Bass Guitar

• Jan 18, 2021 - 00:11

Hello
Just wondering the best way to manage tablature for the bass music. I can't seem to encourage the notes to sit on the 6th string of a guitar being the low E on the bass guitar. It seems to always start on the G string. I'd like it to start on the E string at the 5th fret.
Also do we have any Bass Guitar tunes on here.
Thanks for tablature help.


Comments

I'm guessing you are entering the music onto a standard staff and asking MuseScore to guess who to represent it in tablature? Don't do that if you want control over the results - enter the notes directly onto the tab staff, where you can choose the strings and fret yourself.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

Hi Marc
Just replying positively. I put the piano bass to instrument of Bass guitar. Duh! I should have realised this. It's working fabulously with the piano copied to the tablature. woohoo. all the notes are going in the right place. Gonna try it with other songs now.

What exactly are you trying to do?
You can enter notes on any string -- select the string and enter the fret. No need to "encourage" them to sit where you want them to sit..
See;
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tablature#enter-notes

If you are transcribing from guitar to bass guitar be aware that...
Four-string bass guitar is tuned one octave lower than the lowest pitched four strings of a six-string guitar.

The 6th string (lowest sounding) of a six-string guitar (standard tuning) is E2.
Therefore, the 4th string (lowest sounding) of the bass guitar (standard tuning) is E1, an octave lower.

In reply to by Jm6stringer

Ta so much. I didn't realise that. That will make a lot of difference. Just looked it up.
E1 A1 D2 G2. crikey how do I tune that on a guitar tuner. Maybe it has a bass included.
So if that's the case, that's why a lot choose different frets to play the same note.
E string changes to A2 further up the fretboard. E1 F1 F#1 G1 G#1 A2 A#2 B2 C2 C#2 D2 D#2 E2 F2
Thansk for your time.

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