juayman

Hello all, Many thanks for so many good replies to my previous post. I am in my fairly early period of learning bass (due to various stops and starts). This post is also related to the thread "Things that musicians do that are a waste of time!, We all do it but we shouldn't...." I want to try and get a grounding in a style say over 3 months then move onto something else. Does that sound good? I was going to start with blues....an obvious starting point. In an ideal world I'd like to cut through anything I am wasting time on obviously but please don't think that means I am trying to cut corners as I have a good practice schedule. What are some good blues basslines? Particularly 12 bar type stuff? Thanks in advance

[quote name='Eight' post='461869' date='Apr 14 2009, 10:47 AM']Lol. Yeah that ain't going to work - pretty easy to guess intervals when you know what notes you're playing. Try - [url="http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id90_en.html"]http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id90_en.html[/url][/quote] Many thanks for this link. I am getting about 33% or so on first try. It can be frustrating at times but great when you get a few correct in a row lol Cheers

Hello all, A) This is only my second post on this forum (the first was my introduction). Anyway I was wondering if anyone had any advice about hearing notes? My understanding is that it is obviously a very good skill to have but also that it is not all that common that people can do it. Anyway what are the easiest ways to learn doing it? I have a one hour daily practice session and I am attempting to hear notes by simply playing all the C's for about 3 minutes each day. I will try and "feel" the note then compare it to another notes, etc. I will then move onto A's and then onto D's until I have the full set. Is this the best way of doing it? Also should there be a specific order? I have been learning the intervals however the problem I have is a) testing myself because you know...I know where I am putting my fingers when I play and I don't have a recording devise. I am kind of wondering where this fits into the bigger scheme of playing (I know there is a purpose behind it but I am not sure what that purpose is at this moment in time) C) As mentioned my practice is currently one hour per day (sometimes 10-20 mins longer). I aim for 7 days a week and usually achieve atleast 6 days. I keep a kind of diary where I simply note the amount of time practiced and then set out my schedule which is: * Playing 2 notes all across the fretboard from memory (i.e. A's and F#'s)..I know the fretboard very well because of this *Warm-up *intervals and "hearing notes" *an exercise from my text book (just a beginners guide to bass type thing) *Then I continue learning a song (generally learning a song improving it over 1-2 weeks) *Then playing other songs I already know. Also I have a guitarist friend he is very good been playing for 4 years now. We have jammed a few times but this slacked off because he is lazy. I was thinking of starting this up again one time a week to improve my playing. Eventually want to get upto the standard where I can be playing in a band possibly doing my own stuff (I have come up with a few of my own parts already). I realise this is a massive post but I wanted to get your opinions on these things I'm thinking about. Many thanks in advance

Hello all, I have just signed up for the site. My name is John and I am currently living in West London but am originally from Leicester. I have learning the bass and looking to learn and share with those on this forum! I currently have a p-bass but I keep looking at 4003 Rickenbacker's thinking "you will be mine...oh yes you will be mine". I figure at the moment though I'm not good enough to justify owning such a cool bass lol :-)