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Double Bass Were to start learning to play by your self
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Tell us a bit more about yourself - any musical experience, what style you want to play, etc...
Do you even have a bass yet?
Do you even have a bass yet?
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How about this:
1) get a beginner bass book. One was suggested already... I think this is ok too: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...sSRAdmin=#R3HVUBFNPD4O85.2115.Helpful.Reviews
2) get a bass book for a band you like
3) you now know the bass
1) get a beginner bass book. One was suggested already... I think this is ok too: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...sSRAdmin=#R3HVUBFNPD4O85.2115.Helpful.Reviews
2) get a bass book for a band you like
3) you now know the bass
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Both books reccommended to you were electric bass guitar method. You posted this in the doublebass forum. Either you're lost or everyone replying to you is.
If you want good advice, be specific, fill out your profile, tell us who you are and exactly what you're trying to do.
Otherwise, take what you get in terms of advice.
If you want good advice, be specific, fill out your profile, tell us who you are and exactly what you're trying to do.
Otherwise, take what you get in terms of advice.
I started with just a bass, no amp... those were rough times. I'd lay down and touch the body of the bass on the wall and my ear on the wall so that I could hear it better. That's my first tip, lol.
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Hi.
And on the side of light, they claim that there's just old humorless grumpy coots over there in the dark side, they obviously have no clue
.
This is just a guess, but I'd say OP is actually talking about DB. It's easier (can't see how though) to accidentally post on the "unintentional" side of the forum, but it takes some doing starting a thread there. IMHO anyway.
If that's the case, it becomes a lot more trickier than if it was a slab he/she is wanting to learn how to play.
What I did when I started (rather recently) was to tape the edge of the FB, and to mark the "fret" positions (still there), since I had about 2 decades of slab experience to rely on.
Then I just played along some tunes that were easy enough (all right, 1/3/5 progression
). It is very, very beneficial to learn the right "grip" and playing position in order to avoid injuries.
Watching some other players than rockabilly cats is most likely a good thing here.
Then You just tune, play, tune, play some more, tune, play, and eventually You'll get onto a level that you can get the first gig.
If the demand for DB players is the same over there as it is over here, you'll have no difficulty in finding gigs if you can play at least something. After the first gig, it'll be hard to put the DB away.
I would urge You to take at least a few basic lessons though, if money is the only thing that's holding you back. On most places there just ain't any teachers to begin with.
Regards
Sam
And on the side of light, they claim that there's just old humorless grumpy coots over there in the dark side, they obviously have no clue
.This is just a guess, but I'd say OP is actually talking about DB. It's easier (can't see how though) to accidentally post on the "unintentional" side of the forum, but it takes some doing starting a thread there. IMHO anyway.
If that's the case, it becomes a lot more trickier than if it was a slab he/she is wanting to learn how to play.
What I did when I started (rather recently) was to tape the edge of the FB, and to mark the "fret" positions (still there), since I had about 2 decades of slab experience to rely on.
Then I just played along some tunes that were easy enough (all right, 1/3/5 progression
). It is very, very beneficial to learn the right "grip" and playing position in order to avoid injuries. Watching some other players than rockabilly cats is most likely a good thing here
.Then You just tune, play, tune, play some more, tune, play, and eventually You'll get onto a level that you can get the first gig.
If the demand for DB players is the same over there as it is over here, you'll have no difficulty in finding gigs if you can play at least something. After the first gig, it'll be hard to put the DB away.
I would urge You to take at least a few basic lessons though, if money is the only thing that's holding you back. On most places there just ain't any teachers to begin with.
Regards
Sam
