As you tune the string, the pitches get closer and the pulsation slows. If your string is slightly out of tune, you will hear a pulsating sound between the two notes. Click the string you want to tune, and play the corresponding string on your bass guitar so the two notes sound together. Or, click the "Tuner" button above to activate the manual tuner. Use the online tuner to tune your bass guitar using your device’s microphone. For example, here is a A major scale and the bass notes for the song Bitter Sweet Symphony. This also allows you to share your markings with others. Save your markings on the bass guitar by copying the web address in your browser. Press and hold the alt key on your keyboard to mark notes with ♯ instead of ♭. Click "Mark" to mark notes on the fretboard. The four rows of keys on your keyboard corresponds to the four strings on the bass guitar.Ĭlick "Highlight" above the bass guitar to show note names on the fretboard. Once you're ready to play, try our free bass music such as Pachelbel's Canon or Vivaldi's Four Seasons in our FREE BASS SHEET MUSIC section, play Christmas carols in our FREE BASS CHRISTMAS MUSIC section, or play beautiful violin music by composers throughout history in our BASS STRING CLASS.Use your computer keyboard or click on the strings to play the bass guitar.For violin, cello or viola tuning assistance, click here: Violin Tuning, Cello Tuning, Viola Tuning. Visit our Music Store - Rosin & Accessories page for a sampling of tuners.D.M.A., University of Cincinnati, 2001 and Slatford, Rodney, “History of the Double Bass,” The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5: 585-589. The history and development of the double bass. It is interesting to note that music scholars have discovered over 50 different different tuning systems have been used throughout the history of the double bass, and composers and bassists continue to experiment with varied tuning systems today (see Siemers, Brian John. Some bass players use additional tunings (solo tuning, tuning in fifths etc.), varied extensions (such as mechanical levers) and other variations in the number of strings, pitch range, tuning and construction of the bass.Bass players in European orchestras often play a bass with a fifth string which extends the range of the bass down to the note B1.Some professional bassists use a “C extension” which extends the range of the lowest string’s pitch E1, down to the pitch C1.Consult your teacher to see if they have a different preference in using harmonics to tune (some bassists prefer using harmonics that divide the string in one-fourth or one-third). The resulting pitches will sound one octave above the open strings. To tune using natural harmonics, touch each string lightly at the middle point of your string that divides your string in half (halfway between the nut and the bridge), and pull your bow across each string. Some bassists find it helpful to use harmonics when they tune.If the pitch of the open string sounds higher than the correct pitch, gently turn the tuning key (machine peg) to the left. If the pitch of the open string sounds lower than the correct pitch, gently turn the tuning key (machine peg) to the right until it reaches the correct pitch. Although early basses used wooden pegs like other stringed instruments, most basses today use machine pegs with a geared tuning mechanism to adjust the strings (called tuning machines).Although the notated notes above are typically used to tune the bass, the actual pitch of the bass open strings will sound like the following notes: E1, A1, D2 and G2 The bass is a transposing instrument, meaning the note played sounds an octave below the notated pitch.More tuning assistance: Violin Tuning, Viola Tuning, Cello Tuning
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