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Has anyone taken paul wolfe's basslines 101?
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he's got a nice pro site and some reasonable strategy but i've seen some vids where he's teaching the odd tune with some wrong notes to my ear......
the course may be very good, may be worth the money...
he seems to be helping a lot of players, his youtubes are invaluable for any who can't learn lines by ear ....i don't wanna knock him ....sounds like a lot of cash though.
the course may be very good, may be worth the money...
he seems to be helping a lot of players, his youtubes are invaluable for any who can't learn lines by ear ....i don't wanna knock him ....sounds like a lot of cash though.
I'm taking it right now.
Only two weeks into it.
I like the way he breaks things down and his approach to practice seems very , er, practical.
Besides, I learned a bunch of songs from his free offerings, so I wanted to make sure I supported his efforts. This course seems to be directed at the advanced beginner that I am.
Committing to pay may help me make time to practice. Maybe a little silly, but weekly commitments is what gets things done. That's why staff meetings work.
Waiting for the kids to go to sleep so that I can start practicing.
YMMV. Hell, My MMV!
Only two weeks into it.
I like the way he breaks things down and his approach to practice seems very , er, practical.
Besides, I learned a bunch of songs from his free offerings, so I wanted to make sure I supported his efforts. This course seems to be directed at the advanced beginner that I am.
Committing to pay may help me make time to practice. Maybe a little silly, but weekly commitments is what gets things done. That's why staff meetings work.
Waiting for the kids to go to sleep so that I can start practicing.
YMMV. Hell, My MMV!
I was looking at Paul Wolfe, as well as Tom Boyd, both UK based. It does seem like a lot of money, and I really enjoy their free weekly emails with tips and songs.
However, I think I am going to give Roy Vogt's Teach Me How To Play Bass Guitar DVD series a go soon.
Personally, I am really enjoying the Bass Guitar for Dummies DVD Software, found at Guitar Center. I have the print book, but the interactive DVD seems very good so far for me. I have also purchased the Hal Leornard books 1-3 with CDs, and will be supplementing these soon with the Dummies DVD.
However, I think I am going to give Roy Vogt's Teach Me How To Play Bass Guitar DVD series a go soon.
Personally, I am really enjoying the Bass Guitar for Dummies DVD Software, found at Guitar Center. I have the print book, but the interactive DVD seems very good so far for me. I have also purchased the Hal Leornard books 1-3 with CDs, and will be supplementing these soon with the Dummies DVD.
I'm taking the course now. Am at week 24 out of 30. I'm a novice - been playing about 2 years. I've taken several attempts at learning walking bass and this has been by far the best. Part of the strength of the class is the way he starts very simple..and then builds on the lessons over time.. Seriously, we're in lesson 24 and there's a direct line back to the stuff we covered weeks ago. There is "homework" but it's very structured and tightly aligned with the lessons. All of the lessons are shown in notation, tab, and uniquely "scale tones" -for example - (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th)which I've found to be very helpful. Many of the course's examples focus on just a few tunes...but the lessons are applicable to many others charts. I play with a couple of other adult learners - guitar, keys, clarinet--and have used the lessons from any given Sunday at practices the following Thursday. Hope this helps!
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Interesting. I’ve only ever seen his working basslines courses available. What exact course are you taking? If I remember right it seems like I wanted to enroll in his beginner bass course at one point but could never pin down where to find it. I ended up buying working basslines volume 1 instead and worked through some of the song tutorials. I have mixed feelings regarding his teaching. Sounds like you’re having a good experience though. Glad to hear it!
Hi. The course I'm taking is his Walking Bass course. Here's a link: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Take a look and see what you think.
Merrill
What are your goals with the course? Is it jazz only focused or broader than that? I ask because my interests are all over the place as far as genres. I’ve heard though that if you can play jazz you can play anything.
I"m a novice - been playing about two years -- but also have a wide range of interests. I'm lucky because I found some other adult learners (keys, guitar, clarinet) who wanted to play jazz standards so learning how to "walk" was what led me to the Paul Wolfe course. Prior to the course, I would just hit the root and fifth or root and third on the beat (mostly) and that worked well enough for our little get togethers. Since starting the course, I've progressed to where I can "walk" through through chord changes still relying on a roots on the 1st beat but I've started mixing it up (and feeling more confident) moving off that and resolving to a 3rd from the 7th of the chord prior for example.
One side benefit of all this practice around walking is that my fretboard knowledge has improved as well as my sense of timing. (We don't have a drummer so I'm the chief timekeeper). These side benefits show up in my other playing no matter what the genre.
Also, FWIW, the first 10 lesson's of Paul's Walking Bass course include homework around both Autumn Leaves (a jazz standard) as well as a basic 12 bar blues. After the 10th lesson or so, the blues focused examples become less common however.
