Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 Manual
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- Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 1
- Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 2
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 2 - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 3
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 ...6 Keyboard instruments ...6 PLAYING TECHNIQUES ...7 Picks ...7 Playing with a pick ...7 Playing - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 4
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. 4 - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 5
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK INTRODUCTION Welcome to the BEHRINGER family! This beginners’ book for the bass guitar will show you to keep your head straight; otherwise you will develop tenseness in your back. If your bass is hanging too low when you’re playing standing up, it might put too much strain - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 6
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Relative tuning method The relative tuning method is the most open 1st string Simply keep to the following diagram. Keyboard instruments You can also tune your bass using a piano or a keyboard. The only thing you need to know is which keys on the keyboard correspond to the - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 7
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. Playing with a pick Here - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 8
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, - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 9
to the fingerboard on your bass. Tablature There are various ways to write down music, such as standard notation, which requires a certain amount of practice before you know where the notes as they are written are to be found on the fingerboard. Another problem presented by standard notation in - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 10
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK EXAMPLES OF MUSICAL STYLES In this chapter you will measure. Picking is therefore twice as fast as in the previous blues. Reduce the tempo if you have any problems with the speed to begin with. Shuffle Blues This is a blues with a ternary rhythm. For further information - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 11
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Walking Bass This example shows you a typical blues, rhythm & blues and jazz In this case each measure has four beats and if you were to play all four beats on your bass you would be playing four quarter notes per measure. Hence the term 4/4 measure. There are, of course, - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 12
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 - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 13
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK Rhythm exercise 2: This exercise now combines the different as there are even shorter note values. However, we don’t intend to go that far in this instruction book, as it involves playing at a considerable speed and may be too complicated for beginners. Rhythm exercise - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 14
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. - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 15
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK The minor scale This illustration shows you the A higher on the sixth note (A). Use the notes in the major and minor pentatonic scales for playing simple bass lines, for example. The chromatic scale The chromatic scale consists solely of half tone steps and thus comprises - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 16
ULTRABASS BASS GUITAR PACK The chromatic scale is an exception. As soon as you basically starts again from the beginning. Try to memorize these progressions and to develop your own bass lines, melodies and riffs containing these notes. You should also try playing the scale with different - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 17
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 ( - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 18
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) G major (G) A minor (Am) B minor diminished (Bm-5) 18 - Behringer ULTRABASS BT108 | Manual - Page 19
strings You can get bass guitar strings in any music store. They can also give you detailed instructions on stringing your bass. Replace your strings of BEHRINGER and have absolutely no authority to bind BEHRINGER by any express or implied undertaking or representation. No part of this manual may
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