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This article will help you learn to read bass tabs and notes. Learning all the notes on your bass' fretboard is an important early step for the beginning bassist. Knowing where all the notes are will help you while playing along with others and improvising.
This chart shows all the notes on your bass' fretboard up to the twelfth fret. After the twelfth fret the notes repeat in the same order.
Here are the bass notes (from the bass clef) and their TAB counterparts.
Guitar players can check the fretboard map to learn the notes on a six string guitar.