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Need advices

hello ! I'm 19 years old and I started playing bass the 12/31/2020 so almost 4 month...
I don't feel like playing better, or doing good music...

I need advices on what to do.. or what exercises sould I be doing.. things like that :(

sorry for my english, I'm french and it is not that good :,)

( I can give more info if someone want )
 
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Taking lessons is best ... but there are other things you can do also.

Find some simple songs that you like, find sheet music or chord charts for them, and play along with the recordings. This activity will help to familiarize you with the fretboard and learn rhythms.

When I was 15 years old, I played along with records by Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Even though that was simple music, I learned a lot from it.
 
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Technique: work on your plucking and fretting
Look up, learn and practice scales and arpeggios - up and down
Rhythm - play simple patterns along with a beat or metronome
Pick a few simple songs to learn (by tab or by ear if you can) and play along with


that sort of thing?
 
The problem is that I don't have the money and the time to have a teacher teaching me Bass.. that's why I started alone, when a bought my Bass it came with bass lessons..
The two most common excuses. If you have time to practice, you have time for lessons. If you don't have a couple of hours a month for lessons, how is it you have time to practice??? With so many musicians out of work because of COVID, you can find Skype lessons from lots of qualified teachers. As to the money - figure it out. Even a lesson every two or three weeks is better than none. We find a way to get the things we want; I've seen it over and over. Skip Starbucks, bring your lunch instead of buying it, GASP - get a part time job.
 
If money is an insurmountable issue, there are many resources on line . . . YouTube videos are free. Scott's Bass Lessons and Ebassguitar come immediately to mind. I suspect that if there's a language barrier, that some French versions of these people exist.

There's no substitute for practice time, though, and I think that there must be a balance between theory, technique, and fun. You might want to learn easy songs which interest you until you've mastered their nuance or you're sick of playing them.

Good luck!
 
hello ! I'm 19 years old and I started playing bass the 12/31/2020 so almost 4 month...
I don't feel like playing better, or doing good music...

Do you mean you don't want to play music, or do you mean you don't feel like you're getting better?

If it's the first (you don't want to play music), then quit - music isn't for you if you don't like to do it.

If it's the second (you don't feel like you're making progress), then....yeah, some pointers on things would be helpful, but you should also know that music isn't necessarily easy. I've been playing music of one sort or another for 55 years, and I'm good, but I'm not a virtuoso - there is no guarantee that you'll become a stellar player in an arbitrary amount of time. Persistence and patience, no matter how you practice, is a big part of the equation.

If you don't have money for lessons, turn on the radio, or some source of tunes you can play along with, and play - I taught myself to play (I was young and poor) that way, and I've played with plenty of other people - it's a very good way to develop your ear and technique. There are people who will tell you that you need to learn theory to get anywhere. Theory can be helpful, but if what you have to contribute towards learning is just time, go ahead without theory - you can pick it up later, and in the meantime, you'll develop your ear. If you want to play with others, at some point you'll find yourself in an audition of some sort, and being able to pick out what's going on and play along is a VERY valuable skill in that setting - so work on that.

You will hit plateaus - times when it seem like you're not making progress. You need to keep at it, especially at those times, if you want to progress.

The good news is, if you want to play music, and you keep at it, you just might end up doing it for a lifetime - I still enjoy it every time I take the stage with some of my musical friends - it's always an adventure of some kind.

Good luck
 
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Goals.
If playing with friends is your goal, find some friends to play with.

When you do, the next goal is to make a list of 8-10 songs to learn to play when you get together.

The next goal after that, is to learn to play the songs.

Keep getting together and keep adding to that list of songs.

Congratulations, you’re a bass player. GOAL!
 
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Yes. Get a teacher.

Everyone who tries to teach themself, is learning from an amateur. Learn from an expert, not an amateur.
I respectfully disagree. I’m 100% self taught and am quite comfortable in nearly any setting.

OP. My advice is try and start playing along with some songs. Start simple. Or go full steam and start playing along with some Gojira lol.
 
Four months is really not that long in the world of music.

As others have said, play along with people or recordings.

Play your instrument more than you do just about anything else...work excluded.

Give it a year.