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Bass · Learn → Hear → Practice

Map the neck.
Lock in the pulse.

Explore notes and scales in standard, Drop D, D standard or Drop C tuning. Then use the tuner and metronome to turn the map into a cleaner practice session.

Pitch location

Find roots and fifths

Find the root and fifth on the fretboard in standard, Drop D, D standard or Drop C tuning.

Practice8 pitch questions

Bass root–fifth drill

Eight on-neck questions with pitch-based feedback, self-contained history and a link back to Practice.

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Fretboard

Four useful bass tunings

Keep one note-learning workflow while the open strings change.

Standard · EADGE1 · A1 · D2 · G2

The reference four-string bass tuning.

Drop D · DADGD1 · A1 · D2 · G2

Lower only the fourth string for an extended low D.

D standard · DGCFD1 · G1 · C2 · F2

Every string one whole step below standard.

Drop C · CGCFC1 · G1 · C2 · F2

A low C with the upper three strings from D standard.

Simple session

20 focused minutes

A compact bass session built around pitch location and time.

03Tune

Check the open strings and listen for stable pitch.

05Find notes

Hide labels and locate five target notes on the neck.

07Scale groove

Play a short root–fifth or scale fragment with a metronome.

05Review

Repeat the positions that took the longest to find.