Bass Beginners 1

Bass is the fastest instrument to become genuinely useful on, which is why players who start here often end up in a band months before their friends do.

This tier covers holding the instrument, keeping the strings you are not playing quiet, and finding root notes anywhere on the neck without hunting for them. Muting gets more attention than beginners expect, because it is the difference between a clean line and a muddy one.

You finish by playing your first groove along with a drum track, steady and in time. That is already enough to be worth having in a room with other people.