Comments on: 7 Ways To Improve Your Playing

By: Celeste

Celeste — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:49:02 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I’m actually only 13 years old, but our school joined me in a band clash as the bassist….My dad is a guitarist, bassist and keyboardist. Only we’re not really close. These tips would really help me before the competition!

Thanks again!:D

By: rhobere

rhobere — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:42:07 +0000

dude, thanks for the recognizing the plight of all us drummers out here. a lot of us get slammed for having an “easy” instrument too, but like you said, doing the same and separate things with all four of your limbs at the same time isn’t simple. the same problem that you talked about here exists drumming. if you can get a few basic rhythms, fills and half-decent double-bass, you can play for 90 percent of these “metal” and “hardcore” bands out there and most people just stop there. its not until you start studying the intricacies of the instrument that you really find yourself intuitively playing music and REALLY enjoying it.

By: W

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:39:13 +0000

These are pretty important tips tbh, especially the metronome + drummer ones. I play bass in a death metal band so keeping up is pretty hard – I’m hunting out anything online for practicing two handed tapping/playing, 5-string scales and pretty much anything I can add to the start and end of my practice regime as just practicing the songs we play is making me very lazy.

Cheers!

By: Paul Hardy

Paul Hardy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:14:08 +0000

Glad the tips helped, Nasara!

By: Paul Hardy

Paul Hardy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:13:09 +0000

Hey Sankar . . . I wouldn’t call that a problem. If you really want in-depth knowledge of chords, scales and modes and that sort of thing, I would definitely formal lessons with a qualified teacher. If you want to teach yourself, there are lots of great books out there, but that takes a lot more time and trial and error. Also, find some good accomplished musicians to hang out and jam with, and soak everything you can from them!

By: Nasara francis

Nasara francis — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:48:03 +0000

I am a bassist in BBC band @jigo in Bwari frm Abuja. NIGERIA., The following tips u’ve just left will heIp ar löng way thanks alot ull hear 4rm me.

By: sankar

sankar — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:07:11 +0000

i have a problem .how can i develop chord knowledge

By: Laura Elspeth

Laura Elspeth — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:44:00 +0000

Hi Paul. Thanks for the tips. I totally agree with your statement about bass easy to learn, difficult to master. Took me 2 weeks to learn the basics (played classical guitar for 7-8 years previous finger style, so already had the moves) but now 4 months down the line, I am getting better and more used to harder bass lines and compose ones that I find difficult to play but push until I have it. Only way to get better! I am determined to be a great female bassist, not just a good one x

By: Sloth Theeth

Sloth Theeth — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:27:12 +0000

I have been playing an instrument for 7 to 8 years and I have just started playing bass last summer and I think bass is my favorite instrument to play. But I would just like to say thank you for the tips and I know that they will come in handy soon thank you Paul for your advice.

By: Paul Hardy

Paul Hardy — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:10:21 +0000

Hi G . . . I don’t think you quite got the point of my post. The point is that to some extent, bass player can get by on much less technical skill and musical knowledge than guitar players, especially when they’re first starting out. Lots of bass players never get beyond the rudimentary skills they acquired when they first started learning the instrument . . . because they get lazy. That’s what I’m trying to point out. Essentially what I’m saying is that the bass is easy to learn, but difficult to MASTER.

I certainly didn’t write this post to slam bass players . . . since I AM a bass player (and it’s the only instrument I play).

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