, please keep it up🎶🎸😎
Perhaps in the future I will make more bass videos. Thanks for watching!
Great lesson, Sean. Thanks, Alex
hey! I'm about to get a bass and I've been wanting to learn how to improvise. This video was super helpful. Just one pretty stupid question though. How did you know that when you were playing the G that it was a G? Is that a the shape of the G chord on the bass?
All my bass knowledge is essentially a spillover from guitar. So knowing 3rd fret on E is a G from guitar is a natural way to begin :)
Okay, thanks!
are his two highest strings stringed the wrong way on the tuning pegs?
My signature ;)
No.
It would appear so
It makes you look like you don't know what you're doing.
kinda
Wow i didn't think about playing notes of the previous chords or maybe of the next chord i should give it a try. How do i know the chord that is played if only the key is written?
How many folks playing guitar right now and while Sean jams on bass?? Thanks Sean!
Happy to help Tony!
Hey man, first of all I'd like to say that I enjoy your vids greatly.
And now I'd like to ask you what that short lick in your guitar loop was (if you don't mind the silly question).
It's actually from a song I'm working on. Hopefully I'll put it up on the channel soon so stay tuned :)
almost the same principle that was used to create the bassline mercy by muse
Chris must've been watching my vids ;)
just startin to play bass, lesson helped alot
+dave harris thanks so much! Got a few more coming soon!