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Lazybite
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+1 for modes up and down the neck
I do my modes against a click track... I start out slowly making sure the notes are clean and then build up pace... have managed to get up to about 310bpm fingered... move up to 315 and I'm stuffed!!
But I normally practice between 1 and 4 hours a day... sometimes with modes... sometimes with little runs that I have created to improve speed, string skipping, then I might dig some bass tabs up... learn a couple get bored and write my own...
I have actually found that guitar player pro is a useful tool as it plays back files via midi, you can also solo instruments, change tempo etc etc..... of course you need the tab archives make it worth anything for learning...
I do my modes against a click track... I start out slowly making sure the notes are clean and then build up pace... have managed to get up to about 310bpm fingered... move up to 315 and I'm stuffed!!
But I normally practice between 1 and 4 hours a day... sometimes with modes... sometimes with little runs that I have created to improve speed, string skipping, then I might dig some bass tabs up... learn a couple get bored and write my own...
I have actually found that guitar player pro is a useful tool as it plays back files via midi, you can also solo instruments, change tempo etc etc..... of course you need the tab archives make it worth anything for learning...
drgroovenstein
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One thing I know, I'd be a smokin' bassist if I practiced as much as I participate on forums like this 
Lazybite
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drgroovenstein said:One thing I know, I'd be a smokin' bassist if I practiced as much as I participate on forums like this
Aha there in lies the secret... I mostly only post when I am at work.... mostly due to chaotic ad ad hoc nature of my job...
maddog
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Piece of paper taped to my music stand says:
1. warm up and finger exercises
-warm up, get fingers moving
-work a page from Bass Fitness by Josquin Des Pres
2. scales & theory
-work from Serious Electric Bass by Bartolo, segues nicely into walking bass lines due to the theory involved
3. walking bass lines
-work a couple exercises from Building Walking Bass Lines by Ed.
4. reading music
-work first from Hal Leonard Bass Method by Ed.
-pick a song from sheet music and work on it
5. ear training
-do some simple exercises picking notes on the board and work intervals by ear
-pick a song and work the bass line by ear
Now if I could make time to stick to this regimen, I might be a lot better than I am.
1. warm up and finger exercises
-warm up, get fingers moving
-work a page from Bass Fitness by Josquin Des Pres
2. scales & theory
-work from Serious Electric Bass by Bartolo, segues nicely into walking bass lines due to the theory involved
3. walking bass lines
-work a couple exercises from Building Walking Bass Lines by Ed.
4. reading music
-work first from Hal Leonard Bass Method by Ed.
-pick a song from sheet music and work on it
5. ear training
-do some simple exercises picking notes on the board and work intervals by ear
-pick a song and work the bass line by ear
Now if I could make time to stick to this regimen, I might be a lot better than I am.
tiffles
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im naturally brilliant.
maddog
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Yes you are.
