Upright bass (from a guitar player's perspective)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @xavierandradev
    @xavierandradev Год назад +2452

    You neglected to mention the part where you add 17 inches to the string length.

    • @GargeBarge
      @GargeBarge Год назад +28

      You probably just missed it

    • @aniquinstark4347
      @aniquinstark4347 Год назад +7

      ​@@snargemccoy8813I think that's just because of the limitations of sheet music. A lot of instruments are like that.

    • @xavierandradev
      @xavierandradev Год назад +19

      @@snargemccoy8813 upright and electric basses have exactly the same tuning. It's not an octave down. I play both so I know about that.

    • @ratofthecity6351
      @ratofthecity6351 Год назад +8

      ​@@snargemccoy8813 electric bass and upright bass have the same tuning. they are both transposition instruments because they both tune an octave below concert C. there is no tonal difference between the two.

    • @brookelord3448
      @brookelord3448 Год назад +1

      ​@@guymanmen7556that Snargemccoy deleted his comments. I would have said "bass" refers to the range of notes. Upright bass is also called "bass violin" because it's a violin that plays in the bass range of notes. Bass Guitar is a guitar that plays in the bass range, bass tuba, same range.

  • @Zynyster
    @Zynyster Год назад +843

    To anyone out there. What Movie line is this from?
    "This is a Bass Guitar, and it's exactly the same thing, but instead of playing like this,
    you tip it on the side, 'chello', you've got a bass".

    • @Zynyster
      @Zynyster Год назад +23

      And this Movie is one of my TOP 20 Favorite Movie of All Time!!!

    • @cllifjumperPT
      @cllifjumperPT Год назад +64

      Easy, School of Rock.

    • @Zynyster
      @Zynyster Год назад +18

      @@cllifjumperPT Excellent!!! LOL - Wow - that was fast! Good Job dude - I love that movie and this video reminded me of that scene.

    • @cllifjumperPT
      @cllifjumperPT Год назад +7

      @@Zynyster I love it too! Definite classic.

    • @Pouhpe
      @Pouhpe Год назад +2

      School of rock

  • @icodegames2765
    @icodegames2765 Год назад +168

    As a person who is actively playing upright bass, I wish it was this simple 😭😭😭

    • @F4wk3s
      @F4wk3s Год назад +3

      Same

    • @oliverhardy9464
      @oliverhardy9464 10 месяцев назад +7

      I mean. He is making it sound easy but let's not forget that Rob is pretty experienced in general 😅

    • @leakdeo
      @leakdeo 4 месяца назад

      he forgot to mention the sheer amount of blisters 🥲

    • @icodegames2765
      @icodegames2765 4 месяца назад

      @@leakdeo Or the sheer amount of money we don’t have 😅

    • @thefellowofthefellows
      @thefellowofthefellows 28 дней назад +1

      "play a d#!"
      Queue me taking a moment to realize they mean a flat e because I've maybe seen two pieces where it's notated as d#.

  • @EllaBoadu
    @EllaBoadu 11 месяцев назад +15

    The double bass is such a cool instrument, I definitely need to learn how to play.

  • @theturtlerguy1236
    @theturtlerguy1236 Год назад +47

    Strings are also 300% the price of guitar ones

    • @NickTour
      @NickTour 11 месяцев назад +3

      More like 1000%

    • @jacobyochem7600
      @jacobyochem7600 10 месяцев назад +1

      Just paid $180 for new zyex strings for my Kay. And that’s relatively cheap for bass strings

    • @ham.strings
      @ham.strings 9 месяцев назад +1

      more like 4000%

  • @Shelbi_lol
    @Shelbi_lol 7 месяцев назад +18

    I play upright bass and i have never seen a white bass in my life

    • @Voidieth
      @Voidieth 5 месяцев назад +1

      Looks pretty cool to me

  • @TylerS9812
    @TylerS9812 Год назад +63

    Hey man i love this series, I’d really appreciate a cello episode from a guitar player perspective.

    • @MojnMojn
      @MojnMojn Год назад +3

      Remove bottom two strings, tune to C-G-D-E

    • @bigbroiswatchingyou2137
      @bigbroiswatchingyou2137 Год назад +3

      @@MojnMojn not C-G-D-A?

    • @MojnMojn
      @MojnMojn Год назад +3

      @@bigbroiswatchingyou2137 😭 yeah i just mixed up the last with violin

  • @ALaughingMan
    @ALaughingMan Год назад +111

    These videos are incredibly cursed...
    I thought you were going to play the Super Mario bass line

  • @FortWorthRaised
    @FortWorthRaised 10 месяцев назад +3

    As someone who’s first instrument was an upright bass, it takes it mad difficult learn guitar because the notes are different and you only look at the bass clef when learning bass. It does make it easier to learn electric bass guitar though.

  • @bolillo5013
    @bolillo5013 Год назад +5

    I learned double bass in my school’s orchestra around the same time as guitar.

  • @mstrshkbrnnn1999
    @mstrshkbrnnn1999 2 месяца назад

    I started on a cello and learned th other orchestra instruments while in that class (violin, viola, double bass). Years later I picked up guitar, and last week I just got my first electric bass. I love me some bass lol

  • @mrmihawkguy727
    @mrmihawkguy727 Год назад

    Its kinda scary, i dont know why but it send me chills when i see that giant thing

  • @eyeamnecyrb4567
    @eyeamnecyrb4567 Год назад

    cant wait for the foo album this year its gonna be soo rad

  • @groovefretboard
    @groovefretboard Год назад +62

    Surprised you never see a cutaway on a full size upright?! Chello is fun to play as a bass as well. Like a mini version.

    • @christopherjames3027
      @christopherjames3027 Год назад +3

      There are full size uprights with a cutaway. They're pretty cool

    • @buffkangaroodog
      @buffkangaroodog Год назад +2

      Except the strings are different 💀

    • @audimaster5000
      @audimaster5000 Год назад +7

      Sure but cello is generally tuned to fifths like a violin or viola- instead of fourths like bass or the lower strings of a guitar.
      It’s super confusing to try to go from a familiarity with guitar to bass vs bass/guitar to cello. Just sayin’

  • @elisejh5059
    @elisejh5059 Год назад

    love that white double bass!

  • @josipmarinic9663
    @josipmarinic9663 Год назад +13

    Fun fact,this also works for bassists lmao

  • @redlight3932
    @redlight3932 Год назад +3

    After 10 years of guitar every string instrument is a guitar tuned a little funny

  • @Pepelocuas
    @Pepelocuas Год назад

    i listen to corridos and i love the sound these make in the music

  • @nostalgiakarlk.f.7386
    @nostalgiakarlk.f.7386 Год назад +15

    Now get a bow

    • @Forrest-s9s
      @Forrest-s9s Год назад

      @@VeryBusyBatlook up slam stewart, or dragonetti. It’ll change your life

    • @ruankuck3332
      @ruankuck3332 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@VeryBusyBatyou do tho? If you play jazz or other more contemporary genres you obviously generally dont, but in classical its very common

    • @happypercussionist1
      @happypercussionist1 11 месяцев назад

      @@VeryBusyBat But some people do? I thought it was normal at first.

  • @thebigun.
    @thebigun. Год назад

    the upright bass from my perspective is that it's used a lot in classic country music.

  • @sicilianmammalian
    @sicilianmammalian 8 месяцев назад +2

    Upright bass is a octave lower than bass guitar (it's a octave down from what it's written at)

    • @nightlord8756
      @nightlord8756 7 месяцев назад +2

      Uh not really ,the tuning is the same E1 A1 D2 G2 for both upright bass and bass guitar, you are probably talking about the octobass Which A MONSTRUOUSLY BIG instrument ,it a double bass but even bigger and lower

    • @sicilianmammalian
      @sicilianmammalian 7 месяцев назад +2

      @nightlord8756 no, the double/upright bass is a transposing instrument

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      It's not

    • @sicilianmammalian
      @sicilianmammalian 25 дней назад

      @iljas5952 roflmao okay random dude on the internet trying to tell a upright bass major about his instrument, can you even read music?

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      @@sicilianmammalian I can

  • @ohtravo997
    @ohtravo997 10 месяцев назад

    I want one so friggin bad

    • @ohtravo997
      @ohtravo997 Месяц назад

      Can i have it pweeeease?
      I will give you 2 dollars

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      ​@@ohtravo997 Too dollars sound great.
      You can buy them pretty cheap on thomann, the guy in the video has a thomann bass btw.

  • @alecgriffin7488
    @alecgriffin7488 10 месяцев назад +2

    I use violin and tuned like a upright bass

  • @jenb7756
    @jenb7756 Год назад +42

    Bass is tuned in 4ths?

    • @petal_cult
      @petal_cult Год назад +19

      yep, eadg just the same

    • @Pouhpe
      @Pouhpe Год назад +3

      ​@Rhys Weyman Jones crazy

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ Год назад +6

      ​@@Pouhpe Iirc it used to be tuned in fifths, but it created too much of a gap between each string (i.e. you had to shift just to play G scale), so it changed over time. There are also 5-string basses with a low C, although some versions have a low B.

    • @xanderbraxton949
      @xanderbraxton949 Год назад +1

      @@TheUnderscore_ usually they extend the e string into the pegbox where the lowest is c

    • @Rabs1
      @Rabs1 Год назад

      @@xanderbraxton949true, though some basses do go down to B.

  • @neldathomas
    @neldathomas Год назад +1

    I play that bass to but with different strings and color the color is brown and the strings are E A D and G😃
    I had a concert a month ago🤗

  • @Cassandra9292
    @Cassandra9292 Год назад

    “And know you can pretend to play an upright” hahaha until you discover finger destruction after a min straight of playing

  • @lampreyan
    @lampreyan Год назад

    is it just me or i heard giant steps? I even heard it resolve in my head

  • @Skye_the_animator
    @Skye_the_animator 3 месяца назад

    [Me hears the first string of the guitar my dumbass] SEVEN NATION ARMY?!?!?!

  • @Explosivepancake
    @Explosivepancake Год назад +5

    OML THATS A BUEATIFUL BASS

  • @marvinthemaniac7698
    @marvinthemaniac7698 4 месяца назад

    I bet this is how Mike Mills learned bass.

  • @chickenchicken777
    @chickenchicken777 10 месяцев назад

    FINALLY SOMEONE WHO PLAYS BADS!!😂😂😊😊❤❤

  • @youreallygotmenow4855
    @youreallygotmenow4855 Год назад +8

    It's a real shame I can't find a cheap one (under 300 euros) because I'd LOVE to have one in my own studio to play on some jazzy songs I've written.
    Also, the fact that it has a fretless fingerboard makes it a perfect instrument to strengthen any musician's ear.
    The intonation of the notes is all down to the player's touch and I love this challenging aspect about it!

    • @docteurpikachu6913
      @docteurpikachu6913 Год назад +1

      Because it's gigantic and few people want to play them whereas everybody has got a guitar. That's the law of offer and demand, no economy of scale.

    • @youreallygotmenow4855
      @youreallygotmenow4855 Год назад +4

      @@docteurpikachu6913 Yeah, yeah, it makes perfect sense.
      It's probably way more expensive to build as an instrument compared to a guitar (much to my sadness lol), hence the corresponding price tag.
      Anyway, thank you for the very valuable explanation, my friend :)

    • @JDaTopo
      @JDaTopo Год назад +1

      You could always rent. That’s what I’m going to do.
      Better yet if you find a shop that does rent-to-own.

    • @softwetbread248
      @softwetbread248 Год назад +4

      A good enough plywood student bass is atleast like a thousand bucks sadly. this shit expensive

    • @structlightning
      @structlightning Год назад +2

      youre not finding any upright bass for under 800euro ☠️ and 800euro are the worst basses. if you do find a 300euro bass, then either its a toy, or its super broken

  • @generalkenobi212th
    @generalkenobi212th Год назад

    I wish there was the step from e-bass to fretless bass

  • @pickle_juice2036
    @pickle_juice2036 4 месяца назад

    School of rock

  • @jtcorey7681
    @jtcorey7681 Год назад

    Put some scotch tape along the side of the neck/ fretboard where you can see it. Use a tuner and sharpie to mark where the notes are on the low E string. Lets you know places to start for the fingerings to keep things mostly in tune. The rest is your ear and knowing your fretboard for notes on the other strings. You can at least imagine where the frets/notes would be. :)

  • @nebula_wolf3132
    @nebula_wolf3132 Год назад

    lol i learned it from the other side (violin and other bowed strings) and yeah, pretty much just change the tuning and increase the size and ya get a bass

    • @nebula_wolf3132
      @nebula_wolf3132 Год назад +1

      also fun fact, you can play a bass tuned in 5ths too, it's how i prefer it, since i can read bass clef on a cello (also 5ths), but not a bass guitar (4ths)

  • @Olivia_432
    @Olivia_432 11 месяцев назад

    As an upright bass player, I want a white bass now

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 17 дней назад

      I saw that bass on "Thomann"

  • @dieselyeti
    @dieselyeti 8 месяцев назад +1

    Intonation will be off until you learn where the notes are.

  • @Luaporleafcutterant
    @Luaporleafcutterant Месяц назад

    Oh, for some reason I though an upright bass was an octave lower than a cello and tuned in c, g, d and a.

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      Nein, der Bass ist in *Quarten* gestimmt *nicht* in Quinten

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 17 дней назад

      The bass is tuned in fourths

  • @tomn8204
    @tomn8204 Год назад

    This guy doesn’t have the first clue! 😂

  • @alexandras_heads_in_the_clouds

    as a bass player who is 4’11 you have no idea how quickly I switched to bass guitar i stead of upright bass when I saw the height difference 😭

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 17 дней назад

      There are also 1/4 size double basses

  • @fireBlazeAnything
    @fireBlazeAnything Год назад

    Other way ‘round for me.

  • @elpapuxDDReal
    @elpapuxDDReal 11 месяцев назад +2

    Yo tout look like charmx

  • @AutumnPatters0n
    @AutumnPatters0n 11 месяцев назад

    You forgot to add the horrible finger callouses when you pizz

  • @ThatsOneNiceKitty
    @ThatsOneNiceKitty 2 месяца назад

    You make anything in the world according to Rob, if you start by taking off two strings on your guitar.

  • @someguy1865
    @someguy1865 Год назад +5

    Cool but, can I slap it?

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ Год назад +2

      Of course... just not too hard, it's obviously hollow. Best parts are on the side and/or above the F hole.

    • @odogaronvevo2920
      @odogaronvevo2920 Год назад +1

      yes you can! slapping the bass has existed for a long time,

  • @elpapuxDDReal
    @elpapuxDDReal Год назад +1

    T Davies bass

  • @mick00113
    @mick00113 18 дней назад

    This is a 4-string double guitar

  • @martinzendejas4037
    @martinzendejas4037 Год назад +2

    Wait, people don't know this?

    • @doriangrayest
      @doriangrayest Год назад

      Dude, people dont know the upright bass exists. 99% of people will be certain it is a cello. Just like viola, basses are low profile

  • @gamerdude6904
    @gamerdude6904 Год назад

    technically is just a big violin

  • @Jetstoanywhere
    @Jetstoanywhere Год назад

    cool hoodie , where did you get it?

  • @coastercuber2
    @coastercuber2 Год назад

    bass is so much better than bass guitar

  • @BrianPellerin
    @BrianPellerin Год назад

    I chose not to cut ‘em off #sixstringbass

  • @tertmemelur1880
    @tertmemelur1880 11 месяцев назад

    wait I thought guitars and bass where tuned in 4ths and violins and the like were tuned in fifth, how is the upright bass tuned like a standard bass ?

  • @groadybones
    @groadybones Год назад

    You're just showing off the sustain on that thing.

  • @furiousmagician5912
    @furiousmagician5912 Год назад

    i did this but the opposite

  • @Kaligopteryx506
    @Kaligopteryx506 10 месяцев назад

    Where did you get thta bass?

  • @Jherrera-garcia
    @Jherrera-garcia Год назад

    Play El Azul

  • @francobuzzetti9424
    @francobuzzetti9424 Год назад

    you're telling me it's not tuned to fifths?

    • @doriangrayest
      @doriangrayest Год назад +1

      Nope. Bass comes from viola da gamba and is tuned in 4ths

  • @jakefrancis2931
    @jakefrancis2931 Год назад

    Isnt it called a double bass?

  • @Blueberryvoiceovers
    @Blueberryvoiceovers 5 месяцев назад

    What type of acoustic guitar is that in this video?

  • @HappyKatanaGaming
    @HappyKatanaGaming 10 месяцев назад

    the bridge isnt positioned correctly

  • @FEAROWNAGE
    @FEAROWNAGE Год назад

    If you’re a fretted electric bassist, how does it feel to convert to upright bass?

    • @John_Malka-tits
      @John_Malka-tits Год назад

      Playing regular electric bass is like bowling with the guard rails up with your dominant hand.
      Switching to upright is like bowling with the guard rails down and using your opposite hand.

  • @ElijahthevideoMaker2002-enjz
    @ElijahthevideoMaker2002-enjz 5 месяцев назад

    That's a double bass

  • @Tyredbrandon
    @Tyredbrandon Год назад

    How about action??

  • @thebassboy-r8w
    @thebassboy-r8w Год назад

    So you don't have to buy a $2000 bass

  • @VILLLKA2
    @VILLLKA2 Год назад

    Нихуя не поняла, но звучит интересно

  • @essential_herbs
    @essential_herbs Год назад +1

    Same strings? Roundwounds would chew up the fretboard🤡

    • @Skelterbane69
      @Skelterbane69 Год назад

      Not really. You don't bend on a fretless.

    • @buffkangaroodog
      @buffkangaroodog Год назад

      Not a fretboard if there’s no frets. Fretless has a finger board

    • @essential_herbs
      @essential_herbs Год назад +1

      @@Skelterbane69 *bends on my fretless*

    • @doriangrayest
      @doriangrayest Год назад

      Doublebass strings are different gauge, are flatwound or gut. And electric strings cant be installed at all. And dbass strings never snap

  • @samuellim601
    @samuellim601 Год назад +1

    That is offensive to double bass players

  • @ryla22
    @ryla22 10 месяцев назад

    Its not really pretending once you know how to play it

  • @starswillfall.
    @starswillfall. 10 месяцев назад

    Wait I genuinely thought these were cellos

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      What?!

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      Cellos are half the Size of a double bass

    • @starswillfall.
      @starswillfall. 24 дня назад

      @@iljas5952 ohh makes sense

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 24 дня назад

      @@starswillfall. and you can see it at the shape, cellos are rounder

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 24 дня назад

      @@starswillfall. Also cellos are double as high (tone) as the double bass

  • @TheRealHaloLover
    @TheRealHaloLover Год назад

    Rob you can't keep calling yourself a guitarist 😂 we all know you're so much more.

  • @leexcite2903
    @leexcite2903 Год назад +1

    Can you use a bow on it?

    • @krampuszr8238
      @krampuszr8238 Год назад +4

      Yes, that is how it is usually played.

    • @JDaTopo
      @JDaTopo Год назад +3

      Yes. They’re built to be used with bows, that’s why the two middle strings protrude more than the two edge strings.

    • @buffkangaroodog
      @buffkangaroodog Год назад +2

      @@krampuszr8238 I wouldn’t say it’s how it’s “usually played”. Jazz relies on pizzicato almost entirely and classical, while using bow much more, still has pizz in it a fair amount

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ Год назад +4

      ​@@buffkangaroodog That's... what "usually" means. It's _generally_ played using the bow. Doesn't mean it's _always_ arco, but it _generally_ is. It's generally arco in all genres of classical _and_ concert band music. Of course, if you _only_ play jazz, "usually" will mean something else.

  • @ant2011
    @ant2011 11 месяцев назад

    Idc what anyone says... i'm drawing the frets on the board

  • @yooo1940
    @yooo1940 10 месяцев назад

    fu kyoy

  • @DonJuanTF2
    @DonJuanTF2 Год назад

    Play tool.

  • @noahp1293
    @noahp1293 6 месяцев назад +4

    that bass is ugly

    • @iljas5952
      @iljas5952 25 дней назад

      I took that personally

  • @connormattice4326
    @connormattice4326 Год назад

    mate your g??? its way out

  • @ВикторМальков-е8н

    Isn't the double bass usually tuned in fifths?

    • @charcoal3227
      @charcoal3227 Год назад +3

      nope its still in 4ths

    • @gregoryf4186
      @gregoryf4186 Год назад +2

      Bass is tuned in 4ths

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ Год назад

      @@charcoal3227 Wdym "still?" It used to be in fifths then evolved to fourths.

    • @doriangrayest
      @doriangrayest Год назад

      ​@@TheUnderscore_nope, bass comes from viola da gamba and has been tuned in 4ths since ever

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ Год назад

      @@doriangrayest Double bass came after the cello, violin, etc. It is the descendant of the viola da gamba but the child of the cello. It started out with non-standard tuning typically an octave under the cello but changed to fourths on the E after that. That's why there's a 5-string version to compensate for that.

  • @dayla8634
    @dayla8634 Год назад

    Next step. Learn how to actually just hold it.

  • @SAVAGEKEYCONSULTING
    @SAVAGEKEYCONSULTING Год назад

    Sweeeeèeeettt

  • @ihatepablo
    @ihatepablo Год назад

    Bro that bass is for corridos tumbados

  • @FkfjfjcjDjdkxjxj
    @FkfjfjcjDjdkxjxj 4 месяца назад

    why is the bass white bro 💀😭