Quick Picks: How to Find the 1st & 2nd Frets on Bass
 
Sign In Sign Up — It's Free!

How to Find the 1st & 2nd Frets on Bass

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: Upright Bass Swing Music in A Flat

left_arrow right_arrow
Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: Find the first and second frets to play swing music on bass in the key of Ab, or A flat scale; learn how from our expert upright bass player in this free music instruction video.

Views: 1,057 | Tags: bass, guitar, scales, swing, key, instruments, notes, musical, major, Ab, musical instruments

Get the latest Flash player.
Email Video Add to Favorites
About the Expert

Ryan Larson Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his 12 key technique to ... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

  • Comments
    (0 comments)
  • Questions & Answers
    (0 questions) (0 answers)
Be the first to comment on this video.
Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!
Ask A Question

Video Transcript

How to Find the 1st & 2nd Frets on Bass

Now we are going to tell you how to find your first couple of frets. This is for your very first bass players, first time to pick on the instrument ever. First, you have to make sure that it is tuned right, and, you can lookup tuning on Expert Village, they have a segment on that for tuning the double bass. Or, you can tune it to a piano. You get an E, this is your lower string; A, that is your second string; D, your third string, and G is your top string. So, you want it tuned and make sure you have a tuned instrument. And then, what you want to do, is pick your lower string, and then match that note on the 3rd string. And it is very important that you're right there. So, the best way to do it, is to try to hear, is it lower or higher. And if you do that a lot, you will start working on what is called a "relative pitch". You want to make sure it is right there. And once you have that, you can mark that with a sticker and that is your 2nd fret and if you cut it in half, it is your 1st fret. And you get this [play bass]. So, that is your first 2 frets, and we will go over how to get the next 2, in just a minute.

Watch these related videos

Bass Ads

Community Members who...

  • Favorited this Video
  • Rated This Video
Read these related articles
See more articles

Top Tags

acoustic advanced arpeggios band bass bass guitar bass lessons basslines bowed chords classical contrabass dominant double fender folk guitar guitars instruction instrument instruments jazz key major music theory musical musical instruments musiclessons notes online orchestra play playing practice read rock rockabilly roll scale scales slap solo string strings swing symphony technique techniques theory upright
Check out what people are watching now
left_arrow right_arrow