Bass Method Complete Edition

TJ55 · #1 02-05-2011, 04:57 PM

Past couple of months I have been working my way through this book. I've just started the 1/8 notes exercises and last night I made the pilot error of looking ahead through the rest of the book after I finished practicing. Not a good idea!!

I realize this is the equivalent of a noob golfer looking ahead to shaping the ball like a touring pro, or an obese person looking at super models or...

Sorry, I guess I don't even really have a question. Just curious if anyone has had a similar experience or any anecdotes to help me "enjoy the process", "take it one step at a time", "insert cliche here"?

Not thinking of quitting or anything, just thinking out loud in a way.

Infidelity · #2 02-05-2011, 05:20 PM

Do you mean the Hal Leonard Bass Method by Ed Friedland if so I gotta agree with you the stuffs on the third book is insane but doable..

TJ55 · #3 02-05-2011, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Infidelity

Do you mean the Hal Leonard Bass Method by Ed Friedland if so I gotta agree with you the stuffs on the third book is insane but doable..

Yeah, that's the one. I really like it so far in that you take each lesson and apply it to actual music.

jazznfusion · #4 02-05-2011, 05:39 PM

Im working through that book myself. It does get difficult, I just go at my own pace.

**Staccato** · #5 02-05-2011, 05:53 PM

Great book! My process is to repeat the pages that I've completed and move forward at least every couple of days...

If you know the previous sections intimately, and continue moving forward-you're making good progress.

Infidelity · #6 02-05-2011, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacatto

Great book! My process is to repeat the pages that I've completed and move forward at least every couple of days...

If you know the previous sections intimately, and continue moving forward-you're making good progress.

+1 Those rest shuffles are quite tricky too!

TJ55 · #7 02-05-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacatto

Great book! My process is to repeat the pages that I've completed and move forward at least every couple of days...

If you know the previous sections intimately, and continue moving forward-you're making good progress.

I normally try to work this way too. Review the last lesson and run through the playing parts a few times to be sure that I have it down. Then I move on to the next lesson that I haven't completed yet.

Good to hear that someone around here is in the same boat as me.

AMp'D.2play · #8 02-06-2011, 06:54 AM

just keep pluggin' away! you'll get there!

2 things i did with this book:

(1) every now & then instead of moving ahead, i'd randomly pick a section that i'd worked on weeks back and try it again. almost like cramming for an exam back in the day, my short-term memory allowed me to nail a section, but long-term i didn't really "learn" it. going back and reviewing something really helped to reinforce the lesson for the long term.

(2) to help learn the entire fretboard, go back to the earlier sections and play the G string exercises using only the A or E string. do it for the D, and even the A, string too. then play any exercise throughout the book from different positions.

good luck!

edfriedland · #9 02-06-2011, 09:18 PM

First, thanks for purchasing my book. I will say though, that the stuff in the third book, while challenging, is all set up by the material that precedes it. This is the kind of thing I make sure of when I write a book. I don't want to dump something "insane" on people without preparing them for it. I'll also say, that the material in book 3 is not really "insane", but it must look that way when you're still in the middle of book 1. Just be patient. If you make sure you really have everything down before you skip ahead, you'll be amazed at how much simpler it will seem when you get to syncopated 16th notes.

TJ55 · #10 02-07-2011, 08:36 AM

Thanks for chiming in Ed. I'm in no hurry I assure you. Being a TOTAL beginner when I started the book, if I would have looked ahead to where I am now, I would have felt the same way so it's a perspective thing.

Overall I feel like I have made some good progress. Especially when things outside the book cause a light bulb moment and fall into place.

Sizlack · #11 02-08-2011, 02:50 PM

I just picked this one up again. I had previously made it about halfway through book 2, but got sidetracked by getting to play with an actual band. Now that I have all the songs down (still have to use cheat sheets on a few songs), I actually have time to pick this back up.
It was a good feeling to know that I actually retained some of what I had learned from it.

TJ55 · #12 02-12-2011, 06:02 PM

If anyone out there knows a way to give me some assistance on exercise 30 on disc one titled "Rok Gruv", I would be overjoyed. I CANNOT figure out measure 7. I'm embarassed to say that I've been looking/playing it off & on for the last two hours. The "off" times being when I'm frustrated beyond thinking clearly.

TJ55 · #13 02-12-2011, 06:29 PM

Never mind. I finally figured out what my issue was. Thought I was going to lose my mind there for a bit. Only on the golf course have I ever felt that useless. Thanks anyway.