Simple Bass Technique Tip For Improving EVERYTHING!
This week we’re going to look at a single aspect of technique that can make a huge difference to your playing in many different ways. We’ll be looking at how the simple act of playing lighter can change EVERYTHING and improve your playing in ways you never considered.
This is a lesson taken from the upcoming Technique Builder course. The course consists of two modules. In module 1 we look at building a basic foundation in all aspects of your technique and then in module 2 we work through 60 different etudes that put all of these fundamentals into practice by way of a variety of different melodic and harmonic scenarios. These include a whole host of different scalar, arpeggio, intervallic and chromatic lines as well as melodies typical of classical and jazz styles.
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Hi, Mark haw can you play lighter and fast with the plectrum?
Very good info and presentation. Been playing for 40 years, getting serious now.
Do you turn your Bass Volume all the way up ?
Touch is everything. I played upright a long time before I even owned an electric, and i dont even have calluses on my fingers, really. I cringle when I see a student trying to strangle the poor bass. First thing I work on is how to press hard enough and only hard enough
Exactly!
Hi Mark, I've tested this simple trick and it works like a charm, I was even able to play the "gallop" with three fingers and in time. I guess many bass players have the tendency to just grab the bass and play without amplification. This causes the bad habit of playing too loud (at least in my case) so my bonus tip would be that if you play without amp: keep on playing lightly!
This video is amazing, Thanks so much for all of your YouTube content , all of the videos I've watched that you've uploaded have been brilliant, if had the finances you'd be my Yoda , I guess video is good enough, all the best
Where and when is the next live ? (I am a member of you site, but I do not have FB).
Mark – will the new technique course be helpful for pick players? Thanks.
John Entwistle was most famous for his light touch. Nuff said?
This makes a whole lot of sense! And it's straightforward to put this idea into practice.
absolutely right Mark thanks for the memo
Would you consider doing a lesson on a specific jazz "head" ?? I've always wanted to learn one, but i dont know where to start. I dont know what a good song would be for the first time ever learning one, and Jazz in general isnt one of my strong suits… SO, having a lesson/walk through on a specific song, would be very cool!
I would absolutely love to see you cover Dig (or any Mudvayne for that matter)!!! Ryan Martinie is an extremely underrated bass legend with a one of a kind technique.
Great tip!
But is there is a bit more to it that you haven't covered?. Playing lightly must have a corresponding plucking technique, which you haven't talked about. You can't aim to pull through a string and land the plucking finger on the next adjacent string if you are playing lightly
Doesn't playing lightly with a loud amp volume by default give you less dynamic range when it comes to lowering your volume? I totally agree with you on all points about playing lightly, but I wanted to ask this since playing too softly, in my experience, leads to slower playing and less ability to decrease your volume with your technique. It's like some of the problems that come from playing too hard remain the same or become their opposites when I play too lightly.
I would jam with people and play harder thinking i would sound louder to compete with the drums and guitar and get all stiff fingered ???? stupid 20 something me!
This coincides with the same information I received from my bass teacher recently – such a simple concept but a very useful one. It's especially good if you are alternating playing fretted notes with ghost / deadened notes, as then you can really make the muted notes pop out by playing the fretted ones more quietly.
HI Mark, I know that you are busy but please get the Technique Builder course into publication. ????
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best bass player or a teacher for me
This tip is seriously underrated. Thanks a lot!
Turn the volume up and play lighter.Awsome technique
Preecious advice indeed! I forget it quite a lot of times!
Mark where can I order that guitar strap you have there sir, Thank you
After a while from playing in public, my plucking hand begin to shake as if my nerves are getting the best of me, You hit the nail on the head to "play lightly." (1:10–1:52)
Thanks Mark!
Never used a compressor, limits dynamic range
THANK YOU! Waiting for the course! ????
Steve Harris, famous for his light touch and high headroom clean amp sound.
Thank you…Thank you!!!!! Love your examples !!!!!!!!!
New Bass student!!!!!!!
Off topic of technique – but talking about new courses made me think – will there be a ear training vol 2?
Thank you a great lesson
starting with a countdown for 2 minutes, i call it torture