I want to share with you my new bass cover. What do You think? I would appreciate if you leave a comment with your opinion here and on youtube. All advices and critics are welcome.
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Bass cover - I need your feedback!
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I thought it was great! Work trying to swing a little. You're hitting all the right notes, at the right time, but work on more of a swinging feel.
Keep at it!
Keep at it!
You're doing great. Like Goatrope said, you just need to add some swing feel to it.
I enjoyed your playing!
Time to join a band and work on becoming an enertainer
There were some good tips offered by others. I have nothing to add, of value.
When you get more comfortable, work on your 'bass face'
Time to join a band and work on becoming an enertainer
There were some good tips offered by others. I have nothing to add, of value.
When you get more comfortable, work on your 'bass face'
seconding all the "mix in some swing"...try to sit on the backbeat (they made a movie with that title once, don't remember what it was about tho)
Good job - I agree with the "feel" comments - try to let the notes "breathe" a bit more to achieve a smooth swing feel. I have worked on this sone before - it is not the easiest bass part to play ! Keep it up !!!
First off, nicely played, keep it up! Here are some critiques, though, since I'm sure you're not just fishing for compliments.
1. (And I am struggling with this issue as well.) The way you rest your right arm on the bass's body. You're traveling up and down the strings by angling your elbow higher or lower. Try working on keeping your forearm more parallel to the bass's body and traveling up and down the strings by using your shoulder instead.
2. You seem ultra focused on nailing the right note. Relax! Enjoy the groove. Like others are saying, feel it, don't just technically hit the right note at the right time as written on a chart.
You use your pinky very well. Keep it up! Something to consider, though. Seems like you're stretching quite a bit (and flicking us all off with your middle finger
). You might feel more comfortable with a short scale bass.
This is all little nit-picky things that may help you as you continue your musical journey; don't take it as an insult. I think you're playing great.
1. (And I am struggling with this issue as well.) The way you rest your right arm on the bass's body. You're traveling up and down the strings by angling your elbow higher or lower. Try working on keeping your forearm more parallel to the bass's body and traveling up and down the strings by using your shoulder instead.
2. You seem ultra focused on nailing the right note. Relax! Enjoy the groove. Like others are saying, feel it, don't just technically hit the right note at the right time as written on a chart.
You use your pinky very well. Keep it up! Something to consider, though. Seems like you're stretching quite a bit (and flicking us all off with your middle finger
). You might feel more comfortable with a short scale bass.This is all little nit-picky things that may help you as you continue your musical journey; don't take it as an insult. I think you're playing great.
Overall it is quite good.
I would let the notes ring longer (legato). It sounds a little choppy because you are cutting the notes a little short. If you play them longer, it will hep with the swing feel too.
I would let the notes ring longer (legato). It sounds a little choppy because you are cutting the notes a little short. If you play them longer, it will hep with the swing feel too.
This /\ - you are not honoring the note lengths. Go back and carefully listen to the original. Quarter notes are held for their full length, same for eight notes. Your performance Smallmouth-Bass describes this as choppy, and that is how it sounds to me as well. When he says "longer," he means hold the quarter note for a full beat; do not truncate it; start the next quarter note directly on the downbeat. Same for eight notes. There are places in your performance where you lock in. @0:27 - 0:34, you sound fluid, but go back to a choppy approach. Relax and connect your notes, or in musical terms, more legato.
Keep in mind that in other genres, staccato bass notes are what make it happen and are appropriate. Learning to listen and analyze what the song is and what it calls for in terms of how the bass articulates the notes is a huge part of learning to play the bass well.
Keep working; you are off to a good start, and your internal time clock is good. Take it to the next level and polish what you are playing with emphasis on articulation detail. Here is a trick to help you work on making the swing more - click your metronome on beats 2 & 4. Practice the line without the backing track. When you can do that, you will understand how to make it swing.
This was my comment also. A number of notes felt clipped too short. Think of connecting the phrases of the various parts of the line. I think this may also help to let a bit more swing feel into your playing as well.
But overall sounds really good and you could definitely play in a band. You will get better very quickly that way!
Remember this, if you ever play a bad note: it’s only music, no one died.
You're working on the right material for sure! Sounds good! Try to lock more with the drums and flow with the guitar to get the "swing" going note to note. I had much fun learning this part then learning how to sing it while I played along with the band. Keep at it, you're on the right track! Till there was you and PS I love you also much fun to play Beatles bass on. These are all easier on a shorter scale bass, but can be done smoothly on long scale with the effort you're putting in. 
Thank You for your advice.I thought it was great! Work trying to swing a little. You're hitting all the right notes, at the right time, but work on more of a swinging feel.
Keep at it!
nice work
keeping those notes legato, smooth and connected will help it swing.
yes,. Also, it's too staccato in some places, especially at the top of the phrase.
keeping those notes legato, smooth and connected will help it swing.
You need to control the force you pluck the strings with. Some of your notes are too loud, others too quiet.
Nevertheless, you've made a good progress since your first video. Keep up the good work.
Nevertheless, you've made a good progress since your first video. Keep up the good work.
Thank You for your adviceI enjoyed your playing!
Time to join a band and work on becoming an enertainer
There were some good tips offered by others. I have nothing to add, of value.
When you get more comfortable, work on your 'bass face'
I think you did a good job and any band should be happy having you play bass.
The only improvement I would recommend would be to smile more. Bass is fun.
The only improvement I would recommend would be to smile more. Bass is fun.
Well done. One take, sweet. Not a critique, it sounds good.
Technique is something you can work on or not, you do you. Right hand picking excercise, two fingers alternate, then swap which finger you start with. Left hand excercise, one finger per fret, but it's only an excercise. Don't do it if you start cramping. Like what was said earlier, using your pinky is a good strengthening excercise. As is changing down from 4th finger (pinky) to third, which you did so well. I would have used the slack method of using 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers. Less bird flippin action. lol
As a side, it seems like a good song, with fairly even bass notes, that you could try singing and playing your bass without the backing, and even use a metronome, to keep you in time.
Technique is something you can work on or not, you do you. Right hand picking excercise, two fingers alternate, then swap which finger you start with. Left hand excercise, one finger per fret, but it's only an excercise. Don't do it if you start cramping. Like what was said earlier, using your pinky is a good strengthening excercise. As is changing down from 4th finger (pinky) to third, which you did so well. I would have used the slack method of using 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers. Less bird flippin action. lol
As a side, it seems like a good song, with fairly even bass notes, that you could try singing and playing your bass without the backing, and even use a metronome, to keep you in time.
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