Learning To Play Bass
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 5 2005 17:04
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I've decided to take up playing bass, but I don't have the time or money to take lessons. Can anyone recommend a good book or tutorial for absolute beginners? -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, February 5 2005 17:24
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Just get a book and cd method to get the right and left hand basis. All the books are kind of the same. Download "Guitar Pro 4", who's a nice little program, with a lot of...tabs ? (songs who are written with the number of the fret to play, not with the habitual A-B-C-D-E-F-G stuff). You can download a lot of exercises with Guitar Pro... And play a lot with friends, it's of course the best way to make progress ! Have you already buy your bass ? The site: http://www.guitar-pro.com/ [ Saturday, February 05, 2005 17:28: Message edited by: Blaspheme ] -------------------- "Il est interdit de se battre sur le Champ du Massacre; dit-il avant de marquer une pause, le temps de reflechir a la logique de ses propos." Discworld, The Colour of Magic Posts: 178 | Registered: Monday, June 7 2004 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 5 2005 17:32
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Playing bass is not that hard. Playing bass well, however, is. The first thing you need to know is your arpeggios. All bass playing is either arpeggios, or a select riff from the song played over and over. Doing a google search on "minor arpeggios" or "diminished arpeggios" whatever, could help you out. But if you want to learn most of the stuff online, then you need to learn tab. Which is not hard. You can find tab teaching lessons online, but if you need help, I can aid you. If you want. -------------------- Wham Bam Shizam Posts: 247 | Registered: Monday, September 6 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, February 5 2005 20:50
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I realize you've stated that lessons are going to be possible... but if you can help it at all: get lessons. You might not believe it now, but having a professional teach you things like music theory is really the best way to learn anything about music. I just started taking lessons about 6 months ago. I've been a musician my whole life and I've never been better than I am now. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |