Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How To Play Bass For The Bass Player Beginner

There are some easy ways to play the bass that can be taken by the bass player beginners. Prior to playing bass, we should assume that we are going to play bass is an extension of our hands as we are more free to explore our imaginations with medium bass earlier.

Bass is one of the instruments is quite familiar to our ears. When she heard about the word "Bass" we would immediately reminded of Mariah mas, mas Frenky, mba 'Ices and the bass player who is not less great. Bass generally had 4 strings, but in streams such as jazz, funk, and progressive always have more than 4 strings. In playing music, the bass drum always follow the rhythm pattern to form a groove. There are some easy ways to play the bass that can be taken by the bass player beginners. Among them are the following:

Prior to playing bass, we should assume that we are going to play bass is an extension of our hands sehigga we are more free to explore our imaginations with medium bass earlier. Next is the familiar pattern of rhythmic beat of the drum so that we can easily to form a pleasant groove. For the position of the hand, we should strive to be more relaxed so as not to tire easily. Pick up the bass also determines the style in our game. The main thing is feeling, because if we do not play the bass by using a sense, the game will feel dirty even if we have enough skill to play bass.
The exercise should also be socialized in a standing position. This is so that when it will appear on the stage we have mastered the transition from one fret to another fret. Also determine the position of bass in the game. If I own more comfortable if his position slightly to the lower abdomen.
In the game of bass known term "fingering" or penjarian. When playing bass fingering also greatly affect the game. The position of the fingers when pressing the strings on the fret board should be straight down so that when switching fret no empty spaces. Position of thumb also should not hang over the fret board as it makes the fingers press the strings to be not optimal. Apart from fingering, also known as the term "picking". Picking is how to strum the strings on the bass. How To pluck the strings on the bass there are two ways, namely by the use of fingers and also by using a pick. The use of a pick normally to the flow of loud music like punk, metal and underground music types. For the style of play we could emulate the style of some well-known bass player like Billy Seehan, bass player Flea RHCP or Dream Theater, John Myung. Each of them has a different style of play from each other according to their respective genres.

Maybe that's all I can tell on this issue. But all that I described above would be useless without the will, because it all depends on our willingness to explore music, especially bass.

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