How LOW Can It Go? ...Downtuning my BASS

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[@NateNavarro]

The most down to Earth tuning on the web. Share your puns, pls. Best one gets a Thumbs up from me. Bass tabs at: www.patreon.com/NathanNavarro How HIGH can it go? -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmOvlqiXgsulntk SONG TITLE, for those of you asking. :) I call it, "Ionosphere" by Nathan Navarro. I'll turn it into a full song sometime soon.

[@sebastianvalentinoleivacam3095]

make a bass batlle

[@eliadekiraly2500]

I love those videos man, it is sooo nice, make more?

[@forcereals731]

You're not playing blue notes here, they're brown ones. 😂

[@ceder_v_c2444]

Please I have to know wich bass that is

[@rickearl1392]

You should make this into a full song

[@brockband9266]

I personally use elevator cables and an octave pedal. But you do you.

[@nate5773]

😆u made me spill water

[@gizmobalboa2106]

Lol 😂

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

xD

[@el_rey_gris9321]

Bruuuh 🤣

[@jackiekagan9868]

bruh same

[@Timocracy]

Oh yeah man, been playing in drop Schumann for years. You just don't get that kind of atmosphere out of the other (INFERIOR) tunings.

[@mumugeschoepf]

Lol

[@PolicyPanda420]

Its truly a breathe of f r e s h Air to hear that I am not the only one to play this tuning.

[@TCP_dizzy-kf6rx]

I hear asmr noises😂

[@LuxPostNoctem]

Drop Schumman lmao.

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

One tune: Drop D tuning

[@thesocialisthedgehog6320]

"Girls will talk in a higher pitch when they are interested" Girls talking to me:

[@decaff__6866]

Underrated comment😂😂

[@samcree3051]

Yeah same

[@cristobal1011]

Bruh-

[@dang5874]

Beyond underrated comment, made me cry irl

[@starflightthenightwing6182]

I’m the 400th like

[@catman6089]

So THATS how Korn gets their bass tone

[@nayr87]

Nahh bruh the tones is in fieldys matching bass and outfit.

[@nighthawk9532]

They tune to A Standard

[@ENDRxGAMING]

YES YOUR PFP

[@CONGTHEGUERILLA]

Is that the roachdoggs little boy?

[@konayuki8525]

The roach dog jr is reaching all different types of channels

[@eclipse3406]

It went from sounding like music to you trying to eradicate the earth. lmao

[@albertmcnugget]

To get nerdy, that is pretty much the definition of the resonant frequency of the earth and the upper atmosphere 🤪

[@eclipse3406]

@@albertmcnugget That's pretty sick actually!

[@anhthiensaigon]

@@albertmcnugget what do schumann resonances have to do with eradication of the earth?

[@fakemint934]

Do you know what eradicate means.

[@arcioko2142]

Eradicate the Earth... Nice band name.

[@xandersthoughts]

I, too, am a big fan of Drop Q tuning. And now I need to change my pants.

[@lunbun1471]

Hahaha

[@romain777]

I dont understand

[@hectorwilliamson3437]

R Strammiello look up “the brown note” :D

[@joeyhardin5903]

@@hectorwilliamson3437 how to play on recorder

[@nehemiahzo_]

You found the brown note

[@BobWilliam]

2:58 - Cold starting my Harley-Davidson after a couple months without a ride.

[@aakiguitar]

Bruhh 🤣🤣

[@AS34N]

Bahahahaha beautiful comment man

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD lmaoo

[@joshua_cassidy]

That just killed every djent kids dream of having the lowest tuning ever.

[@mikenumberz9039]

Well there was also no midrange also which is key

[@judahbgameshd4849]

Add some gain 😂

[@Buddlebot]

Doesn’t sound djent.. doesn’t matter

[@averagesizedegg4791]

Buddlebot it obviously mattered enough for you to comment

[@dalek-trooper6557]

Imagine tuning EVEN LOWER, you wouldn’t here anything at that point really (on a bass), unless you somehow could.

[@juanflorez4632]

This bassline is underated. Very tight, sounds cooler each time even tho at the end u realize they all sound equally awesome

[@MediNaPowaznie]

I would love to hear it in a song.

[@andrewmuttonchops2909]

Guitarists when someone tells them to play a bass

[@juicebox9742]

Ah yes, drop z- tuning

[@stordoy]

I was surprised in the uptuning video when he reached standard guitar tuning. it sounded so high

[@vladimirmaksimovic3580]

@@stordoy to me as a guitar player it sounded pretty normal as far as guitars go, as for the basses, yeah it was pretty high

[@KaanSepticher]

Had the thousandth like makes me feel good

[@t.j.meechan682]

And i thought drop A was low.

[@Psyfonify]

Check out a band called bongripper if you wanna hear loud slow solid bass an octave lower (F)

[@Psyfonify]

you can even look up some isolated track stems from them of just bass and drums if you're extra curious, of course the overtones of the guitar being present helps bring out the lower notes pitch intent more

[@lamaenfeu9804]

Check out Portal and Primitive Man.

[@nehemiahzo_]

You’ve clearly never played in f standard Tuning down

[@nooralamgir3703]

@@Psyfonify i love them

[@Fishfishfishfishfishfishfishfi]

yeah, this is a super interesting video, but can we just talk about the little melody he made for this video?? it’s so unbelievably catchy

[@BRNardy]

Exactly! I just commented that, and was just looking for more people that thought the same.

[@djentslayer]

I'd absolutely love to hear this with a load of distortion.

[@monkeybrains878]

@I don't think so! Frfr

[@joshua.merrill]

The distortion helps out with defining the lower notes. I play at E0, but I've got a Darkglass Alpha-Omicron in front of an Ampeg PF-50T through an Acme Low B-1 amp. Basically, it's the best combo I found that could recreate the lows without utterly breaking the bank.

[@djentslayer]

@@monkeybrains878 Your name is far better. Love it.

[@jimmyjohnspizza3666]

Listen to morticians bass. They tune to G standard. 3 half steps above the Low E on a bass

[@The_Copper_Element_Itself]

Since distortion is also related to harmonics in a way, i've come here to say that now i oficially know my ears can only hear slightly below F0 cus anything lower than that and all i can pick on are some overtones, but not the rumble of the 20hz itself

[@zenobass5925]

IT'S A BRACELET

[@Pawl4k]

Basslet

[@philidor9657]

Can confirm, I do this with my old bass strings too

[@mitchinatr7093]

*raucous cheering*

[@mrenergy5364]

​@@mitchinatr7093YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[@kyros5785]

Dude. I never ever comment on KZbin videos but I just wanna say that this video is so awesome. Quick and to the point. You do exactly what you said you were gonna do. Awesome awesome bass playing. And like? I didn't have to sit and listen to you talk about each one making a perfect perfect 4 minute video into a 12 minute one. Absolutely groovy dude. And that lowest tuning! That's so cool! Incredible that you were still able to play with the string moving that slowly!

[@jayzcoverz1809]

This is Jason Newsted tuning while making And Justice for All album.

[@wireworks4252]

looool

[@AndyDeeFY]

Sooo good! But Lars helped him for sure.. Because Lars wakes up every night to the ionosphere noise...

[@figueroaqlcosas7060]

3:18 Motorcycles be like:

[@pedrobarros4837]

this sounds exactly like my Walmart mountain bike rattling itself to bits when going downhill...

[@sesclaytpoop8525]

It' s a percussive instrument below 20Hz 😂 I can' t even hear the notes

[@sleepdeep305]

That’s because it’s on the lower limit of human perception. Anything beyond that and it’s all overtones

[@WLxMusic]

I'd be super impressed if you could.

[@OMGCMF]

@@WLxMusic some rare people can hear in a slightly larger hz range. I'm not one of them but apparently it's not a huge difference either so I wouldn't be impressed.

[@Juan_Sanchez-Vililobos_Ramirez]

I could hear it, but the sloppy rattling was overwhelming and unpleasant.

[@colourfulbees]

I can only hear some overtones but if I try hard enough

[@abhijee4449]

Honestly came back for the music

[@maxwell9561]

I love how by the end it essentially becomes a percussion instrument

[@AH_Ah_51]

Let's be honest. This riff is so fricking good. Nathan Navarro you're an amazing riff writer.

[@ВкуснаяБебринка]

name of music?

[@fluffibee9656]

@@ВкуснаяБебринка i think he made it up

[@johndoc3517]

Watching this on the toilet, just in case.

[@mariovomhof2775]

Underrated comment

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Yep

[@awkwardoddysee4438]

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭

[@necro0rob]

The brown note xD

[@monke5595]

αвѕolυтe αвѕυrd we meet again

[@samp1501]

Ever since this video has come out I have slowly tried learning this monster of a bassline and today I can gladly saw I can finally play it.

[@acreation831]

1:05 that should have been “It’s a Basslet”

[@hat7475]

Nice one😂

[@interesting_tuna]

“What tuning do you play in?” Nathan : oh, drop A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[@BlueClefto]

Then Alfa beta gamma delta epsilon ...

[@Ajz092]

You do realize there's only 12 notes, right? A, A#/Bb, B, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, G#. The only other contributing factor is which octave you're in, which still uses these same notes, just in a higher or lower register.

[@billgaming8623]

Didnt know he uses a 26 string bass

[@JJPMaster]

Andrew Zbinden it be a joke

[@Ajz092]

@@JJPMaster Jokes are funny. This was not.

[@stephen-timothymedina8368]

Amazing as always, is there a 5 string version of that bass

[@Tangalang22]

Yeah it's the Mayones Jabba VF

[@batatanna]

E1 00:13 E0 02:44 E-1 03:01 Hope that's helpful Btw E-1 sounds the same as E0 plus acoustic noise because we actually hear the octave harmonic. Isnt it fun

[@MelodicEgghead]

It's cool because I have perfect pitch, and 2 octaves lower than regular tuning doesn't really make sense to me, but at least I hear it getting deeper, even though I can't really recognize a pitch!!! Thanks for the awesome video. My bandmates hate when I even go lower than a b1 lol

[@xyu_official77]

No one: Nu-metal bands:

[@miserirken]

brr brr DENG intensifies

[@seodoreriddle]

cough cough koRn

[@BiRDiEHere]

I just used a pitch shifter and I pitch shifted the bit where you tuned down to E-1 Standard. I can happily confirm that you did indeed tune that low :)

[@W7RSON]

I liked when he went: "tek tek tek tek tek tek"

[@kros5983]

That B resonating in sync with the camera framerate is my mood right now.

[@user-wp3ue4pd7x]

Jason newsted was playing in schumann tuning while recording ajfa

[@Jackson5101]

So the obvious is, that bass line is absolutely badass. I really like the tonality in C Standard for this, it has an almost breathy quality in conjunction with your tone that sounds super cool.

[@ryanschulz7653]

I’ve seen this vid for a while but every time I come back I’m equally amazed by that bass tone, even before you tune it down. I love it so much

[@BRNardy]

So, no one is gonna talk about how good that song is? I keep coming back to this video just to listen to the first minute of it. Absolute fire.

[@cookie0329]

same

[@maurorivarola2704]

Same

[@itzalwayssunny1921]

I'd love to see the tabs for this jam.

[@vladimirmaksimovic3580]

Unfortunately they are paid 3$ for, it's in the description.

[@vladimirmaksimovic3580]

@@JM-tj5qm some people may not have a card to buy it with, or just don't use dollars in general

[@alexflores6887]

I want to learn the riff that he’s playing

[@andreapibiri560]

Tabs in desc

[@alexflores6887]

@@andreapibiri560 you have to pay for them

[@theronsmith3303]

@@alexflores6887 yea, like $5

[@alexflores6887]

@@theronsmith3303 but I don’t have a card 😔

[@Aygeu]

I liked C1 tuning the most for the riff you were playing

[@osvaldodelapenavelasquez4880]

2:48 NG3 from Dingwall, is that you?!

[@BecauseHeLives39]

Just gonna say sum about the bass, not the bassist but the bass. Good Lordy even in standard tuning it had a bunch of fret buzz. For me I like my action to be a bit higher so that I don’t have a lot of fret buzz. But anyway, great job on this vid Nathan!!

[@CarlOperatingSystem]

when nathan played the bass, I felt that

[@Sniff_Jenkem]

This is such a good lick. Stuck in my head for days

[@Vsko478]

I wonder tho. At there even pickups that pick up properly such low frequencies? 🤔

[@cbrunhaver]

I like the Rick Turner Piezo system for ultra wide bandwidth

[@batastrophic9762]

Yeah but what would it matter? Unless you're a whale

[@khove1947]

honestly tho the little piece you wrote for this video sounds amazing

[@victorvenegas1732]

By E0 I couldn’t tell a difference in pitch on the chromatic scale

[@THuang-lt1ob]

big words not needed

[@ayesupman923]

@@THuang-lt1ob pepega clap

[@WEAREALLJUSTMEAT]

C sounded incredible

[@timothymckane6362]

This is like how Rob Scallon tried to do the same with his guitar until he goes down to Drop Q.

[@jellikit1532]

Most beautiful bass line I’ve ever heard

[@albertmcnugget]

You're going to tear up the upper atmosphere playing that last lick

[@eliwhoonlypartiallycares1426]

I got my first bass guitar today! I hope I’m this good in the future.

[@comicbookguy727]

You need to get a band together with the lowest possible frequency in each instrument and call yourselves the Schumann Group

[@P5YCHE-]

A good knowledge about the atmospheres and knowing how to play bass very nicely= This

[@ChickenTenderBender]

I have this weird thing where certain songs/melodies give me an uncontrollable feeling of anxiety for no reason whatsoever and somehow this riff gives me exactly that.

[@JMathiasBennett]

since the 50s, the Russians and others did experiments about low frequency and crowd control. Some of these lower frequencies cause anxiety and mental and physical distress (like emptying bowels) if used as crowd control with massive speakers and low frequencies…

[@deanprapanca]

I cried happy tears since the A0 tuning.. then got happier and happier Thank you brother

[@mityakiselev]

So guys, is it reasonable to play in D#0 standard on a long scale bass with a 0.2 string or something? Will it sound like anything at all or will it be just a dry fart at this point? Really wanna make an 11-string guitar tuned from D#0 to E4 with super long scale (maybe like 32 - 37 inches multiscale) but I'm not at all sure it's worth it

[@fsanmiguel666]

Man, the sound of the bass near the end almost had some of that ...And Justice For All kinda sound there!

[@fuckoff6513]

Guitar players: Watching electro solos. Bass players: Watching how it sounds if we put tractor engine chain.

[@whproductionss]

Beautiful

[@tepetti]

Love it how the base frequency turns inaudible and all you hear is the strings vibrating against the frets creating harmonics ❤️

[@millxxors]

The C1 Standard one in particular took me back to failing over and over at Gran Turismo 3 licence objectives.

[@despacito2271]

it went from sounding to real nice to a car failing to start

[@alexandrabukowska8897]

You're going to be one of the greats, and I'm so excited for you!

[@grzegorznapkine4073]

I can't hear the last tuning but my martian friends like it.

[@OkayBrianBand]

HA

[@edwincancelii2917]

This is one of my favorite KZbin videos.

[@Pocket-Calculator]

At some point I can't even hear notes anymore, just the strings flopping against the body.

[@bradwillard8009]

this is like the coolest bass groove

[@christianhenry4173]

Izmir went from sounding like music to sounding like void tones of space

[@Kutulu369]

Wow. What a fun scale excercise!!

[@jimmyneutron3806]

“It’s a bracelet” Take my like.

[@antonbarkland2194]

This was a really nice demonstration :-) Appreciated. To my ears, G0 Standard seems to be the lowest you can go if you still want the lowest note to sound like an actual note.

[@mrenergy5364]

Would F# count for you, or is the perfect sweet spot for you G?

[@antonbarkland2194]

@@mrenergy5364 Hello Mr Energy and thank you for the question... :-) I don't really know if I was specific enough when I wrote "actual note" and what I meant by it... Obviously a note that you couldn't hear with your ears is as much of a note as one that you could hear with your ears... (I think so at least :-)) I've been thinking about that... Like what would it sound like with an eight string guitar with a bass guitar underneath...? I'm thinking obviously (mostly) about the lowest notes. I think it could work out pretty well... With the right thickness and length of the lowest bass string I guess... What would actually sound the best is probably up for debate and it is also probably somewhat subjective... Especially if we are talking about the lowest tuned string on a guitar and/or bass guitar... Like... Does it start to sound not as good as some point even though you would have the right thickness and length when it comes to the string...? I like that you mention this expression "sweet spot"... As an example, I have an Ibanez guitar here tuned one and a half step down and when I play that bottom string as an open string, palm-muted or not, or I turn it into a power chord (quite strange term by the way when it is only two notes), I don't feel like I need to go lower... For the most part at least... So maybe that is like a sweet spot for me. But I think it could also be nice to go lower at times... A seven string, tuned to standard for example... Or tune it down a whole step like Munky and Head does in KoRn. As far as eight string goes and having a bass guitar underneath I think it could work. But I don't think it would make that much sense going that much lower than standard. I would go the other way as in higher tuning. I do have wondered how Meshuggah would sound like with a bass guitar tuned an octave lower that the guitars... I think most of their songs are played on eight string guitars, tuned a half step down.

[@RedLightningCreation]

Double the scale length! We will lose fast playing but we might finally find the Brown Note!

[@Califlower-official]

This is like a bass for your bass for your bass

[@강성주-n8o]

So HOW did you tune it up?

[@al-jo]

incredible video my friend I love the scientific aspect of it

[@rendrennan2294]

Now we know why doom is not on mars anymore. Their guitar, unlike mars, had an ionosphere.

[@gigachad2276]

That bass tone is sweet

[@eliadekiraly2500]

Every one: wtf i only hear tuk tuk tuk Us: bruh, that was a sweet melody

[@Baskl757]

The tone in the beginning is so nice.

[@kris_kwas]

Sounded like you were starting a lawn mower

[@aleksandarajdarevic6509]

I really like the color of that guitar. Really nice!

[@ReyeS000Il]

it started to sound like an engine from a motorcycle, or a car igniting and struggling at the same time lol

[@ZeDoGiCa]

love the quick 16th/32nds you threw in at parts! (idk which lol)

[@_SliK_]

Only one thing lower... My income

[@tonyg1296]

That's sick. You are amazing

[@Mrpablotortas]

why is this so adictive. it is the 10th time that i listen it

[@file1353]

Thank you for posting. Reminds me of RSE Dive music

[@facundoruiz7747]

Fun fact: His hand's vein is gauger than his strings

[@davidmiller247]

Nice! Reminded me of Rex's bass strings on the 5 minutes alone music video...

[@thicksteve1761]

Who else thinks this sounds like a pokemon battle theme in some parts?

[@eyeofbass]

That was awesome. Even more awesome, no matter what tuning, or how low... it still sounds great. You rock. 🤙

[@frankkos6476]

30 Hz : 30 fps = low end slow mo

[@outforluck8018]

This riff is absolutely mesmerizing

[@outforluck8018]

Time to rewatch for that awesome bassline

[@NumbGeek]

Oh, ao that explains the vibration I felt a few weeks ago, great

[@eienzero]

this video it's actually healing for crazy downtuners (like myself) mental health, I may sleep tonight (and strop restringing my guitar to get any lower than A tuning, since I can now say that anything below it, makes any sense when you just want to sound LOW AF keeping all the groove and punch needed... djent and fart-metal aside) thanks.

[@tolomatrix]

I love the bassline so much

[@markbass354]

SOUNDS REALLY GOOD NATHAN

[@A.D.33KARMA]

First time watching, subscribed as soon as i heard this lick