hello

first off i would like to say that man im glad i found this website. i would recomend this to anyone even if they have played for years. well straight to the point. ive been playing bass for about a month now and i can't stop. i have a 4 string dean bass and a fender bass amp 25. i have been practicing alot of the exercises for the right and left hands for speed, stamina, etc. im really more interested in technique and learning the basics more than anything before i just learn all my favorite songs and learn to write up my own bass lines.

anyways few begginer questions i had as far as tablitures go cause thats the easiest way for me to learn songs i already know and listen to alot. how do you know when bridges, chorus's etc. come in during a song and when to play them? sometimes its really hard for me to hear a bass in music i basically know its in there with the drums and playing right along with them. i mostly listen to older punk music nofx, bad religion, minor threat, black flag. i do enjoy lamb of god, zz top, eric clapton, etc. as well but i mostly enjoy good punk/funk type of music.

any advice to help me out would be greatly appreciated. i play with 4 friends of mine who are mega good at music but none play the bass so i picked it up mostly because i really do like the bass guitar and its something ive always wanted to do just never had the time till now. not trying to troll this forum at all. just really interested in some other good places to find great info books, sites, or just advice from you guys im sure alot of you have done this alot longer than i have. i play at a minimum 3 hours a day. well thanks again really glad to be a part of this site and hope to one day help someone else who is in my shoes.

hello

first off i would like to say that man im glad i found this website. i would recomend this to anyone even if they have played for years. well straight to the point. ive been playing bass for about a month now and i can't stop. i have a 4 string dean bass and a fender bass amp 25. i have been practicing alot of the exercises for the right and left hands for speed, stamina, etc. im really more interested in technique and learning the basics more than anything before i just learn all my favorite songs and learn to write up my own bass lines.

anyways few begginer questions i had as far as tablitures go cause thats the easiest way for me to learn songs i already know and listen to alot. how do you know when bridges, chorus's etc. come in during a song and when to play them? sometimes its really hard for me to hear a bass in music i basically know its in there with the drums and playing right along with them. i mostly listen to older punk music nofx, bad religion, minor threat, black flag. i do enjoy lamb of god, zz top, eric clapton, etc. as well but i mostly enjoy good punk/funk type of music.

any advice to help me out would be greatly appreciated. i play with 4 friends of mine who are mega good at music but none play the bass so i picked it up mostly because i really do like the bass guitar and its something ive always wanted to do just never had the time till now. not trying to troll this forum at all. just really interested in some other good places to find great info books, sites, or just advice from you guys im sure alot of you have done this alot longer than i have. i play at a minimum 3 hours a day. well thanks again really glad to be a part of this site and hope to one day help someone else who is in my shoes.

If you're playing three hours a day I would practice not only technique, but would learn and practice "knowledge" such as chord arpeggios, major scales, major scale modes, major and minor pentatonic scales, minor scales. Obviously this all takes time but is invaluable in creating bass lines in a variety of styles.

There are many sources to learn from but I will mention my 30 Day Bass Workout Book for technique exercises my Complete Electric Bass Method Beginning book for major scales, chords and Intermediate for pentatonic scales, major scale modes, minor scales and more.

Keep practicing technique and learning tunes but also learn about chords, scales etc..... to help you improve as a bass player.

Dave