bass_dinger

You have forgotten the ultimate church band excuse - other band members not looking at the music!

I have books that I couldn't use 20 years ago - too complicated, beyond my capabilities, etc. However, when I look at them now, I can use them easily. I can read the dots, count the beats - and use what I learned when I play.

Note to myself: if Bassfinger ever sells a Bass guitar with buckle rash on the back - it isn't buckle rash.....

I appear to already have been entered into this year's challenge - thank you. I am likely to be out - last year's failure was a purchase of a bass guitar that needs a new neck. Not so much a repair, as a rebuild. Can I sign up for 2025 now....?

Everybody wants to rule the world, but you will need a 5 string for the low D

Yes - it makes them appear married, and thus, unavailable to the groupies..... I used to take my ring off to play, but not now. The difference seems to be better technique (and the fact that I had the ring enlarged to fit my finger, which had grown 3 sizes fatter over the years). I am reminded that I once caught a cheap and rough ring on a push-plate on a fire door. I carried on walking, the ring carried on being stuck on the plate, and I only stopped when I couldn't move forwards any more. I then spotted that the top layer of skin on my finger had peeled off. I pushed the skin back onto my finger, and once it was stuck, I removed the ring and binned it.

I can play Mr Blue Sky Crazy Little Thing Called Love I can sight read, at speed: You're my First my last... Silly Love Songs Mission Impossible but will make mistakes I can't play all of Good Times (not enough dexterity) Master Blaster The James Bond theme Fly me to the moon (too many accidentals, and too fast) I have no chance with Hit me with your rhythm stick.

I want to create a plan for learning bass, and music. I see that I have a habit of playing what I already know, and giving up on the difficult stuff. What I want is a schedule for learning, along with techniques and habits. I recently found an add-on for the Chrome browser that allows me to slow down YouTube music and change the pitch, and loop sections. That has allowed me to slow down Good Times by Chic, and move from 60 to 70 to 80% and play the dots under the A13 chord. Next step, 83%, and so on... I primarily want to learn to read music - I am improving, but want to be able to do it accurately and consistently. Is there such a thing as a practice schedule that I could use? What sort of things should I include? Ear training? Music theory? Warm ups? I play mainly in church (where the ability to play the root notes in the keys of G, C, and A are enough to pass the audition, but not enough to sustain my interest). In a moment, I will share what I can play, and what I struggle with....

Is the small yamaha doobrie in fact a Yamaha Reface CP1? If so, a wood worker and sound engineer took one, and added a bigger keybed to it, along with a wooden case. I would have just midi'd the keyboards up to each other, but that is because I have no wood working abilities, no studio, and no YouTube channel! It's a great video, nonetheless.

Good grief - that is a full-on workout! Agreed - it's harmonically rich, with chords from outside of the key. But I shall be having a try at this tomorrow! Thanks for transcribing it.

One picture has an instrument that divides opinion, and is fiercely defended by its few fans. The other contains a ukulele.

To be fair, the words can be very difficult to understand unless they enunciate clearly. Here, the real lyrics of O Fortuna - or are they just the misheard lyrics...

Here Part 1 will take you to part 2, wherein he sings opera.

Very useful indeed. I will try this technique.

Here's a link to a review from Team Recorder - a YouTube channel so good that I watch it, even though I don't play the recorder.

You may want to get it set up - the bridge especially needs to be shaped (lower on the treble side). Friction fit pegs may need the holes in the headstock to be reamed out to match the pegs. The strings are fiddly to install and there is very little movement between flat and broken.... ask me how I know.

Are you thinking of The Rolling Stones... ?

Well done to all who made it - and to those of us who made better use of our existing kit to improve our skills. For 2024, I am about to spend a little bit on lessons - that's allowable, I hope?

Teach your children well....? Or, Love the One you're with?

My former ukulele group did "Me and Julio..." complete with the two different overlayed strumming patterns at the intro, and a whistled solo. The bassline is a masterclass in minimalism - the note before the chord changes, the note of the new chord, and.... rest. Breathe. Wait. I am also learning Gone at Last. It is in C, three chords, and the minor 6th in the outro - should be easy.....

Agreed! If she looks like Tony Levin (shaved head, big grey moustache), then she is stage-ready.

It seems a shame that she wants to try bass, when: 1. She is already a poor keys player (and is likely to become a poor bass player, at least to start with 2. She is a good trombone player (surely a better fit in a band that wants another instrumentalist, and wants to showcase the lady musician). 3. You have already done the heavy lifting, by learning the songs creating arrangements that work for the band, and turning up to rehearsals. Be direct, and ask if the intention is that she will replace you. Tell them that you would feel a bit "spare" if she was playing bass, even for a few songs.

Tom Jones appearing with another act? It's not unusual....

Eric Clapton and Neil Innes. At 1'23" "Eric Clapton ukulele " really is Eric Clapton.

Chas and Dave. And Eric Clapton, and Albert Lee.