From the course: Bass: Teach Yourself
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Rests
- All right, you guys are doing great so far. Let's move on to a really cool topic and that is rests. So a musical rest is a specific duration of silence. These are the rests and the silences between what you're playing that make it really breathe. So let's check out a few ways to stop the vibrations on the bass. First with the right hand you can just, after you strike a note, you put the finger back on the string to stop the vibration like this. (plucks string) Now with the left hand, you can either stop an open string from ringing out simply by putting your left hand fingers down on the string to stop it like this. (plucks string) Or if you're already fretting a note, you can just lift that finger up. And when you lift it up, don't lift it off completely to sound a new note like this. (plucks string) But just lift it up enough so that you have silence. (plucks string) Notice I'm still keeping a little bit of pressure, I'm still touching the string. (plucks string) As opposed to…
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