Posture & Setup

Get comfortable and find the notes.

Stand or sit, strap length, plucking-hand anchor.

E-A-D-G — same as the bottom four guitar strings, an octave lower.

Rhythm

The bass's primary job is timing.

Play one note per click. Lock in.

Two notes per beat. Keep the right hand even.

Index-middle alternation for clean, fast lines.

i-m-i-m without doubling up. Patience.

Major scale shape on the fretboard.

Two-octave shape starting on the low E string.

Outline a chord progression one note at a time.

Walk from chord to chord with chromatic approaches.

Reach 60% accuracy on Beginner chord progressions.