And the information is still accurate and useful for learning how to play bass, so it doesn't matter...
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what are the real advantages with learning arpeggios?
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Most helpful information, Mark. Thank you very much!
I will use your ideas to enrich my practice time.
I will use your ideas to enrich my practice time.
Just to add to this discussion; as a relative beginner, I have been working my way through the Hal Leonard Bass Method book, because I want to learn to read notation, and pick up some of the basics; this seems to be going quite well 
I have also been working through some things I have picked up from various bass web sites. One of these is some exercises called 'daily triads', where I work my way through the circle of fifths/fourths playing 3 note triads in Major, Minor, Augmented & Diminished. These are in open position and in other positions as well. Are these what you mean by arpeggios? Also, when I practice the major scale and modes, I will follow it up by playing the 'chords' for those scales/modes; 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & octave etc. Would these then be slightly more complicated arpeggios?
One other thing (last one, honest), are chords and arpeggios the same thing on a bass? I understand that on guitar they are different, but on bass, what I understand as a chord is playing the notes one at a time, rather than holding 2 or more strings down and playing them together. I have seen bass players do this, but mostly they seem to play chords one note at a time
I have also been working through some things I have picked up from various bass web sites. One of these is some exercises called 'daily triads', where I work my way through the circle of fifths/fourths playing 3 note triads in Major, Minor, Augmented & Diminished. These are in open position and in other positions as well. Are these what you mean by arpeggios? Also, when I practice the major scale and modes, I will follow it up by playing the 'chords' for those scales/modes; 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & octave etc. Would these then be slightly more complicated arpeggios?
One other thing (last one, honest), are chords and arpeggios the same thing on a bass? I understand that on guitar they are different, but on bass, what I understand as a chord is playing the notes one at a time, rather than holding 2 or more strings down and playing them together. I have seen bass players do this, but mostly they seem to play chords one note at a time
I've always referred to bass "chords" as "chord tones". Since the bass is tuned to such a low frequency, if you play the chord notes (or tones) simultaneously (as you would on a 6-string conventional guitar) they tend to sound "muddy" on the bass.
Interesting idea about the "daily triads"! Sounds like an effective exercise.
Interesting idea about the "daily triads"! Sounds like an effective exercise.
Thanks for that
If you, or anyone else, is interested in the 'Daily Triads' exercises, here is the link to it:
http://www.activemusician.com/Whats-After-Scales--t13i70
It's a good exercise, but I have a lot of trouble remembering all of the notes; my muscle memory is fine, it's just my brain that has problems
