exercise suggestion

Well as some of you have figured out, i started trying to play bass by ear yesterday. Trying gave me an idea for a exercise.

This is my exercise suggestion:

Someone (Dman, Smaz, any one who knows bass well) can record them playing 1 note or a couple notes and some one else (those trying to play by ear) will try to replicate it. (but its only a recording so you cant see what their playing, you can only hear it)

and whoever decides to do the recordings can eventually record more difficult things as time passes.

when someone replicates a recording they could PM the "teacher" with how they replicated the recording(s) (as in what they played) and see if they're right, if they're not right then the "teacher" will tell them what part they did wrong but not tell them the correct note.

and so on and on..........



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Sounds like a pretty good idea

Yea, I definitely need practice learning by ear,so hopefully someone can do this.


Edit:And maybe have them use some amp distortions to make it a bit more difficult?

Also, why is there so much empty space underneath all my posts??????????

Would be a good help for beginners

MetalJacob wrote:Also, why is there so much empty space underneath all my posts??????????

You have a large display picture

I didnt recognise you Max, i like the new pic. Im guessing your at a guitar/bass store judging by all the basses on the wall.

Yep! I went to Manson's Guitars in Exeter and the bass section was really big, loads of stuff to try out. The staff were uber friendly too I tried out some amps and have decided to go with a TC Electronic BG500 115 combo. It's about £570, but its 500w of epic win The staff there were raving about it and I can see why! The basses I tried were the Geddy Lee jazz in the picture, a Squier fretless jazz and a Rickenbacker (XD). The Rick was pretty good but a bit to trebley for my tastes. I wouldn't pay £1500 for it.

/off topic

we are off topic but as long as we are off topic, LUCKY!

on topic:


so do you guys think you could get Mr.Lamius ( saying Dman all the time got a bit boring ) or Smaz to take a look at this topic?

I've gots me an idea.... Lemme think about it

dont worry, im patient....most of the time

Love david's idea, kudos to you mate

I could have sworn I wrote a reply to this thread :S

Anyway, let's try again...

My idea: Playing a few notes for you guys to work out would be a bit boring - it would only appeal to anyone looking at learning to play by ear for the first time, and wouldn't be very practical.

So I thought... How about playing basslines at normal speed, slow speed, and just the notes used only? That way you can learn to play in a practical situation, and work on a recording based on your skill level. If you're just starting out, you can listen to the notes played to work out what notes you need, then listen to the half speed version and work out what order the notes are in, how the riff goes, then finally play it at full speed once you get the hang of it. Or, if you're already good enough at learning to play by ear, you can just go from the normal speed recordings, to give yourself a challenge.

Your thoughts?

i was thinking about having three sections: beginner, intermediate, and pro. or easy, medium, and hard (something like that)


and in each on have maybe 5 riffs that you can figure out, and obviously each "level" would be harder so its more of a challenge for some people

yes i am liking smazes idea
although this likely means more work for smaz, I am sure that he will (not) be delighted to help

Smaz wrote:I could have sworn I wrote a reply to this thread :S

Anyway, let's try again...

My idea: Playing a few notes for you guys to work out would be a bit boring - it would only appeal to anyone looking at learning to play by ear for the first time, and wouldn't be very practical.

So I thought... How about playing basslines at normal speed, slow speed, and just the notes used only? That way you can learn to play in a practical situation, and work on a recording based on your skill level. If you're just starting out, you can listen to the notes played to work out what notes you need, then listen to the half speed version and work out what order the notes are in, how the riff goes, then finally play it at full speed once you get the hang of it. Or, if you're already good enough at learning to play by ear, you can just go from the normal speed recordings, to give yourself a challenge.

Your thoughts?

If I understood well, we get a line, and we play it normal or fast or slow depending on our level and skill?

OR we get a bassline and we start slowly and then fast till our fingaz melt?

^ thanks for the simplified version, i didnt really get the actual paragraph.

DavidM96 wrote:^ thanks for the simplified version, i didnt really get the actual paragraph.

lol your welcome buttttttt does he really means what I said?

im pretty sure

DavidM96 wrote:im pretty sure

I hope so Dave

im a bunny now?

DavidM96 wrote:im a bunny now?

um no, me is the bunny smiling like a nerd lol

ahh now i get it, i like the cherry one.

DavidM96 wrote:ahh now i get it, i like the cherry one.

i think that's considered spam

DavidM96 wrote:i think that's considered spam

I am stopping then!! lol lol

i think were getting off-topic.