In this guitar lesson we are going to focus on using your thumb with your 1st and 2nd fingers. The descent is particularly difficult when using the. Part iv will show you how to be prepared for any performance. These new exercises apply an alternating bass line to some of the i, iv, v progression exercises presented in scene 2. Each part of the ten minute bass virtuoso contains many great pieces of advice, and it can. This bass line is played using alternate plucking in steady quarter notes. Learn to play alternating learn to play versatile rhythm and accompaniment by training your picking thumb and fingers to work independently with this acoustic guitar guide. The symbol of the bass clef is derived from the old german way of writing f. Walk into any music shop and youll find a line of people trying out the guitars for sale and ill bet they will be playing one of the top 10 riffs on this page. In the alternating bass style you play two different bass notes along with your chord strums.
How to play guitar arpeggios essential performance guide. Playing the bass guitar well means playing grooves. Parts of the bass a bass is made up of three main sections. The main ingredient of this guitar fingerpicking technique is that you are going to play a bass note on every beat, usually alternating strings. You want your picking hand where you can pull up on the 3rd, and 4th strings with the middle and ring finger. Along with the guitar came cowboy boots, a fur lined suede vest and a cowboy hat. You can move on to tuning forks, harmonic tuning, and variable instrument tuning later. Jan 28, 2016 if you got the basics down and youre ready to step up, check out the alternating bass fingerpicking patterns in this post.
Now add some notes as pinches and alternates on the top three strings, more or less at random, as quavers, so that some coincide with the bass and. Pdf beginners fingerpicking guitar download full pdf book. Each part of the ten minute bass virtuoso contains many great pieces of advice, and it can be challenging to know exactly what you should read. Make sure that you also practice these exercises with a real drummer. This produces the intervals 35b7b9 over that chord.
Next and very importantly, we will concentrate on doing alternating bass notes, and combining them with chords. Lessons guitar fingerstyle alternating bass continued tab. When you practice the v7b9 arpeggio, use a common technique called 3 to 9 arpeggios. Download something like tuxguitar freeware for writing tab, then choose a chord, say open e, 022100, and write a few bars of the alternating bass line on 6th and 4th strings as crotchets, 0202. Last week we started with alternating bass fingerpicking patterns part i. Once the ability to play a chord on 1st beat of the measure while maintaining an alternating bass or a different bass part of our choosing has been developed, continue by moving the d chord around the bar and playing it on different beats on the measure. We are going to need to know the major scale, the cycle of fourths and the notes on the neck for an extra challenge, try doing the exercise with arpeggios, intervals, bass lines or pretty much anything else you can think of. Using the following figures and lots of practice, you can play a perfectly authentic groove in just about any of the main musical genres.
Not only beginners but also intermediate level guitarists can find, especially in the second and third levels, exercises and songs useful to refine the technique of alternating bass. Work through these exercises in the keys of c, a, g, and d major. The key of e can be left out for now since jim has not yet explained how to perform an alternating bass line with the b7 chord. Alternate picking exercises for guitar with tabs improve. The pdf file offers two different options for this song one strum pattern is harder than the other. Play the open 5th string using the pick, and play the double stop with your fingers.
The bridge is the assembly that anchors the strings to the body. Righthand warmups on bass guitar just as with any other physical activity, you need to prepare your body for the task of playing bass guitar. Experiment by alternating the various groove development bass patterns provided over all of the drum patterns. The key of e can be left out for now since jim has not yet explained how. Learn to play alternating bass modern guitar approach.
A bass guitar is like a guitar, but with only the lowest four strings. Alternate picking exercises for guitar with tabs improve speed. Best of all, you can do so using the same set of notes for each of the grooves. Pdf beginners fingerpicking guitar download full pdf. Apr 26, 2007 alternating bass fingerpicking exercises by brother john april 26, 2007 8. Instead of annoying, creepy, privacyinvading ads, popups, or selling your data, studybass relies on the support of its users. For the next exercises, repeat exercises 1 5 but use different scales. For the rest of the post im going to take a look at the fingerpicking techniques of two great blues men lightnin hopkins, who used the monotonic bass technique, and blind boy fuller, who was a piedmont ragtime guitar.
Alternating bass is when the bass part cycles back and forth between two notes usually on separate strings. Youll use your thumb to play the notes on the bottom three strings and your fingers to play the top strings. Shuffle and swing rhythms exercises rhythm studybass. Become a member, purchase studypacks, buy suggested products or donate. Alternating bass guitar method fingerpicking lessons complete with video examples book. Nigel wheeler in this fingerstyle guitar lesson, you will learn 8 basic fingerpicking patterns that can be used with 6thstring root chords, with three added variations for 5 th and 4 thstring chord shapes at the end of the lesson for further study for the sake of simplicity, you can think of these 6 thstring chords being open g or e chord shapes well use all open strings in the. Alternating bass is a guitar accompaniment style that is used in bluegrass, folk, country and is even found in other music styles here and there. This exercise involves playing a major scale from every chromatic note through the cycle of fourths starting on one string. Once you can play this without hesitation play it along with the backing track to create a full. Follow the tablature below and be sure to use the proper fi nger for each note. For when you have to learn to play the bass right now.
For an extra challenge, try doing the exercise with arpeggios, intervals, bass lines or pretty much anything else you can think of. All of the other parts of the bass are mounted on these three sections. Use these exercises to listen to and adjust the amount of muffle or detachment of the bass notes, really nail the groove, and play loud. In this 14minute video with expert instruction by andrew dubrock, youll get practical advice on training your thumb. With the alternating bass fingerpicking technique the thumb of your fingerpicking hand is constantly alternating between two or more bass notes while in between your fingers are playing the higher notes. Remember to keep your thumb on one of the bass strings. Aim to keep the picking hand moving in semiquavers to ensure the rhythmical flow. I recommend using a thumbpickit helps put more oomph in your oompah. Since were dealing with lowpitched bass notes, this technique is usually played on the three lower strings.
Bass exercises understanding, notating, and playing shuffle and swing rhythms. Alternating bass fingerpicking patterns part i guitarhabits. Part iii is loaded with strategies to help you get in your ten minutes of bass time today. One of the bass notes will almost always be the root note of the chord. The riffs on this page are the tried and true standards for rock guitar music. Essential sightreading studies for electric bass has the practice material you need to improve your music reading skills. Without proper exercise, your hands simply wont be strong enough or coordinated enough to endure long hours of bass playing. The strings are thicker and give you a lower sound than a guitar. There is a pdf including all the notes on the neck and sopme tips and tricks to memorise them. In this one you move the index finger, to alternate the bass notes. Although tablature is the most popular way to read music these days, the ability to at least understand basic music theory and how to read music the old fashion way is not a bad idea for any bass guitar player. The very basics relating mostly to bass playing will be covered here. It is a matter of a alternating the fingers which alternates the bass notes as well typically strings 4,5,6.
Make sure you get a bass amp and not a guitar amp 6 some way to tune your bass. As you progress, alter the number of times in which you strike the full chord within the bar as well. If you are reading the pdf version of the book, you can zoom in to see the tab clearer. Alternating bass fingerpicking exercises by brother john april 26, 2007 8. We are going to need to know the major scale, the cycle of fourths and the notes on the neck. The bass players job is usually to hold down the bottom end and provide a groove.
Alternating bass guitar method fingerpicking lessons. Dec 04, 2015 this exercise involves playing a major scale from every chromatic note through the cycle of fourths starting on one string. This can be a bit more challenging for you than just strumming away on guitar chords, as you will find out. Celtic alternatingbass scale exercise for a recent wedding i was asked to play an instrumental version of singer george ezras uptempo tune budapest as the recessional. I was 5 years old when i started playing the guitar. One can now merely by just finger picking the chords play just about any song with a dashing new style. This is almost the same exerciseas the other lessons, but we are alternating the bass notes. So i refer to this as 2 finger travis picking you can also use your 3rd finger, but its definitely more common to use on your thumb and 2. Well go through some drills and exercises that you can use daily that will help you play faster, cleaner, and better.
In this ebook you will learn arpeggio theory, how to play jazz arpeggios on the guitar, how to use arpeggios to improvise, as well as study practice patterns and sample solos built from the arpeggio fingerings in this ebook. Lets start with a basic picking pattern on an open e chord example 1. Pickups are also mounted to the body and work like little microphones that pick up the sound from the strings. I hope you practiced well and are ready for a new challenge. Bass guitar exercises for dummies cheat sheet dummies. If you got the basics down and youre ready to step up, check out the alternating bass fingerpicking patterns in this post. A little different than the basic folk or classical guitar fingerpicking style i covered in a previous guitar lesson. May 31, 2016 alternating bass is when the bass part cycles back and forth between two notes usually on separate strings. Then play the open 6th string with the pick, and pull up on the 3rd, and 4th string with your fingers. The rest of these exercises are meant to be played with the two fingerings im, mi in order to concentrate on the way that the fingers lay on different sets of strings.
For example, c major will typically be played with c in the bass. The notes above are all natural however any of this notes can be raised or lowered a half. Jan 20, 2019 when you practice the v7b9 arpeggio, use a common technique called 3 to 9 arpeggios. In this case, you play a dim7 arpeggio from the 3 rd of any v7b9 chord. Heres a few quick exercises to help you nail alternating. Jan 28, 2016 this feature is not available right now. Play the 5th string in the 2nd fret with the pick, and play the double stop with your fingers. Teach yourself how to play the bass guitar overnight.
Acoustic drills and exercises in this lesson, were going to take a look at a few ways you can improve your acoustic guitar technique. When you have a song and are faced with a chord, this is a great way to play through that chord. Oct 24, 2018 alternating bass is a guitar accompaniment style that is used in bluegrass, folk, country and is even found in other music styles here and there. Using standard music notation and tab, the examples guide you through basic chord theory, modes, dropd tuning, alternating bass and more. The use of tablature will allow everyone to play the music and do the exercises very quickly. If youve been inspired to begin playing fingerstyle guitar or are an experienced player wanting to enhance your knowledge, this book is the perfect place to start. Nigel wheeler in this fingerstyle guitar lesson, you will learn 8 basic fingerpicking patterns that can be used with 6thstring root chords, with three added variations for 5 th and 4 thstring chord shapes at the end of the lesson for further study. Again follow the tips below when practicing these patterns.
An arpeggio played up and down the chord chapter 5. In section 2 i have also included some accompaniment ideas for keyboards or guitar to lay down some harmonic support over the bass lines that are written. In this 14minute video with expert instruction by andrew dubrock, youll get practical advice on training your thumb to hold down a steady rhythm. Using alternate bass in guitar chords open slash chords. Today i will show you two more beautiful patterns that will really uplift your playing. The other difference with a bass is how its played. Fingerstyle blues guitar pdf west coast blues by blind blake. May 14, 2019 last week we started with alternating bass fingerpicking patterns part i. This is also the same exercise, and were still alternating the bass notes. The biggest challenge when attempting alternating bass for the first time is changing chords. Lessons guitar fingerstyle alternating bass continued. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol surround the line on which f pitch is written.
Watch the alternating bass online guitar lesson by muriel anderson from 123 fingerstyle guitar youll get used to the distance between the strings as you rotate your thumb back and forth between two strings. Learn to play versatile rhythm and accompaniment by training your picking thumb and fingers to work independently with this acoustic guitar guide. Home chords alternate bass using alternate bass in guitar chords open slash chords chords are mostly played with the root in the bass, the lowest sounding note in the chord. Alternating bass fingerpicking patterns part ii guitarhabits. You play the two notes in turn, or alternate between them in other words, hence the name of this style.
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