From the course: Bass: Teach Yourself
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Notes on the A or third string
From the course: Bass: Teach Yourself
Notes on the A or third string
- Okay you guys have done great learning the notes on the first string and the second string. So, you're ready to move on to the third string. So, this is the A string. The open third string is A. The second fret, you can play this with your middle finger is B. And now for the third fret, this is C. Play this with your ring finger. Now as you're reading music on this string, you're going to see notes that are a little bit lower than before. And the stems of the quarter notes and half notes are going to go up. So, this is a pretty easy thing to understand that if you have a staff, the middle line is the sort of deciding point if the stems are going to up or down. Okay? So, if it's above that middle line then the stems go down. If it's below that line then the stems go up. And if it's on that middle line, which is D by the way, then the stems can go either way. So, let's try some examples of playing notes on the A string. This first one just moves between A,B, and C and let's try this…
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