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- Page 2 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK BASS PACK CONTENTS High-quality electric bass guitar Padded gig bag High-quality lead (approx. 3 m) Adjustable bass guitar strap 3 plectrums Beginners book for the bass guitar...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK CONTENTS THE PARTS OF THE BASS ....................................4 INTRODUCTION ........................................5 Left hand ..................................5 Holding the bass properly ............................5 TUNING THE BASS ......................................5 Electronic tuning device ............................5 Relative tuning method ............................. -
Page 4: The Parts Of The Bass
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK THE PARTS OF THE BASS Regardless of the type of bass guitar you play, the basic component parts are always the same. The following illustration shows you what the parts are called. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with them. -
Page 5: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Welcome to the BEHRINGER family! This beginners’ book for the bass guitar will show you how much fun you can have playing a musical instrument. First we want to make you acquainted with the important basics about your instrument, various playing techniques and some other things. -
Page 6: Relative Tuning Method
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Relative tuning method The relative tuning method is the most independent, and is one you can use any time and anywhere. The only thing you need is a reference note (e.g. from another instrument or a tuning fork). As long as one string is tuned correctly, all the other strings can be tuned in relation to it. -
Page 7: Playing Techniques
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK PLAYING TECHNIQUES Picks Hold the pick (plectrum) firmly between your thumb and index finger. Your BASS GUITAR PACK contains three picks. Most bass players start with a thin pick and use thicker ones when they have improved their playing technique. -
Page 8: Slap Bass Technique
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Slap bass technique A well-established technique for playing the bass is known as “slapping”. This technique involves striking the strings on your bass with your thumb. Slapping often alternates with “popping” a higher string (i.e. releasing it with a snap). For example, first you slap the E string with your thumb and then you pop the D string with your index or middle finger. -
Page 9: Notation
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK NOTATION Fingering diagrams Fingering diagrams show you which notes to play and which strings to pick. The following illustration shows you exactly how the fingering diagram corresponds to the fingerboard on your bass. -
Page 10: Examples Of Musical Styles
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK EXAMPLES OF MUSICAL STYLES In this chapter you will find some examples of different styles of music. We will be using tablature here, as this makes it easier for beginners. -
Page 11: Walking Bass
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Walking Bass This example shows you a typical blues, rhythm & blues and jazz style. As in the first example, it consists solely of quarter notes. Make sure that you don’t leave any breaks between the individual notes, so that they flow into each other. -
Page 12: Rhythm Exercise 1
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Rhythm exercise 1: This exercise combines the various note values in the course of eight 4/4 measures. To begin with, try playing each bar individually at a slow tempo – ideally with the aid of a metronome. Sometimes it helps to count the quarter beats out loud or tap them with your foot while you play. -
Page 13: Rhythm Exercise 2
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Rhythm exercise 2: This exercise now combines the different types of triplets in the course of eight 4/4 measures. Try to learn it in the same way as you learned the first exercise. -
Page 14: Shuffle
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Shuffle If you play a piece of music with a triplet feel (e.g. in eighth triplets) and you leave out the second note in each triplet (e.g. eighth-note rest), the result is a driving, lively rhythm—what is known as a ternary rhythm, or shuffle. -
Page 15: The Minor Scale
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK The minor scale This illustration shows you the A minor scale. It also consists of a series of seven consecutive notes. Here, too, the scale begins again one octave higher on the eighth note (A): A - B - C - D - E - F - G - (A). The difference to the major scale is that the half-tones... -
Page 16: Scale Practice 1
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK The chromatic scale is an exception. As soon as you move to the next string, you have to shift the position by one fret. In addition, on the D string there are not four but five notes, of which both of the last two are played with the little finger. To do this, at the end... -
Page 17: Chords
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK If you were then to take out every B and every F from these scales, you would be left with the notes of the C major (or A minor) pentatonic scale spread over the entire fingerboard. -
Page 18: C Major (C)
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK In the following example you will find seven fingering diagrams showing you one way you can play these chords. C major (C) D minor (Dm) E minor (Em) F major (F) -
Page 19: Care And Maintenance
Colours and specification may vary slightly from product. Products are sold through our authorised dealers only. Distributors and dealers are not agents of BEHRINGER and have absolutely no authority to bind BEHRINGER by any express or implied undertaking or representation. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording of any kind, for any purpose, without the express written permission of BEHRINGER International GmbH.