Notes on the 3rd String (A String)
The A Note
The open 3rd string is an A note
The B Note
Play this B note with the second finger of your left hand just behind the second fret of the 3rd string
The C Note
Play this C note with the third finger of your left hand just behind the third fret of the 3rd string
The following progressions use quarter notes and half notes.
The name of the note the bass player plays is not necessarily the same as the name of the chord, e.g.: in bars 2, 3 and 4 of the above example the bass plays a different note than the chord name.
Left Hand Fingering
As a general rule:
- Play notes on the first fret with the first finger of your left hand.
- Play notes on the second fret with the second finger of your left hand.
- Play notes on the third fret with the third finger of your left hand.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- The Eighth Note
3- The Dotted Quarter Note
4- Notes on the 3rd String (A String)
5- Sharp Signs
6- The C Major Scale
7- Notes on the 1st String (G String)
8- The Sixteenth Note
9- The Tie
10- Eighth Note Triplets
11- Creating Your Own Bass Line
12- Tuning Your Bass
13- Rests
14- The Hammer-On (H)
15- The Octave
16- Shuffle Rhythm
17- Arpeggio Playing
18- Turnaround Progressions
19- Tuning the Bass to Itself
20- Approach to Practice
21- Alternate Picking
22- Notes on the 4th String (E String)
23- Understanding the Score Symbols
24- 12 Bar Blues
25- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
26- Bass Guitars
27- Syncopation
28- The Chromatic Scale
29- Notes on the 2nd String (D String)
30- Notes on the Bass Fretboard
31- Amplifiers
32- The G Major Scale
33- Strings
34- Tuning Your Instrument
35- Playing Position
36- The Right Hand
37- The Left Hand
38- How to Read Music
39- Music Notation
40- Fretboard Diagram
41- Using a Metronome