Yes,
www.studybass.com will help a lot.
- Ask specific questions here.
- Get your major scale box pattern into muscle memory.
- Play from standard notation, fake chord or lead sheet music. Tabs are a dead end. OK to peek at a specific riff, but don't play from tab.
- Roots are OK right at first.
- Main thing is to get to know where the notes are on your fretboard. I use the box and then move the box where I need it. Here is a site that will help with the box.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...67#post9372867
Gotta have a fretboard chart.
http://www.guitarhangout.com/wp-cont...itar-notes.jpg
Helps to have the big picture in mind. Check out this fake chord backing track (playing to backing tracks is a great training tool) .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4x0u...eature=related Couple of months from now be able to play roots to the chord changes on this backing track. Couple of months from then - be able to insert some of the other chord tones into your bass line. Am7 would be R-b3-5-b7. After roots shoot for R-5-R-5. More on that later.
Get your fingers moving where they should - scale runs and the box patterns right now will help with that.
http://www.cyberfretbass.com/scales/basic/page2.php
The red circle is the root note and the numbers are what fingers to use index = 1, middle = 2, ring = 3 and little finger = 4. Place the red circle (root) on the first note of the scale you want - then follow the pattern. Notice the pattern takes place over four frets and you have four fingers, yep, use the correct finger.
Ask specific questions someone will always help.
Good luck and have fun.
