How long will it take to be able to play like this?

[mambo4]

you could not worry about "getting good enough" and just learn to play that piece.
If you practice just that piece for an hour a day you would probably have it down surprisingly fast.

 

[Feral Feline]

There is nothing wrong with learning to play any piece of music on bass as part of a solo repertoire. It can only improve your musicianship, IMO. However, would you want to play like that in an ensemble? Perhaps, perhaps not. There's no right or wrong in self expression.

I'll answer the OP's question if the OP can answer this one: How long is a piece of string?

Easy peasey: "About yay long."

I don't know the answer, but if someone else does I would also like to ask them how many licks it would take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.

Another straightforward question. Zen zee Answur isz zees: "As many as it takes."

It would take some people a long time, some people not so long.

Learn a few measures, see how long it takes, then multiply by the total number of measures.

This is more tragically flawed than a Greek play. Some measures will be easier to learn than others. If you measure a few "easy" measures, then it will take a lot longer than anticipated. Measure the time it takes to master a few of the toughest measures and you might just quit, cry or both.

How long is a Chinese person?

How long, or do you mean how tall? You need to be more specific... Cantonese or Shanghainese? North-East, near Harbin or Nor-West near Kashgar? Malay Chinese, Singaporean? Han or Hakka? You need to be more specific. Mongols or Miao? Yao or Yi? Yugur? Qiang or Chaoxian? Uzbek or Uygur? Maccanese or Min? Taiwanese or Tibetan? Just the tip of the iceberg...


OP... too many variables. It will take as long as it must take until you are satisfied with the results.

 

[Marcury]

Everybody is different. It will take you as long as it takes. If you really want to play like that get started and when you're there you'll know. And it will probably help to get a teacher to put you on track.

 

[faulknersj]

Did you factor in quantum disturbances? Mine's coming in at 11.84.

Drats!! I forgot to factor in the quantum disturbances!

 

[raventepes]

I just spent some time listening to his recordings...about an hour's worth, and reading his interviews. I even subscribed to his Youtube channel, contrary to what my signature says, he's talented. Would I ever want to play a bass with piccolo strings? Not a chance. Do I respect him for what he can do with his bass? Absolutely!

It took him years to get to where he is now. He apparently started on cello for 10 years before moving to bass. He cites Michael Manring as his greatest influence, and has nearly a different alternate tuning for about everything.

What to take from all that? PRACTICE! It's all about practice. It's about learning scales, chord progressions, tapping, slapping, and some flamenco wouldn't hurt either. Learn how to utilize alternate tunings.

 

[BlueTalon]

i think that categorising and labelling or adding genres just distracts us from seeing the real music... i still believe a couple maybe 3 days should be enough in this day and age of youbook and facetube.

Good luck with that.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

I don't know the answer, but if someone else does I would also like to ask them how many licks it would take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.

It took me 137 licks if I kept licking at the same spot, and just under 1400 licks to get all of the hard candy off.

I was a strange child.

 

[callofcthulhu]

I consider myself an average person. I tried to a learn a tappy version of Pachelbel's Canon once but gave up after a few days.

So infinity.

 

[lfmn16]

This is more tragically flawed than a Greek play. Some measures will be easier to learn than others. If you measure a few "easy" measures, then it will take a lot longer than anticipated. Measure the time it takes to master a few of the toughest measures and you might just quit, cry or both.

True. If someone is a complete dunce and too stupid to take this into consideration, it won't work. In the best case it would yield an extremely rough estimate at best. But the answer is no dumber than the question.

 

[Mike M.]

That was very, very good. I watched a few of his other video's....that young man has some serious skills!

If I wanted to learn something like that it would take me forever!

 

[Marcury]

I don't know the answer, but if someone else does I would also like to ask them how many licks it would take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.

 

[aiza55]

if someone has a membership can they please let me use im trying to start playing guitar but its kind of hard.

 

[FretNoMore]

if someone has a membership can they please let me use im trying to start playing guitar but its kind of hard.

A membership for what?