What to practice ?

[mike roman]

Im a 65 year old male in poor health,,,,been playing 4 years....My goal is copying songs,style's and bass tone of my favorite bassist....as far as practicing/studying the basics scales,chords, and modes i do none of that of that and have no interest in it....but what should i include in my daily practice routine if im just copying songs,styles?....thanks

 

[FatStringer52]

Chord tones! You gotta know'em. There's only four triads (major, augmented, minor, diminished) and you can get by with the four most important 7th arpeggios (maj7, dom7, min7, m7b5).

 

[Cheez]

Fluidity. Scales and other finger/brain exercises.

 

[mike roman]

Chord tones! You gotta know'em. There's only four triads (major, augmented, minor, diminished) and you can get by with the four most important 7th arpeggios (maj7, dom7, min7, m7b5).

Can you recommend a good book or written literature i can use in my daily routine ?

 

[FatStringer52]

Most any book that I would recommend would go into a lot more detail than you would probably want to dig into. But if you were set on having a book, you can't go wrong with the Hal Leonard series for bass . . .

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You will probably get more mileage from these two vids . . .

 

[mambo4]

Picking up songs by ear is greatly aided by an ability to recognize common chord progressions.
But that requires some familiarity with chords and scales, which have no interest in.