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As the same for all the playing techniques, needs a bit of time to get used, try to practice it more regularly and apply it to scales and arpeggios or even on some grooves or baselines you usually play with fingerstyle. But it's also true that your pain can be a consequence of a wrong position of your bass or to the shoulder strap, try different positions and see how it goes. Palm mute or muting bass is an amazing technique and when you start to mix it together your other skills, you can't imagine how many scenarios on your playing you can reach. If you need any help just let me know. Below an example: Cheers. [color=#021EAA][font=Helvetica][size=3][u][url="http://youtu.be/dYbhVBGc7bo"]http://youtu.be/dYbhVBGc7bo[/url][/u][color=#000000] [/color][/size][/font][/color]

Here's the week new one groove played with the Double Thumb: [u][media]http://youtu.be/F8h-9NdUWj0[/media][/u]

[color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hello BassChat fellas,[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I'm happy to share with everyone, a collection of short HD videos about different kind of grooves played with different techniques. I will upload weekly a new one.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Here are the first two. Cheers.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Flamenco Slap[/font][/color] [media]http://youtu.be/5eMhkJWcBNM[/media] Muting Bass [media]http://youtu.be/dYbhVBGc7bo[/media]

One of the common issue on bass players starts reading is the gradualness. Most of them pretend to learn the basics and than skip to the most hard samples, super wrong in my opinion but, is also true that there are several books for reading that don't concern about gradualness. Reading is probably one of the things on bass playing where gradualness and constance are crucial, if you do it the right way, you're not only improve your reading but also your time skills. Let me explain using skiing as example, if you learn how to manage simple movements on easy blue slopes, than you have to keep improve all the technique gradually [u]as the same[/u] facing different type of inclines on different slopes, and you really need time to acquire it. Than when you're ready not only with the technique but also with the "incline view" you're ready to go to the hard black ones. Coming back to reading sometimes, players got some good skills on the sight reading (notes position on the staff) but not as well on the rhythm reading or viceversa, or they have both good basic skills but, when they're facing hard music charts, they're just get stuck. Is also true that the speed on how you read depends in most of the case from your music scenario. Anyway to get a good reading level you have at least work on both the aspects of modern reading, sight and rhythm and there are only two options for it, get a good teacher or, learning by your self using the right books with[u] gradualness and constance[/u]. In my opinion I found extremely good these two books: - MODERN READING TEXT 4/4 for rhythm reading [url="http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=297&bc=no"]http://www.bassbooks...sp?id=297&bc=no[/url] - SIGHT READING FOR THE BASS for sight reading [url="http://www.bassbooks.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=179"]http://www.bassbooks...pexd.asp?id=179[/url] If you do both the book together, following all the chapters without skipping, than in few months you'll finish it and you'll be ready for the next step, music charts. Reading needs quality than quantity, even 10 minutes every day, will be better that 2 hours once at week. Lat but not least, an other amazing practising for reading is facing slap music charts (without tabs off course), you can't imagine how good makes your skills. If you need any further help just let me know. Good luck. Cheers. Enrico

Agree with some previous comments, intonation and finger tone. Plus there are a couple of other bass heros amazing on fretless, Mark Egan and surprise Marcus Miller too, guys let's listen the ballad from the first and second album plus some side works he did as fretless player, tone and phrasing are just amazing! Cheers!!

Nice idea. Well my approach with my students is usually trying to cover at leat three topics as for example (for beginner and internediate) reading, technique and harmony instead just use some exercises and than I keep working on that topics adding few more, up to when they're completed. Anybody else use the same approach? Cheers

I agree with the last post, transcriptions are very helpful but just try to remember that you have to use it as a guide to learn the main line but than, you have to embellish with yourself, that is one of the most important concept Victor, always says. If you follow that suggestion, than you'll learn a cool song but, most important you'll start to apply this "dictionary" to your playing and there is a huge difference when, you play a bass line in the way is more comfortable to you compared to a way that is easier for another player, it's just like you want use somebody clothes and you can't fit in because different sizes For example, tablature are easy but tricky, because force you to learn just in one way, most of the times easy just for who wrote the line, simply because his natural approach. For this reason what Sibob says is true, when you play a song or baseline many times, it's natural after a while change it because, a evening feel, different drum grooves etc.. On fingerboard there are always more than one way to learn and, is not the transcriptions that make the difference, is always the player !

Well sight reading needs two important things: a real progressive learning book and perseverance. I use with my students, two books, both great and for different goals. The first is Modern Reading Text in 4/4 by Louis Bellson for rhythm reading. The second is Sight Reading For the Bass by Ron Velosky for sight reading. If you use both of them together, week after week without skip pages, then I can guarantee you that in 2 months you will be able to go on music charts. If you need any help just let me know. Cheers

You're right, is a bit confusing, if there are not alterations in key, than a # or b have the value until the bar end. The natural sign shouldn't be even in the third bar but the matter is that several writing software, I use sibelius, act in a weird way. They always needs to use natural, flat or sharp sign, I don't why, indeed if you remove, leave the chart as rules want, and than let the midi play, it will sounds wrong. Probably is a software algorithm. What I usually do with sibelius is check everything with the midi playing and than at the end, I remove the unnecessary natural, sharp or flat. Cheers.

Thank you !

Hey guys, just to let you know that now the ebook is available too

Dear Bass Chat fellas, I'm thrilled to announce that my first book Grooving with Hybrid Techniques for bass has been released! It has been a couple of years, since I've started to work on this new editorial adventure, encouraged by all my students during lessons and clinics. Grooving with Hybrid Techniques for bass, is suitable for beginner, advanced and all the players that wish to get deeper with their bass skills. The book, is a complete guide to learning and shaping the following techniques: Flamenco Slap, Double Thumb, Classical Slap, Muting Bass and the Hybrid Style. It features 9 chapters, 55 pages, 100 exercises, with 72 audio samples (included in both physical and digital version). The book is available as standard book format at my website via PayPal, and will be available also digitally as ebook via iTunes! Last but not least, I added on my YouTube channel two new videos, featuring some book extracts together with Marco Maggiore on drums. The "full contents" version is a complete book presentation. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the book as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thank you everyone for your continued support. Enrico Video 1 [media]http://youtu.be/cInjw_SVakw[/media] Video 2 http://youtu.be/-X8MPxlEqIY

Almost all the demo or light versions of the main daw, are great to start. In my opinion is better start with some of them, because if you need to go to the next step you don't have to relearn a different software. Plus if you need to buy an entry level audio interface (better), almost all of them have good softwares included, entry level daw, drums, keyboards and guitar plug in. Cheers!

Focusrite are very good especially for the pre sections, but not so good about the drivers, I experienced several issues with them and not only me… keep in mind an entry level audio interface from most specific company for audio recording. Motu is one of them, great hardware and software stable too, plus all of their products come with a DAW entry level version from Motu. Give it a check to Microbook for example, in my opinion it worth the price!

Well this is a good question. Usually pro bass player use at least a medium low action that make the fret buzz sound come out easier, especially if the player is not get used to control the dynamics on the right hand. Plus and, this is in my opinion the main answer to this question, at the begin bass player listeners are not get used to "know" the real bass sound alone. The first times we usually know the bass sound from what we can hear from the final music mix, where in the 90% of the times is the tone featured withe the low and middle frequencies and, all the high and high mids are hided from the other instruments. You will be so surprised how much it will be buzzy, the bass sound if you will hear the song and music you know just by the bass track isolated. Cheers. Ps even on the acoustic instruments the action can be lowered!

[quote name='JuliusGroove' timestamp='1388590889' post='2323741'] Just found this: [url="http://www.amazon.com/The-Latin-Real-Easy-Book/dp/1883217709"]http://www.amazon.co...k/dp/1883217709[/url] Its not the official latin Real book but it is in bass clef.. Anybody own this or seen it? Publisher is Sher Music Co [/quote] Nope, anyway try it, if something isn't good you can always return it. Amazon is one of the best store on the planet for the customer care and return policy ;-) Cheers.

it's a common feeling, it's pretty natural and human, because, after all music is an expression of your emotions and feeling and they never are the same rights? Talking more specifically about it, well sometimes it's better starting from some ideas and extending in multiple ways, and sometimes is better take a long break on the song, groove, chords progression you're a working and than come back on it with a fresh and completely new approach. In both of cases, never give up !!

There are not too much resource about it unfortunately, you have two ways, the first is listening tons of latin and latin jazz and, collect sheet after sheet, or also use software as band in a box where you can change the arrangement of a standard or fame song in a latin way.. cheers

Well this is a nice question :-) So first, the final goal to reach with your instrument, after hours and hours by studying and practising, it's just have all your knowledges turn in a more instinct way to play. Off course you need to think about what you're going to play, but in a more automatic way and less deep than when you're at home focusing on the things you're studying; to make an example when you're learning a language, you study all the alphabet, the rules, the dictionary and, the first times you apply it in a real situation, you really think a lot and your mind is so busy ;-) but than, time after time, everything become automatic.. The other thing, once I heard this speech from Mike Stern answering on the same question and he said: "I don't fu@*§ç# care about what other people thinking about me while I playing.." well if you get it, that will help your problem :-), just take a big breath, relax and enjoy your passion for bass and music and think just to how express your emotions ;-) Cheers!

It depends from how your teacher is going to plan your studying schedule and off course, for the 60%, it should be made on your needs. The studying plan, in my opinion, doesn't depend from the fact you want to be professional, free time player, or just bass lover. It's a consequence from how far you wanna go with your bass (and not only..) knowledges. Just two examples to make clear what I trying to say.. in my teaching experience, I have bass students that want to be professional or they already are and, they want just sharp their skills, but I also have students that play bass as non/professional or just for the love to the bass. Well in both cases, believe or not the schedule I prepare for them, it's the same. Why? because it's the same reason of people took a degree late in the years, is the passion to do something. I have an old surgery doctor that is simply amazing how he's improving his bass skill, not less than a professional… So my suggestion is, explain to your teacher, which goals do you wanna reach and give him the time to start and show you the path.. If he is a good teacher and turn on the curiosity and the passion to improve your bass skills and having fun during the lesson (important thing to always keep in mind), you are on the right ship, otherwise you soon find out that something doesn't work good ;-)