Top 5 Beginner Bass *MISTAKES*
There’s a lot to learn as a beginner bassist, and it’s important not to pick up any bad habits that could slow your progress. In today’s lesson, I will show you the five most common mistakes I see a lot of bass players make.
Avoid [these 5 rookie mistakes], and you can move your bass playing skills up to Jedi level!
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Video breakdown:
00:00 – Introduction to Video and Topic
00:38 – Mistake #1: Incorrect Bass Positioning
02:45 – Mistake #2: Not Anchoring the Thumb
05:03 – Mistake #3: Incorrect Plucking Technique
07:44 – Mistake #4: Ignoring the Little Finger
09:23 – Mistake #5: Overusing the Finger-Per-Fret Method
11:36 – Bonus Tip: Stop Worrying About Gear
12:09 – Conclusion
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Originally posted by UCWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsvewV3UA50
I never took any bass lessons, and when I saw this video I had to see if I’ve been making these mistakes. Turns out, I’ve been using all the techniques Scott shows here as my natural way to play. I have no idea where I picked all that up, but it makes me feel great knowing that I didn’t start out with bad habits! People always remarked at how I’d use my little finger too. ????
The only actual one-on-one instruction I have ever had on bass, my teacher at the time was SUPER adamant about using free strokes because they are faster… and they are. But the type of stroke depends on what you are playing.
The more interesting thing I have found when playing, more specifically practicing, has to do with how hard to pluck. Not so much with respect to volume, but more… intent. Playing and practicing plucking with full intent on what you are doing, really owning the sound you are making, as opposed to maybe half heartedly so (which I find makes my plucking inaccurate and tonally weak). Especially when I try to practice quietly, so as not to disturb people… sort of draws my focus away from technique because my intent isnt accuracy in those types of situations.
The same goes similarly for right hand though.
Hopefully that makes some sense and I haven't rambled the point away ????
Edit:
Slow and loud is more useful than fast and quiet… especially in the beginning.
I think thats sort of what i was getting at ????
This just fixed my major problems! Thank You Scott!????
Why would you not just leave your thumb on the pickup all the time?
Thank you!
At 9:30 why do you need to hold the string with all 4 fingers? (I'm a beginner) :p
amazing glasses <3
Very true.
Again very helpful.. I'm just starting learning… Scott is very good teacher
Hey bud. Your email newsletter is by far the worst spam in my inbox. It's relentless. I've tried to unsub and flag it as spam multiple times.
Hi, thanks for the enthusiastic tutoring. I (58) just started with a Squier j-bass (and about to buy a fretless bass because it's only 100 Euro and looks cool) and really appreciate the help.
Once I got my fingers a bit more under control I'll be back for more assistance.
Little finger competing with big fingers, story of my life ????
Thanks for the lesson!
Hi Scott, the bass toolkit link is not below.
Only a link to your academy course with 24 day trail offer which I cannot afford…. even though I wish I could.
One major mistake is also watching too much random Bass videos and not practicing. Youtube videos are fine, but they should be somehow relatet to a specific problem you are working on.
15 min practice is a lot of time to learn..
Yeah totally agree. I put the thumb on the A when playing the G string so you're muting the E, A and the D on the rest stroke. Cool vid. ????
the gloves you use! … please put a linkin the comments <3
I just bought my first bass because of you and now I get this video … just thank you you very much ????
As far as gear addiction goes, It's not a bad idea to want to get gear. Still, the only gear you should really be worrying about is what you need to play bass ex: strings and whatnot. As far as pedals, I'd say to only get what you actually need for whatever genre of music you want to play. Ex: Djent you might want a distortion or overdrive of some sort. Or if you play a lot of 80s new wave you might want a chorus. Just don't go out at get something for the fun of getting something.
Hey Scott, greetings from Dallas, Texas.
When can we get a solid jam video that's nothing but you laying down some filthy sick grooves? I'm an SBL member and watch your YT vids, and my favorite piece of content is the Pusher song vid you did with Josh Smith… that solo is inspiring.
We all love the educational content…but give us some great jams sometimes too!
I want that P Bass ????
You do nothing but continue to bring bass players (and musicians in general really) MASSIVE value bruv!!!???? Thank you SO much for helping so many of us get this bass thing sorted out!!!????????
probably I anchor it a bit behind the pickguard
also just figured out the reason for the angled body shape lol. I see in this video, you lean your forearm on the instrument, but you also don't so I guess I can do both. I sometimes don't anchor my thumb when playing the E string, because that'll angle my wrist, and you really can't miss the E string.
Also I like to put my elbow out like Tim Commerford does, as it straightens my wrist