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Bass High Strings

Let's review the notes we have learned so far on the G and D strings of the bass.

Please press the Exercise button below.

Bass Reading Music D String

Now we will continue reading notes on the bass clef and playing them on our instrument.

The notes that we learned on the D String look like this in music notation:

 
Please press the Exercise button below.

Bass Notation D String

Now we will continue practicing reading the notes of the bass clef.

Remember the lines can be identified with Great Big Ducks Fly Away.

The spaces can be memorized with All Cows Eat Grass

Bass D String

Now we will learn the notes on the D String of the Bass.

The notes are D, E, and F.

Please press the Exercise button below.

Bass Reading Music G String

Now we will read notes on the bass clef and play them on our instrument.

The notes that we learned on the bass look like this in music notation:

 
Please press the Exercise button below.

Reading Music on the Bass

Now we will learn how to identify the notes on the Bass Clef.

The music alphabet is similar to the normal alphabet except for a few key differences:

First, highest letter in the music alphabet is G.

Bass G String

Now we will learn the other notes on the G string of the bass.

Please press the Exercise button below.

Guitar Reading Accidentals

Now we will learn how to read accidentals in music notation.

Here is an example of what an accidental looks like:



This note would be called G-sharp and is equivalent to the note one fret above G.

Guitar Playing Accidentals

The notes you have learned to play so far in position 1 are called Naturals.

The blank spaces in between these notes are called Accidentals.