Are you ready to play the bass guitar? Well then, take one step at a time and practice steadily and it will be quite easy to strum the bass guitar. Repeat each note till you perfect it and feel confident.
It is advisable to use a fretted bass guitar while learning unless you are used to playing other instruments and are already initiated into the basics of instrument fundamentals. The fretted bass guitar helps you to achieve the correct note in an easier manner.
Before learning to play the bass guitar it will be very useful if you can do a simple exercise which will help you perform better. Depending on which hand you use for playing the guitar, do the following exercise to increase its strength and flexibility. Lift your hand at 90 degrees angle from the floor. Then lift each finger one at a time in varying order of sequence. Do this exercise first slowly then in quick progression.
Place the bass guitar on your thigh with the strings facing outward. If you are a right handed person then the broad portion of the guitar called “the body” should rest on your thigh and the slender portion of the guitar called “the neck” should be held in your left hand. (If you are a left handed person, then it is vice versa). Adjust the guitar on your thigh till you feel comfortable and your hand position feels right.
Holding the guitar with your left hand, place your left thumb on the string that is midway between the strings or called the E string. Then place the middle and index fingers on the D string. The D string is two strings below the E string. Pluck each string in succession till you become comfortable and easy in your movements. This is the way to begin playing the bass guitar.
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