By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Seth_Miller]Seth Miller
Electric bass guitars produce a very striking sound that gives a punch to any type of music. The sound it produces is lower and deeper than normal guitars. These have a longer neck and are tuned an octave lower in pitch than a normal guitar.
Bass guitars are based on the double bass, and the sound it turns out is magical to the ears. It has a similar range as other bass instruments. The bass guitar just like a classic guitar with a bass design. Its body is made of wood, with an option of a fully hollow body, partially hollow body or completely solid body. The electric bass, in contrast to the double bass, is played while held horizontally across the body. Unlike the double bass, it is not played with a bow; instead, it is usually plucked with the fingers, thumbs or plectra. You can play the electric bass guitar sitting or standing.
The bass players generally stand while playing, although sitting is also accepted, particularly in the orchestral settings. However, it is a matter of player’s preference as to which position gives him the greatest ease of playing. When sitting and playing, the instrument can easily be balanced on the thighs or legs. A bass guitar suits almost all kinds of music, like rock, jazz and pop, but it’s very popular in contemporary music. Playing a guitar is fun, but the electric bass guitar definitely add that little sound and vibration to your fingers as you enjoy playing it. [http://www.e-ElectricGuitars.com]Electric Guitars provides detailed information on Electric Guitars, Acoustic Electric Guitars, Cheap Electric Guitars, Electric Bass Guitars and more. Electric Guitars is affiliated with [http://www.Piano-Web.com]Piano Lessons.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Bass Guitar Tablatures
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Thomas_Morva]Thomas Morva
A guitar tab is a system of notations, letters, symbols and other visual representations - instead of the traditional musical notation. Guitar tabs give directions to the player as to how to play a musical piece through a diagram of strings of the guitar.
Tablature consists of a diagram of strings of the guitar with finger positions indicated by numbers corresponding to the appropriate frets and sometimes with the numerical representations of the fingers. Guitar tabs are very important for those who are enthusiasts and are keen on learning new tunes and technicalities of guitar and especially those songs which have extensive guitar uses, both plucking and other types of fingering as well as lead parts.
A bass guitar is slightly different in shape from other guitars (rhythm guitar, classical guitar, Hawaiian guitar, etc.) A bass guitar is used for complementing and filling up the sound in an orchestration or a band and it goes in tune and rhythm with the drums and percussion. A bass guitar’s neck or fret board is much longer than the fret boards of any other guitars and it has four strings called the bass strings.
Nowadays tablatures, guitar tabs in particular, have vertical lines which represent the strings of the guitar (no matter what kind of guitar it is) horizontal lines for the frets, and dots signifying the position of the figures. In the case of a bass guitar there will only be four horizontal lines signifying the four strings of the bass guitar. A bass guitar can never be played with a spectrum (an object used to strum the strings of the guitar). Instead, it is played with figures just by plucking. Therefore, a bass guitar tablature is different from those of the rhythm or the classical guitars. [http://www.e-GuitarTabs.com]Guitar Tabs provides detailed information on Guitar Tabs, Free Guitar Tablatures, Classical Guitar Tablatures, Bass Guitar Tablatures and more. Guitar Tabs is affiliated with [http://www.Guitars-source.com]Guitar Tabs.
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A guitar tab is a system of notations, letters, symbols and other visual representations - instead of the traditional musical notation. Guitar tabs give directions to the player as to how to play a musical piece through a diagram of strings of the guitar.
Tablature consists of a diagram of strings of the guitar with finger positions indicated by numbers corresponding to the appropriate frets and sometimes with the numerical representations of the fingers. Guitar tabs are very important for those who are enthusiasts and are keen on learning new tunes and technicalities of guitar and especially those songs which have extensive guitar uses, both plucking and other types of fingering as well as lead parts.
A bass guitar is slightly different in shape from other guitars (rhythm guitar, classical guitar, Hawaiian guitar, etc.) A bass guitar is used for complementing and filling up the sound in an orchestration or a band and it goes in tune and rhythm with the drums and percussion. A bass guitar’s neck or fret board is much longer than the fret boards of any other guitars and it has four strings called the bass strings.
Nowadays tablatures, guitar tabs in particular, have vertical lines which represent the strings of the guitar (no matter what kind of guitar it is) horizontal lines for the frets, and dots signifying the position of the figures. In the case of a bass guitar there will only be four horizontal lines signifying the four strings of the bass guitar. A bass guitar can never be played with a spectrum (an object used to strum the strings of the guitar). Instead, it is played with figures just by plucking. Therefore, a bass guitar tablature is different from those of the rhythm or the classical guitars. [http://www.e-GuitarTabs.com]Guitar Tabs provides detailed information on Guitar Tabs, Free Guitar Tablatures, Classical Guitar Tablatures, Bass Guitar Tablatures and more. Guitar Tabs is affiliated with [http://www.Guitars-source.com]Guitar Tabs.
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
How To Play Bass Guitar - Initially The Tuning
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nicholas_Wootton]Nicholas Wootton
I’m going to assume you’ve got a four string bass, as if you are reading this you are more than likely just starting out learning how to play bass guitar. And if you’ve bought yourself a 6 string bad boy you are way ahead of yourself!
First of all we’re going to look at the standard tuning. There are different tunings you can go for, but we’ll keep it standard as this is the base point to start learning. For example, a variation called “Drop D” is commonly used in rock such as famous bands like System of a Down. But let’s not stray from the point.
The standard tuning for your bass guitar is as follows: The thinnest string to the thickest string. It goes: G-D-A-E.
If you are just a beginner and haven’t got a great deal of musical experience, tuning your guitar can be a daunting task. A lot of people tune from the sound of a key on a piano or similar instrument. Although I would recommend purchasing a guitar tuner if you don’t already have one. They aren’t expensive, maybe $30 or less. But they make the whole ordeal a lot easier. You can either plug your guitar into it with the standard cable, or just play the guitar next to it. It tells you what note each string is in when you pluck it, so you can fine tune it perfectly.
As you will find after a few days of playing, you’ll get to know that your guitar will slowly work its way out of tune after a few songs, all it requires is a quick fiddle and its back to normal. But after a few months of this, you will start to be able to tune by your ear alone.
So how exactly do you tune your bass guitar?
Loosen up the string you are tuning, and then plug your guitar into the tuner. As you tighten, simply keep playing the note until it corresponds to your proper tuning. The display on your tuner will tell you when you’re spot on.
Tuning your bass guitar isn’t hard, it just takes a little practice before you start to be able to do it without your tuner. By that time I hope you have started experimenting with different tuning sets, drop d is a natural progression from the standard tuning. You simply go through the same process, only tune to the drop d tuning instead of the standard one.
I hope this has helped you in your quest to become a bass legend! Good luck.
If you'd like to find out more about bass guitar, or how to play bass guitar please visit my bass guitar blog at: http://howtoplaybassguitartips.wordpress.com
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I’m going to assume you’ve got a four string bass, as if you are reading this you are more than likely just starting out learning how to play bass guitar. And if you’ve bought yourself a 6 string bad boy you are way ahead of yourself!
First of all we’re going to look at the standard tuning. There are different tunings you can go for, but we’ll keep it standard as this is the base point to start learning. For example, a variation called “Drop D” is commonly used in rock such as famous bands like System of a Down. But let’s not stray from the point.
The standard tuning for your bass guitar is as follows: The thinnest string to the thickest string. It goes: G-D-A-E.
If you are just a beginner and haven’t got a great deal of musical experience, tuning your guitar can be a daunting task. A lot of people tune from the sound of a key on a piano or similar instrument. Although I would recommend purchasing a guitar tuner if you don’t already have one. They aren’t expensive, maybe $30 or less. But they make the whole ordeal a lot easier. You can either plug your guitar into it with the standard cable, or just play the guitar next to it. It tells you what note each string is in when you pluck it, so you can fine tune it perfectly.
As you will find after a few days of playing, you’ll get to know that your guitar will slowly work its way out of tune after a few songs, all it requires is a quick fiddle and its back to normal. But after a few months of this, you will start to be able to tune by your ear alone.
So how exactly do you tune your bass guitar?
Loosen up the string you are tuning, and then plug your guitar into the tuner. As you tighten, simply keep playing the note until it corresponds to your proper tuning. The display on your tuner will tell you when you’re spot on.
Tuning your bass guitar isn’t hard, it just takes a little practice before you start to be able to do it without your tuner. By that time I hope you have started experimenting with different tuning sets, drop d is a natural progression from the standard tuning. You simply go through the same process, only tune to the drop d tuning instead of the standard one.
I hope this has helped you in your quest to become a bass legend! Good luck.
If you'd like to find out more about bass guitar, or how to play bass guitar please visit my bass guitar blog at: http://howtoplaybassguitartips.wordpress.com
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