Notes on the 4th String (E String)

Lesson 3/41 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Bass

Notes on the 4th String (E String)

The E Note

The open 4th string is an E note

The F Note

Play this F note with the first finger of your left hand just behind the first fret of the 4th string

The G Note

Play this G note with the third finger of your left hand just behind the third fret of the 4th string

When playing the E string with your right hand fingers, you will need to use a variation on the rest stroke technique. Since there is no string for your finger to come to rest on after playing the E string, let your finger come to rest against your thumb which is resting on the pickup. This technique is demonstrated in the following photos and should be used in the next two exercises.

Play the E string using right hand finger:

Let finger come to rest against thumb:

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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

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Notes on the 4th String (E String)