From the course: Bass: Teach Yourself
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The note A
- All right, the second part fret of the G string is the note A, so you just press down with your middle finger and make sure to play directly behind the fret, not on the fret, so that it doesn't get a buzzing sound. And make sure that tone is really sweet. (electric guitar playing one note) Now you do want to press with the tip of your finger. Although, you can come back a little bit with the pad. It's kind of in between, but again just make sure that the tone sounds really sweet and that it rings out clear. Let's do an example now that goes through all these different note values we've learned: whole notes, half notes, dotted half notes and quarter notes. Again, just tap your foot with these and play every note with your index finger. Here we go, let's try this together. (drum sticks tapping out a beat) (electric guitar playing) All right, the next example is in 3/4 time and it moves between just three of these different note values: quarter notes, half notes and dotted half notes…
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