Recent content by Jake D

Great! How about discuss why it is okay for a beginner to share his experiences with other beginners? Do you think that some beginners may want to know what another beginner is working on? I do! The thread jack occurred when somebody tried to make this about why beginners shouldn't...

I played guitar for 13 years before I picked up a bass. It is the most natural thing to me. Just practice your scales in all the different positions until you can move horizontally through them on any string. Then you'll see the scales pop out when you look at the fretboard. Like that guy...

Yep.

I don't think the OP's response was "over the top" to JimmyM's post. Jimmy, you suggested he "resents being taught", which seemed to come totally out of left field. OP's observation that some teachers find it difficult to relate to a novice seems totally valid. I deal with that in my...

I think I understand the question. When I play bass, it is mostly walking bass lines in blues songs, and I change to the four and five. I have played on "country" sounding songs and bounced between the root and the 5th, following the chord changes with the progression. When jamming, I usually...

Money, by Pink Floyd.

I really like this forum and I'm trying to learn as much as I can. I've been playing guitar for over a decade but just started on bass. It seems odd that this is the first I've read about counterpoint. It seems like a lot of the other jargon goes right over my head, but I suppose that there...

What is the general theory, in a nut shell, if you don't mind?

Bob, have you tried using the extensions that Pete started throwing in at measure 13 of his PDF? They make it a lot easier to hear. It really smooths it out.

I've been spending some time with that Nawlins groove. If you ever heard "Don't Stop by the Creek Son" by SRV and Johnny Copeland, it really has that feel. So there I am playing the "Hello Josephine" that Pete tabbed out and all I can think is, "Don't stop by the creek son. . ."

Pete: Thanks for your response. I have the same goal as the OP. I wasn't try to show anybody up. I wanted to know why what I was doing was wrong. Now, when I first looked at your PDF, I thought, "this is rubbish". But now that I hear that Little Richard version of Rip It Up, I totally...

Bob: congrats! It looks like you were able to identify the key that Josephine is in all on your own. So you're ear must not be that bad. Edit: Maybe I'm on crazy pills. Or it could be that I'm really a guitar player, who thinks as a result he can play bass. But I loaded up that Josephine...

Put a tort on it! And fast!