Your Bass Muting Technique Sounds Like S**t (How to Fix It)
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Without good bass muting technique, the notes you *mean* to play will get smothered by the rumbling racket of ringing strings.
Muting means keeping strings from ringing that you don’t want ringing so that your bass lines sound clean and clear – and not like a muddy inaudible mess.
In this lesson I’ll walk you through the five muting fixes most pro bass players to keep ringing and noise out of the picture.
Fixes #1, #2, and #3 will start with your plucking hand, giving you a solid foundation for keeping your low strings muted. I’ll show you each fix, and then we’ll put them into action with the main riff from Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name.”
But plucking hand muting is only part of the bass muting equation – we need to get the fretting hand in to finish the job. Fixes #4 and #5 will show you how to keep your higher strings quiet with a couple simple tweaks.
Getting the plucking hand muting together is something most beginners can handle with some practice. But nailing the fretting hand muting will take more time, well into your intermediate stage of development. So don’t expect to nail fixes #4 and #5 on day 1 – get your plucking hand tight first, then start working on the fretting hand.
We’ll try out all 5 fixes with “The Big Bass Muting Test,” where you can make sure there are no holes in your muting. Then we’ll wrap up and play some Bon Jovi together.
There may be some terrible singing in the last 20 seconds – I plead insanity.
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Originally posted by UCeD9_tDVA1wvqv1IF9QyP-A at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2HBaiTgOxE
What muting technique are you struggling with the most? ????????✋????
Timestamps for this lesson:
1:00 – What Is Bass Muting?
1:16 – Sympathetic Vibration Can Destroy You
2:13 – Muting Fix #1: The Thumb Mute
2:42 – Fix #2: The Pull Across
3:43 – Fix #3: The Sneaky Finger
4:05 – “You Give Love A Bad Name” Tutorial
4:40 – “Bad Name” Muting Walkthrough
5:41 – Fretting Hand Muting is Hard
6:01 – Fix #4: The String Sitter
6:59 – Fix #5: The Flat Hand
7:43 – “Bad Name” Muting Revisited
8:56 – The Big Bass Muting Test
9:57 – “Bad Name” Play-along
And for classical thumb, how i need to mute strings ?
Best bass teacher on yt
i did all the things you told me without me noticing, i did it naturally
THANK YOU for explaining why I felt like I was going crazy. I KNEW I didn’t touch those strings and they were still vibrating, leading me to be confused why it was happening.
Suprised your channel aint called something like bassninja or something referencing to karate kid
btw love your vids, I´m a singer and maybe slightly above mediocre guitar player who´ve always loved the bass bc of it´s fullness in sound and dark timbre, but for some reason just started playing 2 weeks ago.
I even look more like a bassist than a guitarist on photos lmao, but I love both so here we go XD
thi video is awesome !! thanks you so much
Amazing lesson! I didn't realize how important these small (yet HUGE) details are. But I'll work to improve my sound.
Many thanks!
Dam flat hand is superior tip, especially for music school-graduated guitarists, thank you so much! Playing got so much clearer
Straight to the point without a bunch of cheesy fluff would be nice
I (Not really) hate you For These playalong examples that Always get me Out of bed and on my bass
phew i need a teacher, i end your videos worse off and with more questions than when i started
Pull across!!
Im not good at pulling across, however i am good at pulling out.
Everyone goes on and on about how bass is the easiest instrument, but I would never be able to coordinate all this tomfoolery just to not make extra sounds.
Edit: The video earned a like, but the outro earned a sub ????
Josh, please clean your fretboard! ???? Thanks for the lesson, it's great!
More "pulling across" videos please! hahha
This is one of the most helpful videos on your channel! I learned bad technique years ago and now trying to unlearn it lol … after just watching I’m struggling with accidentally hitting strings when I’m trying to mute but already understand more and see improvement. Thank you!!
Josh : remember to pull across !
Me who pulls down…
Just starting bass after playing guitar and while my fretting is pretty good my plucking hand was learning from scratch. You are helping my journey bro.
This so super helpful!!! Thank you!
Your videos are great, love your approach to not just the teaching itself, but the editing and even the "branding" (e.g. the orange theme). A great model for what I'd like my own teaching channel to be like eventually!
Your channel is the best!!! ????
Hey I love your videos ! They are great ! I’ve been struggling with this in bass tho . I see People play open strings Sometimes and then put Their fingers under it to mute , then Other Times they don’t do it it all ! Very confusing . I was wondering if you could tell me when to and when not to mute other strings ! Thanks a bunch love the channel
wow you just helped me so much, I was wondering if something was wrong with my bass