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i’m still a beginner, despite being a total gear head, and i just wanted to ask for some tips on memorizing notes! it’s a bit time consuming hitting the open e or a or d or g string and being like “ok that’s a g... one two three...” etc and counting the half steps between b and c and e and f, just to arrive at a fret you’ll forget about once you move away for a second or two. beginners problems i guess. my picking technique and left hand technique are pretty okay, one finger per fret (sometimes i cheat and either use my middle finger or pinkie when i should use my ring finger), but i want to start getting into theory to better my playing. what’s the point of playing good if you play the wrong stuff??
Teach yourself to read music at the same time. The fretboard will make more sense and so will the music as you both see and hear the notes and chords you are playing.
i’m still a beginner, despite being a total gear head, and i just wanted to ask for some tips on memorizing notes! it’s a bit time consuming hitting the open e or a or d or g string and being like “ok that’s a g... one two three...” etc and counting the half steps between b and c and e and f, just to arrive at a fret you’ll forget about once you move away for a second or two. beginners problems i guess
Get to Know your octaves, I never memorized the entire FB,but I know where all the Es, As and Ds are. I've heard that saying the notes as you play scales helps. I learned by Playing/learning song over & over while changing Lt hand positions(1st,2nd,& 3rd) or starting over & playing at the octave of the previous run through. I did this at rehearsals "Live" almost like a real lazy improvisation, you get a good feel of where certain notes sound good and where they don't. Your band mates you let you know too (mine did,"Dont play it there!") found out why they called it the Money area/zone! GL
I agree with everyone that octaves are your friends. So are fifths. Given standard tuning. The bass fretboard is a very logical system with no exceptions like guitar with those pesky top two strings.
Run through the cycle of fourths (C, F, B flat, E flat, etc) on each string (frets 1-11). State note names out loud when you play them.
Teaches note locations and you learn the cycle.
Once you learn on frets 0 (open)-11, they are simply replicated on 12-24.
Once you learn notes on each string, then play a major scale from each note via the cycle (C Maj, F Maj, B flat Maj, etc.) and state each note of the scale out loud when you play it.
I’m still working through this. Harder for me than I hoped it would be. Old dog, new trick...
Teaches note locations and you learn the cycle.
Once you learn on frets 0 (open)-11, they are simply replicated on 12-24.
Once you learn notes on each string, then play a major scale from each note via the cycle (C Maj, F Maj, B flat Maj, etc.) and state each note of the scale out loud when you play it.
I’m still working through this. Harder for me than I hoped it would be. Old dog, new trick...
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(i took piano lessons as a kid.) i'm not good enough to be a piano/keyboard cat, but once you can play (understand) some keyboard = any instrument makes sense!
also: taking some lessons, with "fingerboard learning" as the initial goal = fastest boat to china!
good luck with your knowledge/skills/patience, OP!
also: taking some lessons, with "fingerboard learning" as the initial goal = fastest boat to china!
good luck with your knowledge/skills/patience, OP!
Read music, learn scales and how a scale is build, learn arpeggios.
then explore and expend on this knowledge
it takes time ...
then explore and expend on this knowledge
it takes time ...
This may sound corny but it helps. Walk up and down the neck playing each note one at a time while saying the name of the note out loud as you play it.
Mark at TalkingBass recommends starting by learning the first few naturals that lie on the first few dots. So, on the E string, start with G-A-B. On the A string, do C-D-E, etc. Then you can expand to the nearby naturals, and once you have the naturals down it is easier to pick out the rest.
I've also seen people recommend picking one natural note and learning it at every spot on every string. That seems like a harder way to get started but I will probably try adding that into the mix.
"Once you have the naturals down it is easier to pick out the rest" seems to be common advice and I have definitely found that it helps me.
Whatever method you pick, there is no way to avoid repetition and drills, sigh!
I've also seen people recommend picking one natural note and learning it at every spot on every string. That seems like a harder way to get started but I will probably try adding that into the mix.
"Once you have the naturals down it is easier to pick out the rest" seems to be common advice and I have definitely found that it helps me.
Whatever method you pick, there is no way to avoid repetition and drills, sigh!
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Start simple. You already know the open strings, so that's a good start. Now learn this:
G, A, B on the E string.
C, D, E on the A string.
These are only 6 notes, they're in the prime location on your bass neck, and they're on the dots on the neck so they're easy to find. From this you can play in almost any key. Flats and sharps don't have to be memorized yet, as they're in between the ones you already know. If you need an F, then just remember its one fret up from an E, and you already know where two of the E's are. This will get you going and then you can build on it from there. Don't start out on day 1 as a beginner trying to memorize everything, its too much. Start small, get started playing, and it will come over time.
