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And Hal, you didn’t notice you were holding it up-side down when learning notes? I mean…the notes would be wrong if you just held the “top” string at this spot, since your top string is really the bottom one.
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Nope – I had no one giving me lessons, nor any reference materials. I was told “It’s bass. It couldn’t be any easier, so just take a few days and learn to play it”. So that’s what I did. Ever since then, the low E string has to be on top for me.