Recent content by bassmam53

I started taking lessons at 53, am now 55 and still going strong. Teacher says I'm an excellent student. Proof you can teach an old dog new tricks. Loving it! Go for it....buy an inexpensive bass to start out with and see what you think. I was able to trade my first one in toward a new MIA...

I have one. It's not bad for what it is. I use it to practice when we go camping and I don't want to carry a big amp. It projects surprisingly well for the size, but the sound quality isn't as great obviously as a bigger unit. My Ipod will play through it, so that is another plus for...

Anybody have the tabs for "Toes" by The Zac Brown Band?

Under The Boardwalk. Simple repetitive triads in it that will help you begin to learn to work with triads.

I started off with the Squire package and it suited me fine in the beginning. If you live in an area that has a small hometown music store rather than a big box type store, you may be able to find out from them when you buy it if they are willing to take it back as trade in on a better bass in a...

These are all great ideas. I appreciate all the great input. Although, at 54....I may be in my 80's until I learn all this! hahaha But hey, if I do learn it I'll be 80 and know it, otherwise I'd be 80 and not know it....right? To doggo...I do think there may be advantages to being older...

That's a great idea that I hadn't thought of. And come to think of it, I jam with a few guitarist on Monday nights and am already doing that somewhat, but mainly by ear. I will concentrate from now own more on knowing what those notes are rather than just finding them by ear. Good point! Thanks...

To OmegaBass16 If you have only been playing 4 months, I think it may be a little early for you to try to start the traid study yet. I was playing for almost a year (and had my scales down good) before my teacher introduced it. Basically though, what he had me do was figure the various triads...

To the post by Mambo4, I have learned the notes on the "dotted" frets as you suggested and that does help a lot. But the problem comes in when the teacher will randomly call out a note for me to go to on a particular string that is when I get lost. I can get it, but it takes a bit. I can't...

Good suggestion....thanks.

I do have Excel. That would be great! Thanks

I've been taking lessons and playing for a little over a year now and my teacher tells me my weakness is knowing note names and locations on all strings. I have flash cards that I use that gives me the fret and string to go to, and the answer is on the back. I've gotten pretty good with these...

Female from Rock Hill, SC Only been playing a little over a year, so not ready for gigs, but found it interesting to see who is from NC/SC area. I saw one other post from Rock Hill.

I found a neat little chair at Wallmart. It's small, will fold up flat to carry, and has a small round seat, really small back that doesn't get in the way of my arms. It sits the right height...not as high as a bar stool so that you don't have to worry about balancing. You can find them in the...

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