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Question: Could i learn bass then switch to guitar easily!?
could i learn bass as a beginner and then adapt the guitar easily !?!? or would i have to start all over from lesson one to learn guitar as well!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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If you learn on Bass guitar you will have two or three things in your favour!

1!. There are not as many Bass players as guitarists so you have a job getting advantage,
2!. Handling Bass will strengthen and develop the muscles for the step to six string guitar!.
3!. Make sure you learn to read Bass Clef music!. It is much much simpler than guitar music both to learn and read as much is single note playing and not chords!.
4!. You will develop and instil a good feel for the all important "beat" to be applied to playing upon which all musicians depend to lock on to while playing!.
5!. You will play with others who are already adept at the guitar which you want to move onto and in this time you will pick up much learning info from them which you would otherwise miss out on,

I say go for it !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.but be serious about your commitment if you really want to get anywhere with it!

Look in you local music shop for the latest DVD tutors available!. You have access to so much learning material that in the old days we never had and everything was learned with much more difficulty!.

Good Luck and happy playing!Www@QuestionHome@Com

As one answerer points out----it's usually done the other way around, ie guitar players move over to bass!. The fact that this is the way it is usually done suggests to me that the move from guitar to bass is the easier of the two!. (Incidentally, any "real", trained bass player can tell a guitar player on bass in about three seconds)!.

I guess it all depends on what you want to play!. I Travis pick on the guitar which involves a lot of lower register (5th and 6th string) fingering!. That helped me with the bass, and I have recorded playing both!. If you're a slasher/power chord type, it probably makes little difference!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's easier to go the other way from a beginners point of view :] But to answer your question, the fundamentals of learning bass are similar to guitar, you will only have to learn some things over!.

As a long time bassist I can only play guitar at a beginner level lol, when you get more advanced with it the things in common between the two instruments lessen!. A 6 string guitar feels nothing like a 6 string bass at all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You shouldn't have a hard time!. Holding strings will be easier!. If you want to play metal it shouldn't be too different!. Mostly quick single notes and power chords!. If you want to play songs with a lot of chords then yeah it might take you a while to get used to it!. But in my opinion playing guitar is easier than playing bass!. They're basically the same except holding and playing bass is harder and you mostly use a pick when playing guitar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com