Victor Wooten's Music Labs.

[Demonator]

Found Here:
http://victorwooten.com/labs.html

I'm not promoting just wondering if Im wasting my time here. Instead of using something better as a learning tool.
This is all relitively the same stuff I used in Music Theory in High School, but is there anything better?
All in all I have learned a little bit from this and this is my second day using it. Its very easy to get into and rather addicting. I just hate wasting my time. What do you think?

Thank you.

[tobie]

I guess the question is 'what are you trying to achieve?'. In other words why did you go to the labs in the first place? If the labs help you achieve your goal - even a little bit, keep on working through them. A little gained is better than nothing gained.

On the other hand if the labs do not help you achieve your objective, abort ship and look for something else.

[Demonator]

Im just looking for something to break down the fretboard in its most pure form.
I dont want to look at a bass and look over the fretboard and see a 5th fret on a E string i want see an A, know what I mean? I want to be able to know it note for note, but more over play a note and instantly know it by ear. I'm sorry if I dont make sense. Thank you for your help

[BluesWalker]

You can accomplish that on your own by playing songs in different position, practicing parts an octave higher and lower than you normally do for songs you know, etc.

[Demonator]

Really? I do that occasionally just to see what it sounds like.

[tobie]

Originally Posted by Demonator

I want to be able to know it note for note, but more over play a note and instantly know it by ear.

Wow - I don't think recognising notes will come easy or quickly (although I think that violin players get close to that - it might be worthwhile trying to find out how they do it).

What you might rather want to work on is to recognise intervals. In other words you compare a note you hear to the sound of the root note and know whether it's a 3rd / 5th etc. The same for the sound of chords within the key. I'm still new to the music world and I find that I start distinguishing major vs minor chords quite well. But IME these things take time. Lots of it...

[Demonator]

Thank you for the help. So what your saying is start at the first fret on a G string, a G# Then the third: A# then the fifth which is a C? Then check the sounds differences?

[tobie]

Studybass.com (http://www.studybass.com/lessons/intervals/) has a nice write-up of intervals, including their relevant finger patterns. See if you can get a song written in a key known to you and play around with the intervals relevant to that key. Then play the song and see if you can pick up the intervals during the chord progression. The added advantage is excellent ear training!

[Funkturnal]

Those are some really cool programs, and it's cool to be able to play "Victor's bass"! The ear training program is fun. There's a ton of that kind of free software online, but it's definitely cool to do it with a good sounding bass tone (not to mention the register). I wish the program also included identifying intervals going down.