When learning, did you tape the "notes" on your neck?

**Frankie5Angels** · 02-15-2008, 01:49 PM

In the '70s some of the Punk bassists (who never played an instrument before) did that to learn how tho play their songs. Paul Simonon of the Clash is one famous example.

Make of this what you will.

**Smakbass** · 02-15-2008, 02:40 PM

I try not to even look at the fretboard when I am playin..

Never did this but I came from a fairly schooled approach.

**oli@bass** · 02-15-2008, 04:07 PM

Yep. Played notes on the neck.
Taped them to the deck.

Seriously, no. But I'm a pattern/scale player anyway (that patterns work in the bass is what I really like), and have a hard time to even name all the notes on the first five frets.

**INMT** · 02-15-2008, 04:11 PM

Electro Shock did the trick for me.

**PzoLover** · 02-15-2008, 04:18 PM

No ... that would seem to me to be having too much going on at once and in my little world, I need the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

ATB,
/PL

**Smallmouth_Bass** · 02-15-2008, 04:20 PM

No. It never even occurred to me to do something like that.

**Frantic Slayer** · 02-15-2008, 09:25 PM

no, i can find any note i need if i think about it for a min or two, i do have some of the fretboard memorized but not 100% of it yet, but mostly i play by shapes, patterns, scales, and what sounds good to me.