A learn guitar question that should definitely interest you all this week
Question: I’ve been playing like 7 or 8 months now, and still have been putting off learning individual notes. Is there a method that can teach me everything in two-three days?
Thanks in advance!!
Answer: This is easy. Just pick a note — say, A — and then play it everywhere it is on the fretboard.
Unless it is an open note, it will be there only twice on each string (on a 24 fret guitar). (On the A string, the A is there three times, of course.)
Do this for all twelve notes repeatedly.
A tough guitar players question this week. Let’s dive straight in
Question: Hi, am learning bass and would like to know the notes I can use in each scale eg…C which notes would fit when making a bass line and sound ok?? any ideas where I can get this info from please?? thanks in advance peeps!
Answer: Okay, it depends entirely on what key the rest of the band is playing in and whether it’s a major or minor key. It also depends if you’re playing bluesy stuff, straight rock, heavy rock or whatever.
The basic rule is, stick with the root note of the chord so if your guitarist or keyboard player is playing an E chord play an E and so on. If you want to get more adventurous, use the octave of the note you’re playing and the 5th as a fill in – for example if the chord is G, and assuming it’s a four string bass, put your first finger on the bottom E at the third fret, then move your ring finger or little finger to the 5th fret on the A and D strings. Pluck or pick the bottom string followed by the D string, then down to the A and back to the bottom string. You can move this shape all over the fret board and get some great results.
Best thing you can do is learn to know what chord your guitarist/ keyboard player is playing and work from there. You can sometimes play either the third or fifth note in the chord instead of the root note as that adds colour, but don’t go mad to start with. The main thing with all bass playing is tight, precise rhythm and for that I use Jim Dunlop Delrin 2mm picks, same as Flea!
