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Bass Guitar Lessons
The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb (either by plucking, slapping, popping, tapping, or thumping) or by using a plectrum.
The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but it has a larger body, a longer neck, longer scale and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass. Extended range basses are also available and can have 5, 6, 7 or 8 strings. Like the electric guitar, the electric bass guitar is plugged into an amplifier and speaker for live performances.
Since the 1950s, the electric bass guitar has largely replaced the upright bass in popular music as the bass instrument in the rhythm section. While the types of bass lines performed by the bass guitarist vary widely from one style of music to another, the bass guitarist fulfills a similar role in most types of music: anchoring the harmonic framework and laying down the beat. Bass guitar is used in many styles of music including rock, metal, pop, country, blues, and jazz. It is used as a soloing instrument in jazz, fusion, Latin, funk, and in some rock and progressive metal styles.
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