How Long does it take?!!!

rickr · #1 03-06-2005, 08:30 AM

Hello Guys,
I have been an electric bassist for many years now. I have come to a point in my life where I would really like to put some time into studying DB. I am fortunate to have an incredible teacher here where I live. He has been giving me theory lessons and I have not even approached him yet about learnin DB. As of now I have not even touched a DB.
I was wondering, generally speaking, how long it would take for me to be fairly compitent on DB with say 1 lesson per week and 8-10 hours of practice per week?
I realize this is a subjective question, I am just trying to get an Idea of what I might be undertaking.
Thanks
Ricky

anonymous0726 · #2 03-06-2005, 09:12 AM

If you're gigging and making sessions with it as well, I would say that you could be feeling pretty comfortable with it in about a year. Physically anyhow. To fully blossom? Dunno -- been at it for about 25 years now myself -- I'll let you know how it goes when I get there.

lowphatbass · #3 03-06-2005, 06:20 PM

[quote=rickr As of now I have not even touched a DB.
I am just trying to get an Idea of what I might be undertaking.
Thanks
Ricky[/QUOTE]
I think, with your teacher's help, you need to put your hands on a DB. It should give you a sense about the first leg of YOUR journey(which mostly presented physical challenges for me). A timetable for comfort? I agree with Ray, around a year with hard work, but this may depend on what style of music you are playing..

EFischer1 · #4 03-06-2005, 09:34 PM

Pablo Casals still practiced two hours per day when he was 80 years old.

I would say a lifetime is a fairly good timetable.

You can't rush art, right?