Published:
2010-03-15
Updated:
2015-09-29

Learning Ukulele with Curt

Learning the 4 String Bass Guitar Fingerboard

Learn the four string bass guitar fingerboard and finally get the names of the pesky notes under control. This is the same tuning that is used in the Kala UBass and instruments based on the original Road Toad bass created by Owen Holt and licensed by Kala.

Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Code: UNLB4NN

Main Category: Fingerboard Main Instrument: Bass

Subjects: Fingerboard

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Learning the 4 String Bass Guitar Fingerboard

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  • Product Code: UNLB4NN
  • Author(s): Curt Sheller
  • Publisher(s):
  • Published: 15 March 2010
  • Updated: 29 September 2015
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-045-4
  • Size*: ANSI A
  • Pages: 14
  • Hard Copy Price: NA
  • PDF Price: $1.00

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Learn the four string bass guitar fingerboard and finally get the names of the pesky notes under control. This is the same tuning that is used in the Kala UBass and instruments based on the original Road Toad bass created by Owen Holt and licensed by Kala.

Beyond knowing the names of the open strings most players find it hard to learn the whole fingerboard. You need to know the names of the notes like it’s second nature - just being able to figure them out is too slow.

If your goal is to finally learn the names of the notes on the fingerboard. Then the ”Learning the Fingerboard” series of books is your answer. Each book in the series has a step by step approach to finally mastering the fingerboard.

This is the same tuning that is used in the Kala UBass and instruments based on the original Road Toad bass created by Owen Holt and licensed by Kala.

A little trivia: THe U in UBass is for Upton, the family name, named after Mike Upton the founder of Kala.

Table of Contents

Learning the 4 String Bass Guitar Fingerboard

  • Introduction
  • Standard Tuning - E A D G
  • Learning the Frets
  • Enharmonic Equivalents
    • Sharps to Flats
    • Flats to Sharps
  • Fingerboard Charts
    • Standard Tuning Sharps and Natural Notes
    • Standard Tuning Flats and Natural Notes

Errata

Learning the 4 String Bass Guitar Fingerboard

  • 19 Jan 2022 - Fixed the Fingerbaord Charts. Had a couple of frets wrong. This book will be getting a format updates and a once over in the next month or so.