A bass routine...

[BlackBassPlayer]

Could anybody help me make a routine while im praticing my bass? Because I have no idea what to pratice really. I just mostly just try to play songs made by bands I like to listen to and I pratice some of the scales I know. Could anybody plz help?

 

[Jace The Bass]

There's a thread up top by Jazzbo called Practice Practice I suggest havin a read
But split your routine up into sections so you get to work on all areas which will help out
Ear-Training - Learnin songs off CD
Learn intervals/chords etc...
Here's a neat site for those intervals www.good-ear.com

Reading - Pitch reading
Rhythm reading

Techniques - LH tech. ( vibrato ,hammerons,pull off's etc..)
RH tech ( Slap ,pick ,fingerstyle etc...)

Theory - On paper as well as Instrument ie: Scales arpeggios etc

Improvise/Jamming - This is where you put everything you've learned into practice ie: Jamming with others / group or playing with a backing track like BIAB ( band in a box ) here's the website for that www.pgmusic.com

But the most Important thing is to Enjoy what you're doing if you can make your practicing enjoyable then you're on the way to some good musicanship

 

[BlackBassPlayer]

Ok thanks a lot for the help. But I have no idea how to learn songs by ear off of CDs and stuff...and what exactly is theory? And is there any way to learn all of the notes on the neck thats not like really hard? Because I just go to the string and go down it by the alphabet but when I do that it doesnt seem to stick. Ill pratice on the techniques. And I have no idea how to read music and stuff. How do you know which string to play when reading music? But what I just said probly doesnt make any sense....Well anyways thanks a lot.

 

[Jace The Bass]

Ahh now I see were you're at there are numerous sites on theory just do a search on it ( google it ) but seriously if you can get a couple of lessons with a teacher he/she would show you what to do and more importantly point you in the right direction this would be a wise investment then you can go from there

 

[BlackBassPlayer]

Ok thanks a lot for the suggestions and yea I started taking bass lessons for like a month I just wanted more stuff to pratice because I only have a lesson once a week. So I pretty much just want to learn a little faster. And about that good ear website, how come it doesnt have bass with the other instraments or is it not suppose to? Anybody else have any suggestions?

 

[Kurisu]

A "B" is a "B" whether played by a real piano, a synth, or a bass. So don't worry about that too much.

Tell your teacher what you've told us and he/she should come back the next week with some exercises and a plan for you. This will give you goals to work towards every week. If he/she doesn't do that, maybe it's time to find another teacher.

As for learning faster - you just have to spend time, and more importantly spend the time wisely. There aren't any shortcuts (don't I know it).

HTH.