3 Tips on How Bass Players Go from Amateur to Pro

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[@TerryNails]

Being a professional studio musicianmy suggestion is that you learn all of these tips that she's teaching you but you will find that the most important tip that you need to learn is when not to use this stuff. many times I've gone into the studio and have an idea about what I wanted to play and then had the producer want me to play something that was so simplistic that it was almost impossible to make it groove. if you can make 'simple' groove you have a better chance of becoming an actual working musician than if you have the greatest chops in the world but don't know how to apply them correctly or keep it simple.

[@stanhathcoat920]

Very well said! Her points are good, but many great songs need simplicity in the groove from the rhythm section. I grew up on 50s, 60s, 70s RnB & rock as a bassist, before the bass became a "lead instrument". Many unbelievably good players with monster chops today, but, if they are truly great they play inside the groove, not so much around it.

[@TerryNails]

@@stanhathcoat920 perfect example of one of the most simplistic baselines ever is Lonnie Turner's playing on Eddie money's baby hold on To me. The other thing which is a huge part of becoming a professional working musician playing bass is that you need to find your own voice. You need to be able to express who You are through your playing while adding to the song itself without getting in the way and stepping all over everything which seems to be what happens most of the time nowadays. We have reached a point with many young musicians where the bass player simply competes with the lead guitar player which basically is a no-win situation for the song itself.

[@Lord_Verminaard]

So I recently picked up the bass after playing guitar for 25 years, and found myself naturally adding ghost notes when I was playing and wondered if I was starting a bad habit. Good to know I wasn't, haha. Thanks for the great lesson.

[@vincentm614]

I love playing ghost notes. They can make your rythym much more percussive and funky. I also like your suglasses you look cool and adorable!😊

[@MyDreamside]

i like how her lessons are always on point and so easy to understand and teach you what's important

[@berlinetta____2680]

Thanks Yonit, I always find your videos helpful, and humorous!!

[@laniersmith1418]

Yonit, thank you!!! I started watching your tutorials before I even bought a bass, and felt so ahead of the curve when I finally got one off Craigslist. I don't feel like I struggled much as a beginner because I could hear your advice in my head, so I already knew solutions to problems. So I guess you can say you inspired me to be a bassist! It's also inspiring to learn from other female musicians. I'm four months in now and keep learning so much from your vids. Keep it up! Cheers from SC.

[@stevesierra-franco8543]

Excellent lesson as always, Yonit! Thank you, Thank you!👍👍

[@veronicatootsies5016]

Brilliant lesson! Very subtle but important points!!!

[@tr3sidential]

VERY helpful! You're awesome!!

[@emreozbek1224]

Thank you for the videos :) really great and fun...

[@rodneyharrelson7677]

you are the best teacher...keep the lessons coming.

[@ssPeto]

Solid advice. I'd like to add tip 0. Practice everyday. I played at least four hours per day for the five years. And if you have to force yourself to practice or it seems like a hassle to do so, you may not really have what it takes--the love of playing the bass. :)

[@RockerProf]

Anybody who considers practicing their instrument torture, or practicing their instrument painful work, or has to force themselves to do it, does not have what it takes to be a musician of that instrument. It's kind of like being married to the right person versus the wrong person. It's hard work, but if it's the right person, you don't mind doing the hard work. Because you love what you're doing.

[@user-lg7jj9iy3k]

Thx a lot! Great job!

[@pallmall7385]

Awesome lesson.

[@frankvozak7280]

I am no----here close to being a pro but I seem to naturally follow your three tips ---sometimes I have doubted myself about how I play ---you have vaqlidated my confidence in my bass playing.

[@jodyhawes9785]

Great advice as always, Yonit!

[@foljs5858]

The sunglasses made her 10 times cooler

[@edt.5118]

But what is her name? Why would lessonface showcase a teacher and not give us her name? Watched 3 of her videos.

[@foljs5858]

@@edt.5118 Yonit Spiegelman. Her first name (Yonit) is the very first thing she says in the video.

[@santiagoasimov3590]

Great vid!! ✌🏾❤️✊🏾

[@walt1a]

Thank you very much! Nice Sadowski also!

[@terry4265]

You are just great. I've already learned this but not great by any means but will. Love this video and so entertaining. Black & White with the Sad Face and then with the Color & Sun Glasses and Cool Face. Really Great Job. So much fun. Thanks and will be watching and your really helping my Bass Playing. Have a Great Week. :)

[@rowiley932]

Looking forward to learning how to play bass through you!!! OMG!!

[@terry4265]

Great Video : Thanks so much. :)

[@sanumusic007]

Such a great knowledge 👍

[@richardjohnson6365]

This is new for me. Been playing guitar for 60 years and bass for 60 minutes. LOL

[@Ballinorafrontman1]

Thank you so so much...!!! You are a fantastic teacher.......really making some progress...!!

[@scrubbingmonkeys2488]

Fun video. Good tips. You communicate well.

[@laserquant]

Very interesting and useful for me. I will practice to play ghost notes. Thank you.

[@markhinde710]

Great tips. At least the first 2 I will use right away. The third is a matter of feeling the music. I think that just takes time but making it conscious is good.

[@truthsiempre6131]

Beautiful and talented! She has it all.

[@NonBinary_Star]

Damn this is super helpful! I nvr understood Ghost notes till now!

[@marklaciura3177]

Great lesion .. Pretty Sadowsky bass too!

[@kenniskeysmusic1134]

Your lesson was very helpful to me I think you

[@ramonmendes_bi]

Thannks so much for the tips. Now, you got a fan from Brazil LOL

[@simonwood1113]

Good tips if you want to go from a beginner to an intermediate or advanced player. But the fact is if you play for nothing you're amateur. If you play for money you're a professional. Many amateurs are brilliant. Many professionals are terrible. But these are still great tips!

[@niramchristian3385]

Great tone 😊

[@carlbass12]

Good Job

[@andreastheile5573]

thank you very much, yonit.

[@D.Bass326]

That, my friend, is a good video to bring the little things to your attention. When i was a beginner, i "tricked" a lot of people into thinking i was better than I actually was just by using ghost notes. I didn't realize it was a thing actually.

[@vincetvofficial5182]

wow thank you for this

[@elaisaful]

Thank you!!!! 😉👍

[@josephalaguna]

that tone on your Sadowsky is awesome wicked!

[@Lysdexia]

The sunglass symbolism is a sign of profoundly creative ingenuity at work - it removes any potential for doubt by pointing directly to what is better, and what is cooler. Superb tutorial again - thank you!

[@ArunKumarallplus]

Thank u.

[@hans-joachimbierwirth4727]

PROs use cables looking like those of grandma's iron!

[@bonniejunk]

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[@terrellgoldsmith206]

Nice....thanx!!🤔😎

pro: makes money

[@michaelalbro6856]

I don’t know, I think it may have been the sun glasses and not the ghost notes. Lol!

[@ionmarinescu9754]

Mulțumesc!

[@aaronstjames235]

When I started playing Bass in the 70s they said Girls can't play cause their finger are to small, HAHAHA, what a silly thing to say, even with small fingers women make wonderful musicians and they are a pleasure to watch - YO blessings to you sis and if your a girl thinking about playing BASS go for it!

[@unclemick-synths]

For years I thought my large hands were an advantage but seeing all these female bassists on KZbin made me realize how my fretting lacked fluidity. I practiced with a hair bungee wrapped round my fingers (in a figure of eight to keep it in place) to force me to loosen-up my grip and to move my hand instead of stretching.

[@aaronstjames235]

@@unclemick-synths Same w-the large hands after all these years of playing I find there is not much I cant play if I want to invest time and effort into it and when I dont play at least an hour a day my fingers begin to slow down massively so i think im going to take up playing the wash tub Lol

[@MrShogun25]

Thanks

[@peteredward2547]

Nice finger nails besides the ghost notes...and you look cool with the sun glasses...thank you my sifu.

[@yodittesfu3336]

Great video! What kind of ring do you have on your right finger? Looks familiar

[@shanahaudree]

Thanks for your lessons. You're an adorable lady!

[@BelmonteSummone]

Depending on the song and band, DO NOT ALWAYS PLAY GHOST NOTES. They are amazing and work in a lot of situations, but in a lot of blues and punk bands, they want straight notes or in the case of blues, they might want the upright sound which is a mellow, simple sound. Yes, it will sound cooler, sometimes it is necessary, but don't go trying to play Columbia era Miles Davis with all of that fancy stuff.

[@xenofonhadjiliadis3975]

Very helpful. Also Yonit is such a cool name.

[@150Spoke9]

Good Job 👍🤫👋

[@aquilesricardo3602]

Great, beauty!

[@mikeh66]

What's the name of the song your playing and is it available?

[@terry4265]

Hello : I learned this you put out and so much fun. Wanted to ask you. I seem to need to work on my right hand picking. I noticed that most Bass Players are fast and smooth when their picking and my right hand seems to be a bit out of control and sloppy. I getting better and better bit worried I'll get bad habits that may be hard to break. So my question is. Do you have a Video I can watch that will give me the proper way to Pick the Strings ???? Thanks in Advance and always look forward to your videos. :) Terry

[@terry4265]

Ha > I better get some glasses then.

[@marklaciura3177]

Only the best become Roger Sadowsky Bass Artist's this lady is a great teacher bass player

[@bustabass9025]

We can't all groove on Smiths. Gotta be something else for everybody else to play.

[@virgilrw]

#Thanks! 😎

[@VioStarclad]

Gonna start wearing sunglasses while I play aw yiss.

[@DjCzubaka]

Ok, just need to buy sunglasses now :D

[@bienvenuboukono3897]

5:30 what is that music name!!

[@TheViolinRoom]

What Is a ghost note? a muted note? using the left hand?

[@k_b_s_keyz]

I like your sunglasses

[@kelval5679]

cute base player 👍

[@francescobelsito2]

I learned that when I do ghost notes I have to wear sunglasses :-D

[@SanneVerbogt]

What about fingerings? You don't have to move your left hand and can still play scales/chord tones/cool stuff, actually with more ease and faster.

[@bustabass9025]

Heyyy Yonieee...where ya been? We missed ya!😀😀

[@davidmorrison5285]

Busta Bass SIMP ALERT FOLKS I REPEAT WE HAVE A SIMP OVER HERE, EVERYONE CLEAR THE AREA IMMEDIATELY

[@djankokahn4392]

How many basses do you have?

[@WillieFavero]

Nice bass.

[@phongshin]

where is your school? i live in long island.

[@Keepmelevel]

Ghost notes!!! I’m a bass player and I think like a drummer...😎 BUT!!! I have this bad habit of keeping time with my plucking hand and hitting the string on the up beat to hard! 🤪 John Mayer would do it on his guitar playing and he hated that he did that....

[@scrubbingmonkeys2488]

I do the same. Bad habit. Especially when recording. Focus and remove it. Cheers

[@jaibhimadevi5805]

Play gigs with just a guitarist, and you learn how important ghost notes are. Tip #3 cannot be emphasized enough! BTW I am not at all jealous of your Sadowsky. At all. **cough cough**

[@pathworkmusicservices7364]

From teacher to teacher: Hats Off! Good Job!

[@orlandootero7912]

Mma Do You Play Salsa Music

[@stefaneduard8169]

Nice Sadowski 🤑😯😄✌🏼

[@joelgonzales805]

What I noticed at the beginning is that when you played it straight I listened but then when you used ghost notes my head automatically started bobbing 😳

[@tubedev]

OR (call me crazy here) mix your stuff well so you don’t need to sacrifice notes for the kick to be heard

[@santiagoasimov3590]

My left hand fingers don’t lay that flat just yet darn it

[@hunpisi8829]

Practice practice practice

[@henryfreeman7748]

Don't forget your shades 👶 To be kool on your bass🎸 you need your locs😎

[@lucas.tr.]

👍👍

[@SimulacronX]

I play ghost notes. Am I a professional now?

[@larlam4508]

Good so cute.

[@starvideoproduction2045]

Okay, so I just figured something out....triads work well for ska and punk type stuff more major scale type songs. Pentatonic bass fils work better for minor key songs, sadder stuff such as funk, blues and new wave/post punk/shoe gaze type stuff.

[@markz169]

This would be better if I could have my own bass. 😅

[@intanto1]

I like ghost notes, but sometimes I think they derive from the poor technique of some amateurs or from the praiseworthy attempt of some professionals to make up for the shortcomings of the guitarist's drummer :-) Seriously, I think that the ghost notes with the bass should be used sparingly, unless you play alone (which is more appropriate for the guitar).

[@valy993]

I noticed that you don't use the "one finger per fret" technique. I changed teacher recently and he has changed my left hand technique

[@fortj3]

@Vincent James I recently bought an Ibanez miKro bass because some songs are a lot easier for me to play on it than on my LB70. My hands are XL width with M finger length (insofar as glove sizes go), so 1st to 4th and 3rd to 5th fret stretches on some songs are difficult with a 34" scale bass. My pinkie just doesn't have the strength to do those stretches without buzzing on the 5th fret, and I cant reach 1-3 and 3-5 with index and ring fingers. I'm sure working on finger strength will help, but it was also a good excuse to buy another bass.

[@andrewadams5271]

I use that method but it’s not for everyone. The great Victor Wooten almost always positions his hand to cover only three frets and no one’s outplaying him.

[@giovanniannunziata1663]

👍👍👍

[@jonneee11]

#4 SLAPP

[@bobbycardona9403]

Sweet looking Sadowsky!!!

[@steveaguilar7625]

Bobby Cardona it’s pretty much a fender style bass....🤷🏽‍♂️😒

[@MrDoncope]

Ghost notes have more volume and color 😃

[@terry4265]

Question : Played Bass when I was young and quit but now playing bass every day. I have a problem Finger Picking like I see you do. Could you till me what Videos to watch to learn to Finger & Thumb Pick correctly ?????? Thanks so much. I appreciate it. :)

[@LessonFace]

Hey Terry! Yonit covers the subject in this video- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYDMfZ5ratOmmJY Hope this helps!

[@kirbonite]

I like you

[@edgryff]

Musicians often wear sunglasses in studio when they're hungover btw

[@David-ub3fd]

I love the SONG that's being used in this video! Can someone tell me the name please? You have my respect if you do so!

[@taroakt]

David [91] it sounded like a slowed down version of der komisar

[@davidmacleod9313]

So...armatures know the mixolydian mode?

[@paradawigbert3135]

Sammy Shelor and what are those ? thanks

[@markhinde710]

Amateur is not a beginner. Should be past intermediate level into advanced level. Yes, a pro and even amateur should know modes. It's actually easy.