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 Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:12 pm
Seeming as I just got a bass it is pretty safe to same I am really lost with how to progress.
My two main people, a friend who plays a guitar and my sister who plays a double bass in a school orchestra are giving me two separate paths.
My friend says I should just do basic finger exercises, learn the fret board over time (very slowly) and mainly focus on playing songs.
My sister says I should not worry about songs at all until I have a very good understanding of the scales, chords, and a good technique.
Any help would be appreciated biggrin
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:21 pm
Actually, they're both right. Scales actually can help build up your fingers and help you familiarize yourself with the fretboard and as long as you pay attention to detail, you can force yourself to upkeep proper hand posture and work on technique.
While learning how to play songs, it gives you something that helps you upkeep your interest in learning (if ever that was an issue) and something moreless concrete and definite that you can practice your technique on. Not to say you can't do Hammer-ons and the like on scales, it's just something that can steadily help you work into things. And if you want to take it a step further, you can try and figure out the scale in which a song is being played and that in itself could help you sightread, improv and all round general freeform play in a less restrictive nature that a standard concert scale just doesn't offer.
Just remember, take things slow and go with what feels good and natural to you. Aside from the burn on the tips of your fingers of the building of callus, nothing should hurt, and if playing hurts, your doing something wrong. razz
Of course, when your fingers do burn (and trust me, they will), don't stop playing because of it. Playing through it will pay off in the long run. Trust me. pirate
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:19 pm
Start with major scales and go from there try playing songs you know
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:24 pm
Listen to your sis, at the very least learn good technique before you move on to playing other things. Moving ahead too fast can lead to bad habits and flaws in your technique. Scales are good, when you play them though try to make them musical. Arpeggiate them, play them in 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, etc. scales don't have to be boring.
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:46 pm
It's all about rudiments.
Learn proper techniques.
Contrary to what Kyrenx said, you will get sore. Just like when you work out any other body part. You are working out muscles as well. Now if your tendons hurt, you're prob doing something wrong
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 3:57 am
Shogun Drizzt It's all about rudiments. Learn proper techniques. Contrary to what Kyrenx said, you will get sore. Just like when you work out any other body part. You are working out muscles as well. Now if your tendons hurt, you're prob doing something wrong Also, if your fingers really start to hurt, give it a rest and get back to practice the next day. I forced myself to keep playing despite the bleeding, and all I got out of it were huge cuts in my fingers that took forever to heal. And playing when in pain is not fun. It's supposed to be fun. =P If it starts to hurt, just stop playing for a little while.
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