I took your advice and bought Irehearse app. it is really awsome songs that ive always wanted learn to play by ear like for instance Rush's "ANALOG KID" I always wanted to learn that song by ear! i had no idea that there were that many notes being played in that opening riff! it is an awsome app it slows down the song but doen't change pitch of note! and you can put it on a continuous loop until you get it! its a great app i recomend it! so i run through that riff a couple of times to work on my speed and acuracy!
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Coping with mediocrity...
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I took your advice and bought Irehearse app. it is really awsome songs that ive always wanted learn to play by ear like for instance Rush's "ANALOG KID" I always wanted to learn that song by ear! i had no idea that there were that many notes being played in that opening riff! it is an awsome app it slows down the song but doen't change pitch of note! and you can put it on a continuous loop until you get it! its a great app i recomend it! so i run through that riff a couple of times to work on my speed and acuracy!
Growing as a player is a marathon, not a sprint. I wish I could be as good as Geddy Lee and others, but realistically, I know that I don't put in enough time to achieve that level of playing.
When I picked up the instrument two years ago, my goal was to learn to play, but I realized that the learning never stops. I think that is what I like best about playing. There is always that song that I just can't quite figure out. But I work at it and then it gets easy.
If I play till I die (and I plan to), I know I won't ever master the instrument. That's fine with me. I'm lucky that I can play, enjoy myself, and not feel pressured to be perfect.
We never have to accept mediocrity, but it's important to learn that it's not a bad thing. Be proud of what you can do, and keep striving to get better.
When I picked up the instrument two years ago, my goal was to learn to play, but I realized that the learning never stops. I think that is what I like best about playing. There is always that song that I just can't quite figure out. But I work at it and then it gets easy.
If I play till I die (and I plan to), I know I won't ever master the instrument. That's fine with me. I'm lucky that I can play, enjoy myself, and not feel pressured to be perfect.
We never have to accept mediocrity, but it's important to learn that it's not a bad thing. Be proud of what you can do, and keep striving to get better.
If someone thinks they have it all, there are always new challenges. For example, try to make a fretted bass sound like fretless playing.
Hello again,
I have a question regarding my right hand technique. Because my middle finger is longer than my index, I bend my wrist to the side so that my hand is pretty much perpendicular to the strings on a 90 degree angle, which gives me a little more reach on my index finger. I know bending the wrist is not good, but this isn't up and down, it's just bent to the side.
Should I keep it straight? I'd prefer not to due to the fact that my middle finger would be even closer to the strings and the index would be farther. But keeping my wrist in good shape is more important.
Thanks,
Matt
I have a question regarding my right hand technique. Because my middle finger is longer than my index, I bend my wrist to the side so that my hand is pretty much perpendicular to the strings on a 90 degree angle, which gives me a little more reach on my index finger. I know bending the wrist is not good, but this isn't up and down, it's just bent to the side.
Should I keep it straight? I'd prefer not to due to the fact that my middle finger would be even closer to the strings and the index would be farther. But keeping my wrist in good shape is more important.
Thanks,
Matt
buy number of the beast by maiden and put away your metronome....don't stop playing it until you can do it all the way through.
+1, great album to tone up your hands and cross string playing and all based on sound musical ideas.
Ha! That's quite a picture. Two musicians I don't think I would have ever imagined crossing paths.
I've been playing for less than 2 years and I get the same thing. Your chops will always improve with practice, but a lot of the groove and feel of timing you learn from bass will never leave you. That's why it's so hard to perfect, because timing is everything. If it's your fingers that are limiting your musical idea, then I'd say keep charging and work until it happens. Comparing yourself to Jamerson or Geddy Lee or basically any famous bass player will do nothing because we are individuals. Now if you just have trouble playing their songs, that's different.
On the middle finger thing, I don't really know if there is a solution. Cramping the hand to accommodate is never comfortable for me. To compare to a famous bass player (hypocrite) the way Billy Sheehan plays helps. He lines his first three fingers together and just becomes aware of how that feels and how they line up. It's different for everyone.
