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I know I said it before, but study kills GAS!

#201
I finally met with my teacher after he was touring overseas. He was complimentary of my efforts, and he has some suggestions and exercises for me. I wish I could say I have had a huge breakthrough, but I have not. What have achieved is steady progress and I am in for the long run. I will work to improve my skill level until I can no longer do so.
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
I finally met with my teacher after he was touring overseas. He was complimentary of my efforts, and he has some suggestions and exercises for me. I wish I could say I have had a huge breakthrough, but I have not. What have achieved is steady progress and I am in for the long run. I will work to improve my skill level until I can no longer do so.
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Thanks for update and for starting this thread. It’s a good reminder to hit the fretboard when GAS strikes.

It’s great you’re making progress. I have also been working with a metronome to improve my inner time-keeping ability. Having just the 2nd and 4th beat sound, or just the 2nd (or having it sound every other measure) keeps me honest.

Good luck and keep at it
 
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HD007 said:
Thanks for update and for starting this thread. It’s a good reminder to hit the fretboard when GAS strikes.

It’s great you’re making progress. I have also been working with a metronome to improve my inner time-keeping ability. Having just the 2nd and 4th beat sound, or just the 2nd (or having it sound every other measure) keeps me honest.

Good luck and keep at it
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Thank you and good luck to you too.
 
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Copperhead said:
You seem most at home on the Pedulla. Love a good fretless sound.
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It is interesting that so many people tell me that I sound at home on fretless. I have certainly made fretless my emphasis for the last year. It is still easier to read and play fretted, and of course, on fretted I do not need to think about intonation. I will say that I think I have a sound on fretless that is darker than most. It is sort of Old School with a twist.
 
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I've never developed my fretless skills.
I couldn't help but notice your good intonation as you played not watching your left hand.
It inspired me to take out my fretless and analyze what I needed to do to progress.
I watched a video on position playing by Nicki Parrott recently (upright)and realized the 1-2,3-4 works more naturally for me because I play 1-2-3,4 on fretted because of my short fat fingers and limited span.
Anyway, position will be key with half tones being a big issue I can be very haphazard about.
I think in this case a bigger fatter neck would be a plus for me, though I like jazz type in a fretted instrument
 
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Copperhead said:
I've never developed my fretless skills.
I couldn't help but notice your good intonation as you played not watching your left hand.
It inspired me to take out my fretless and analyze what I needed to do to progress.
I watched a video on position playing by Nicki Parrott recently (upright)and realized the 1-2,3-4 works more naturally for me because I play 1-2-3,4 on fretted because of my short fat fingers and limited span.
Anyway, position will be key with half tones being a big issue I can be very haphazard about.
I think in this case a bigger fatter neck would be a plus for me, though I like jazz type in a fretted instrument
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If you like fives, get a Jazz with a wide and flat profile.A wide fingerboard is very comfortable if the neck is thin front to back. 1,2,3,4 is basically finger per fret, and
that is ideal for fretless.
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
If you like fives, get a Jazz with a wide and flat profile.A wide fingerboard is very comfortable if the neck is thin front to back. 1,2,3,4 is basically finger per fret, and
that is ideal for fretless.
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That is probably the solution. I have always shied away from idea of a fretless 5 string for no rational reason .
Since I shift to one finger per fret for half tones anyway on fretted, again, just not well thought out on my part. Thanks for the tips.

My recent experience with 6 string blew a lot of my conventional " wisdom" out of the water, so 5 string fretless GAS with a purpose. . Might I dare a 6 ?o_O
 
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Copperhead said:
That is probably the solution. I have always shied away from idea of a fretless 5 string for no rational reason .
Since I shift to one finger per fret for half tones anyway on fretted, again, just not well thought out on my part. Thanks for the tips.

My recent experience with 6 string blew a lot of my conventional " wisdom" out of the water, so 5 string fretless GAS with a purpose. . Might I dare a 6 ?
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Why not!:bassist:
 
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Dr. Cheese said:
That’s so true, but the flame died down a bit. Talking about what I want slows me down because inevitably I think about do I need it (no,) and what else could I do with that money?
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When I saw that thread this morning I was thinking: "Aw, that's just Anthony doing what he does on Talkbass."

Enjoy your new Fender! Maybe not today, or this week, but...
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Cheese, I've been playing probably even longer than you and have finally buckled down and am learning to read. I read when I was a kid on trumpet and baritone horn but not very good. I'm using a metronome and using Sight Reading For The Bass by Ron Velosky which many people here recommend. I feel your pain:laugh:. I breezed through the book pretty much until I got to page 53 which really blew my mind for about two weeks, the timing is tricky (for my reading) and I finally got through it this morning except for a couple of minor mistakes. I find it easier to read at a moderate tempo rather than S L O W but I'm following the tempo markings. I'm learning a whole lot about counting notes and tempos and hand position and I'm feeling good about myself and feel like I'm making progress instead of being lazy which was a problem for me for a LOT of years. Keep up the good work, incidentally it is easier for me too reading with a fretted bass but I use both. So both of us old timers need to egg each other* on.

*old people lingo.

PS. It hasn't stopped my gas though.:roflmao:
 
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Wanting and enjoying new gear vs. becoming a better player are two different topics. They can be totally exclusive of one another. However, new gear can be inspiring and that can lead to more practice which can lead to becoming a better player. Thus, by the transitive property, new gear can lead to becoming a better player.
 
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