The bass guitar makes the low, deep sounds in a song — the part you feel in your tummy when music plays.
If a band were a football team, the bass would be the quiet hero in defence. You may not always notice it, but it keeps everyone together and makes the song feel strong.
It has 4 thick strings (a normal guitar has 6 thinner ones). In this lesson you'll learn its parts, its strings, and play your first beat!
Tip Tap, drag and play your way through — there's no way to "lose". 🎉
Every bass has the same main parts. Tap each glowing dot to find out what it does.
From thickest (lowest sound) to thinnest (highest sound), the strings are named E A D G. Tap each one to "play" it!
A silly way to remember: Elephants And Dogs Giggle.
You just learned the order. The thickest string makes the deepest, lowest sound. Tap the string you think it is.
Tap the thickest, lowest string:
Playing bass is teamwork between your hands:
🤚 Fretting hand (presses the strings on the neck to choose the note).
👉 Plucking hand (your fingers gently pull a string to make the sound — like flicking a rubber band).
Try a slow, steady pluck. Tap the PLUCK button and watch the string sing — keep a calm, even beat. 🎵
Bass players keep the band in time. The light moves across four beats. Tap the big button when the light is on beat 1… then keep going, one tap per glow!
A bassline is just notes in an order. Tap the coloured notes to add them and fill the 4 empty slots. Try to make this famous pattern:
Target: E · E · A · A
Tap to add a note:
Look at everything you learned today:
Keep practising: tap a steady beat on your desk every day, and count "1-2-3-4" out loud. That steady feeling is the secret of every great bass player. 💜
Tap Start again to play through once more!