Chords for "ASK DARIC" | Four Or Five String Bass? ~ Daric Bennett's Bass Lessons

[F] _ What's going on everybody?
This is not your typical lesson video but I wanted
to [G] address a question that I get frequently asked.
I'm actually gonna
start doing this a lot more because I get asked the [Fm] same questions over and
over again.
So I want to do a video explaining [G] to you guys [F] and trying to
answer your guys question as best as I [G] possibly can.
[C] So as you can see in the
[F] title you know what this is about already.
So one of the questions I get is
when I first start playing [G] should I be playing [F] a four string _ or a five string?
And I think the way that I can answer that the [A] best way I can is it depends [C] on
your preference.
[F] When you're first [N] starting to learn obviously the five
string has more strings.
It has one more string than a four string.
It has a
lower B string.
So the four string doesn't have that.
It just has E to G
[F] or whatever you know your tuning is gonna be at the time.
But it's string [Gm] E
A [C] D G and the five string is string B E A D G.
So it has a lower [Db] thicker B string.
So when playing a [G] four string [Ab] alright you really have to be able to know your
fretboard a little bit better playing [F] a four string just using those four
strings versus playing a five string.
[Em] _ _ [F] The reason why [B] I say that is because you
[Am] actually have some extra lower notes and an extra [Ab] string literally just to help
you out if you want to play another octave below or whatever the case is.
You
have extra notes on that string that you can play so it's easier to get to
versus [F] shifting up the [E] fretboard.
You can just [Fm] kind of go [F] down [G] to that one B
string [E] or to that lower [F] string to be able to hit [G] the note that you want to
[C] hit instead of playing it [G] higher.
But that's one of the first [Ab] advantages.
I
wouldn't even say advantage or [G] disadvantage.
I don't know what you would
call that but it's like I said it's just a preference.
[Ab] Alright you can start on
_ learning anything.
Really I have a lot of students [Am] now that start on six string.
I don't technically [F] recommend that that you start on a six string just because
of the [Gm] size and you have to get your hands used [A] to and your fingers [Fm] used to
or strong enough to be able to press [Ab] the strings [F] down firmly to be able to get
that clear sound out of it.
In the six string the the neck is a little bit
well it's not a little bit it's a lot more wider _ than a four [C] string neck.
So I wouldn't [F] suggest you [Am] skip that high when you first start playing to [F] a six
string but _ five string four string those are the most [C] common _ _ bases.
[F] Those are the most common bases [Ab] that you're going to see if you go into a
music store or anything like that.
So [F] second thing is [N] you want to consider
what genre of music you're playing.
If that style of music requires you
to play anything lower than an E then a low E then I suggest you probably go try
to start on a five string _ if you can.
It's a little bit more challenging just
because the neck is a little bit more wider than a four string but I don't
think it's that much of a difference to where it'll just be astronomical.
I think
it's very well doable and some of the styles that you play might not require
that low B string or those low notes you can get away with [A] it just using these
four strings.
I know many guys many greats that have not just gotten away
with it but have [C] excelled and are great [Ab] phenomenal bass [A] players even to this day
you don't have to [D] have a five string to be a better bass player.
[F] _ _ _ _ Scratch that myth off the top.
Alright so you can also get the job done with a
four string and I know a lot of especially in gospel music a lot of the
[C] songs and a lot of the material require that [Gm] low B [Fm] string and even some guys
_ [Abm] [F] tune down a half step or even a whole step and some bass players that I even
know now to this day and a lot especially in the gospel industry tune
down a half step or a whole step for instance Andrew Gushea [Ab] amazing amazing
[Am] bass player not just gospel but many genres of music but he still tunes down
a whole step so his strings he has he plays a six and a five strings from [G] time
to time back and forth [B] but he plays a [Ab] his low B is actually an A.
So you
have many options when you're thinking about that so I would suggest if you're
playing a five string and you want to tune down and you're playing a lot of
gospel [C] music and stuff like that I [F] would suggest go ahead and try out a five
string at the same time many gospel players play a four string so you really
can't go wrong with that but other genres really [G] require you to play those
certain low notes _ so it's really just personal preference I would just say go
into your local music store your music shop and try out a four string try [Ab] out a
five [F] string especially if you're a beginner see what's comfortable for you
if the neck is way too wide _ for [N] a five string just you know go to a four string
practice on that first my first bass was a four string I was actually playing one
of these _ and [F] _
then I gradually moved up to a five string and [G] then a six string
after a while and then even [F] a seven string I played for a while [C] just because
I like to experiment with chords and [F] the seven string had [N] two higher strings than
a four string all right it had a high C and [G] an high F [Am] all right so you were
getting [F] into guitar player territory right there so I just like to experiment
with chords a lot I didn't play that for for [Gm] long [Ab] but my [Em] main instrument now [Ab] is
either four or five string [Am] I can really go back and forth [F] between the two [Ab] and
like I said it's a personal preference so in conclusion [G] my [F] suggestion would be
to you that's first starting off beginners that's first starting off
playing will be to challenge yourself all right _ what I mean by that is grab a
four string _ grab a four string learn [Fm] your fretboard it's easier you have a
little bit more [G] discipline when you're [C] playing a four string because you have
to know [F] where your notes are on the fretboard it makes it [G] that much [F] I want
to say tougher but it makes it that much more challenging all right to play a
four string and to start off just because the neck is a little bit more
narrow than a five or six there you go hope I answered that question for you
guys do I [E] play a four string or do I play a five string so let me know what
you guys end up deciding a four string or [Gb] five string all right let me know what
it [Bb] is if you like this video give it a thumbs up give me a comment below until
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