Bass Learning Resources
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:23 am
Whose got some good video suggestions? Don't really want to play bass like a guitarist....
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Worked for Geezer Butler.jeremyb wrote:Whose got some good video suggestions? Don't really want to play bass like a guitarist....
Yeah because bassists hate it when you show them upjeremyb wrote: Don't really want to play bass like a guitarist....
I'm not a particularly good guitarist so it would be nice to learn bass properly, rather than be "just another failed guitarist" [tm]Danger Mouse wrote:Yeah because bassists hate it when you show them upjeremyb wrote: Don't really want to play bass like a guitarist....
Although there is an element of truth to that joke, I used to play bass in a covers band and had a bass player from another band congratulate my excellent bass skills, but all I was doing was basically playing guitar licks on a bass.
I guess this is why I seemed to make a good bass player, my sense of melody is shit, but my sense of rhythm is excellent.sirvill wrote:Best bass skill is locking in with drums and getting out of the way of the melodic instruments most of the time!
I think that's a terrible idea.jeremyb wrote: I'm not a particularly good guitarist so it would be nice to learn bass properly, rather than be "just another failed guitarist" [tm]
Hmmmm thats a good point, I've got my own thing going on with guitar...Vince wrote:I think that's a terrible idea.jeremyb wrote: I'm not a particularly good guitarist so it would be nice to learn bass properly, rather than be "just another failed guitarist" [tm]
Just play lots with other people, develop your own voice and stop worrying about sounding like someone else's definition of what a bass player should sound like. It's supposed to be about expressing yourself, why on earth would you want someone to tell you how to do that? Seems very counterproductive to me.
HA! Nope, purely for expanding my skills and trying to record some of my own songs at homecalling card wrote:Have you been promoted?
Yeah theory knowledge is almost zero, really need to work on thatFrey wrote:It's pretty easy if you know your theory and the chord changes. Just try to hold down the roots and outline the main chord tones with your arps. Try to spice it up melodically but always remember your going between the tones of the chords, don't get lost. Maybe record some bass, that's always a good reality check. Try to mix up more syncopated stuff with the usual eighth note stuff. I guess it depends on your genre really too. No harm in using some effects too.