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Any exercise books in particular that you recommend?

Total opposite of how I learned piano :laugh: I think maybe I'd want to combine learning songs with "formal, rigorous" training? I guess what I'm saying is I want to make sure I'm developing good habits/technique along the way.

Now that's something I can get behind! I don't think I've ever had someone tell me to work transcription into my practice routine for other instruments, but it makes total sense for bass. Thank you.

As others have mentioned in this thread, there is more than one way to play the same note. The concept of "position" doesn't exist on keyboard instruments in the same way that it does for string instruments. When it comes to fretboards (and I can only really speak to mandolin at this point), I...

I didn't know about the octave transposition! That is very helpful. I'm also a big fan of Bach; I'll have to skim through some of my piano books to find good bass lines to work on. Do you have any particular favorite Bach pieces to play on bass?

All really solid advice—thank you, Angry Narwhal! Some of this echoes my experience with learning mandolin (scales and arpeggios, posture, slight changes in plucking and fretting). I'll definitely keep this in mind.

Thanks, any particular titles that you recommend? I found this book list on Musicians Institute's website, and their self-published "Bass Technique" series might be a good place to start: https://www.mi.edu/wp-content/admissions/textbooks/textbooks-bass.pdf

Hey TBers! First time posting here. It's been a longtime goal of mine to learn to play bass, and I wanted to get some input on how to approach this as someone with a fair amount of musical experience. For reference, I've been playing piano for over 20 years (mostly classical, some jazz), so I...