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05-27-2010, 06:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: NH-USA | | | Do you stand while practicing bass alone?
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I watch a lot of bass lessons on youtube, and the guys are all seated while teaching.
I have created my bass lines sitting down for songs, and then at band practice, I can't reproduce them while standing! 
I can't see the fretboard very well when I stand!
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05-27-2010, 06:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Denton TX | | | I practice both ways, but it really depends on what I'm practicing. If I'm just fingering through a song or something then I'm not against just chilling on the floor or something, but when I'm really practicing I like to stand up because that's how I really play.
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05-27-2010, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BlakeJustBlake  I practice both ways, but it really depends on what I'm practicing. If I'm just fingering through a song or something then I'm not against just chilling on the floor or something, but when I'm really practicing I like to stand up because that's how I really play. | Yep!
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05-27-2010, 06:44 PM
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05-27-2010, 06:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Saint Louis, MO | | | I consciously try to practice 50/50. I know that it's impractical to stand all the time but I don't want to get too used to the sitting position.
My body just doesn't have the right proportions to sit and play at the same height as when i stand and play. |
05-27-2010, 06:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: alabama | | | I have always been a bedroom player, and sat. Just recently, I have decided to strike out and get with a band. So now I`m having to relearn how to play while standing lol. It`s not necessarily harder, just different. So ALL my practice time now is standing.
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05-27-2010, 07:06 PM
| | | | When I'm just starting to learn the song I sit so that I can restart the song/check tabs quicker. Once I'm confident I stand up so I can change how my fretting hand feels.
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05-27-2010, 07:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | | I usually sit - but sometimes I get psyched about a tune and stand. always w/ a strap though . . . |
05-27-2010, 07:12 PM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stouffville, Ontario | | | I try to practice standing up first then I just sit down or lean on the wall when I get tired.
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05-27-2010, 07:12 PM
| | | | place your bass to replicate the same position sitting down or standing up.
I ajust my strap to place the bass exactly at the same place as when I'm playing sitting down. I don,t have any problem anymore |
05-27-2010, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arizona | | | The length I have my strap is far more comfortable than where my bass is in a seated position. I play better standing so I usually practice standing.
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05-27-2010, 07:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: NH-USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayers place your bass to replicate the same position sitting down or standing up.
I ajust my strap to place the bass exactly at the same place as when I'm playing sitting down. I don,t have any problem anymore | I thought about this... I might try a tall bar stool.
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05-27-2010, 07:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: NH-USA | | Thanks everybody. 
I was thinking I need to stand near a tall counter so I can use my laptop /metronome, and have a place for my lyric/chord sheets, and my fret board diagram.
maybe partially sitting/leaning on a tall barstool will work. I'll try these ideas tomorrow. thanks!
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05-27-2010, 08:02 PM
| | | | I sit when I'm learning a song, but once I have it I practice standing up since I will almost certainly be required to perform it that way. |
05-27-2010, 08:06 PM
|  | It's all in the reflexes. | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA | | I'm almost always standing. Occasionally if I'm doing something in front of my computer (studybass.com) or something like that, but not often. I also use a music stand pretty heavily too so that helps in that |
05-27-2010, 08:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tricia I thought about this... I might try a tall bar stool. | I lean my butt on a bar stool. After a long day at work my feet & legs are to sore to just stand.
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05-27-2010, 08:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | I bought a music stand so I can stand and read sheet music. I also have any controls for playing music there when I play along. I did it because I had the same problem many have expressed- it is difficult to play standing up if you do all your practicing sitting.
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05-27-2010, 10:05 PM
| | | | I used to sit all the time when I played but just recently I've been standing and it's really made a difference for me. I feel a lot more comfortable fingering when I standing and I tend to focus more. Only time I sit now is if I'm learning some new stuff that I need to take my time with.
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05-27-2010, 10:18 PM
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05-27-2010, 10:18 PM
|  | poppin in the corn belt | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: A tank of gas from Chicago | | when I practice seated, I play with the bass between my legs and my left foot higher like a classical guitar stance. When I play standing my bass is in pretty much the same position. The classical guitar position is also great for good hand placement. I used to have tendonitis problems when I first started until I read up on classical guitar finger stretching and playing position in a very old book. I've played that way ever since and never experienced any more hand pain.
It's also important ( for me at least ) to have a wide and stable strap so that my bass fits me securely and I'm not trying to "hold" my bass with my hands while playing it.
Ps. I'm an exbodybuilder with a large chest... I can see the fretboard maybe try a different strap position.
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