Whether you’re listening to a song to try and learn the bass line or you’re just looking for more low end in your ears, you might be wondering, “Why is bass guitar hard to hear?” There are plenty of reasons why you might have trouble hearing the lower frequencies in a certain song. We’ll talk about what those are, and what you can do to hear that bass better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bass guitar can be hard to hear in a mix simply because the lower frequencies aren’t as easy to pick up for some people as higher frequencies. It can also be due to the style of music and the way the song was mixed. And, if your ears are aging a bit, you could be losing low-end as a physical issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are definitely ways to overcome all of these issues. Some are easier to deal with than others. But, let’s look a little deeper at the reasons and what we can do about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We wrote a bit about the frequencies that humans can normally hear in our article about why basses have four strings. Check that out if you’re interested. But, basically, humans can hear somewhere between 20 and 20,000 Hz. There aren’t a ton of people that can hear accurately throughout that entire range of frequencies, but there you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n