Beginner Bass Lessons

Did you just start playing bass? Congrats! Let me walk you through the beginner bass basics you need to know to start without bad habits. This playlist will get you cooking with proper bass technique, learning your fretboard notes, theory, and scales, plus playing a ton of fun bass riffs. Rock on.

Curated by: BassBuzz (62 videos)

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Tracks in this Playlist

• Beginner Bass Lesson #1 (Your Very First Lesson)
• Learn Your Bass Fretboard Notes (Easy Starter Method)
• 7 Days to Learning Bass (Beginner Lesson)
• 5 Easy “Shapes” for Kickass Bass Lines (Bassist Shortcuts)
• Bass Mistakes That Are SLOWING You Down
• How to Learn Bass Scales (Become a Better Bassist, Not a Robot)
• Are You Fretting the Wrong Way? (Bass Fingering Showdown)
• Are You Plucking the Wrong Way? (Raking v. Alternating Showdown)
• 5 Popular Beginner Bass Lines (Are You Playing Them Wrong?)
• 3 Beginner Bass Riffs (You Can’t F*** Up)
• Beginner Funk Bass Made Simple (Bootsy’s Funk Formula)
• Beginner Bass Mistakes (5 Tips to Suck Less)
• 5 Beginner Bass Myths (Busted)
• 6 Bass Tone Fixes (Beginners, Stop Sounding Like a Newb)
• Beginner Blues Bass "Survival Shapes” (Simple Method for 12 Bar Blues)
• 7 Easy Blues Bass Line Formulas (The Blues Box)
• How to Play Bass with a Drummer (Foolproof Beginner Blueprint)
• 5 Levels of Bass Finger Exercise (Beginner to Advanced)
• Idiot-Proof Bass Chords (2 Easy Chords for Any Song/Jam)
• Are You an Intermediate Bassist? (17-point Checklist)
• 3 Steps to Killer Bass Fills (for Beginners)
• Your Bass Muting Technique Sounds Like S**t (How to Fix It)
• 20 Tips I Wish I Knew as a Beginner Bassist (Avoid My Dumb Mistakes)
• Bass Lines *Any Style* with Just 2 Notes (for Beginners)
• Boring Bass Lines Fixed (With 1 Simple Walkup Trick)
• 10 Songs that Taught Me Bass (Easy to Effin’ Hard)
• Bassist Answers Google’s Top Bass VS Guitar Questions
• Better Bass Tone with “The Producer Switch” (costs $0)
• The 10 Rules of Bass Playing (That Pros Break)
• Why Beginner / Intermediate Bassists Sound “Karaoke-y”
• Are Your Hands *too small* to Play Bass? (5 *BIG* Mistakes)
• How to Play Bass With a Pick (from an ex-Pick Hater)
• 5 String Basses Suck for Beginners (7 Reasons)
• Make Your Sh*tty Bass Play Like a DREAM (5 Steps)
• Practice THIS Daily (10 Mins)
• The 5 Levels of Longview (For Bass)
• How I Would Learn Bass (If I Could Start Over)
• Bass Scales for Beginners (5 Stupidly Simple Steps)
• Slap... Practice THIS Daily (10 Mins)
• What to Learn on Bass (in Order)
• How to Play Blues Bass (in 5 Levels)
• First 50 Songs You Should Play on Bass
• Killer Bass Lines Made Easy with the Pentatonic Scale
• 7 Bass Riffs Normal People Actually Find Impressive
• Practice THIS Daily (10 Min Technique Fix)
• Music theory you actually need, none of the sh*t you don’t
• How to Fix Your Sh*tty Bass Tone
• I Watched 107 Bassists – 5 Mistakes They ALL Made
• They Laughed… Until I Started Jamming
• Are You Good Enough to Join a Band?
• 10 Years of Bass Advice in 10 Minutes
• 5 Beginner Bass Riffs (You Can’t F*** Up)
• How to Start Learning Bass - Self Taught!
• Learn Bass in 5 Minutes
• 10 Min Play-Along Bass Workout (For Beginners)
• The PERFECT Bass Practice Morning Routine For Beginners
• These 5 Beginner Riffs Will Impress EVERYONE (I Mean, Probably)
• How to Tune Your Bass for Beginners
• Bass Exercises for Beginners (Strength, Stamina, Flexibility, Control)
• 7 Days to Learning Bass Scales (Beginner Lesson)
• How to Play Bass in 1 Minute
• Music Theory for Bass