Bass Tricks

[Thraxion]

I recently got one of my best friends to pick up bass guitar, I taught him the general basics of how the guitar works and the what is what and junk. But seeing as how im not a bassis, I really cant show him how to do anything but play some tab...

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good lesson sites for the bass guitar.


And when the hell is basstricks.com gonna be up?! :D

[DAMAGED ONE]

I recently got one of my best friends to pick up bass guitar, I taught him the general basics of how the guitar works and the what is what and junk. But seeing as how im not a bassis, I really cant show him how to do anything but play some tab...

I was wondering if anyone knows of any good lesson sites for the bass guitar.


And when the hell is basstricks.com gonna be up?! :DTell you friend to try this site, I like it.

http://www.activebass.com/

[Raskolnikov]

Virtually everything you can do on a guitar can be done on a bass and vice verse. Anything you know, you can teach your friend and it will have an application on the Bass.

I learned to play bass more by watching guitarists than I did by looking for bass lessons. My high school music teacher showed me the very basics of what notes are where and some simple techniques, after that I picked everything up by jamming with people.

First I learned to recognize chord shapes (which was my first inroads into learning Guitar) which taught me what root notes to play. Next, they taught me song structures and what notes "worked" for a given chord or in a given key. After that, I started to realize that I could play chords, too.


It all relates and it all interlocks with everything else. Specific bass instruction I do think is a good idea; just don't be afraid to show your friend something and let them know to keep an open mind.

[Thraxion]

Aight cool, thanx guys. If anyone else knows of any other sites, please post um :D

[McLarry]

Here's another option to get your friend into production as a base player asap!

He should take a viewpoint of beginner, intermediate, and pro.

Let me clarify.

Beginner. He will just jam with you and do the best he can to maintain the percussion for your songs. Mistakes and and improvisation are perfectly legitimate.

Intermediate. He will work on the more difficult and tricky parts to better perform while u 2 jam. Using improvisation as needed to get through the difficult base lines.

pro. He will learn note for note, exactly what the tab says.

Let me know if this helps. - McLarry

[jacobhaj]

Tell you friend to try this site, I like it.

http://www.activebass.com/

Thanks for the link Damaged One. I have checked it and found it very useful to my bass guitar lessons. I am very new to bass guitar (because I use to play acoustics) and the instructions there were very simple and easy to follow. Currently I am setting a new power system for my instruments. I am having a Bay Area Liposuction (http://www.sanfranciscocosmetic-surgery.com/pro_lipo.html) vitamin products as well as Mommy Makeover San Francisco (http://www.sanfranciscocosmetic-surgery.com/mommy_makeover.html) in two weeks or more. I'm really excited for this.