Help!I'maRock!'s winter offseason woodshedding diary - mach II

i got up to the lesson 1 review, which is exercise 10 on page 13. i'm not done with it, but i think i can have it together by tomorrow. there's a couple of tricky bars, but overall it's really not such a big deal. the more i think about it the more "Sea to Sea" becomes a mental block than an actual playing issue. but i'm glad i gave it a shot, because this is about where i was in Mel Bay anyway.
 
finally!

man, that piece was a pain in the ass. and apparently, i have to work on string noise and muting when playing clean.

the 2nd and 3rd fingers on my right hand are tender. for whatever reason, when i play these pieces, it sounds better to me to hybrid pick the chords than it does to pick through them.
 
Then do it that way :shrug:

Just saying that it can be helpful to approach a piece like this a couple of different ways. You never know whats going to happen...
 
completed the last duet of Lesson 1.

Lesson 2 is more of the same, but things start to get more complicated. chromatics, 8th notes, dotted notes and ties, and rests are all introduced. still a retread of what i already know, but it'll be good for me. and if i go straight to the "first solo" piece at the beginning of Lesson 3, i'll likely kill myself trying to get through it without the previous 8 pages. :grin:
 
the first duet is all of the same principles, but like any good method, its definitely harder than the last part of the first lesson. this is going to take a while.
 
2 things.

1. apparently, i have made a gross miscalculation of the number of pages remaining. there are 400 pages total in books 1-3 and i am on page 15. this makes 385 pages to go. at 2 pages per week, this means it will take me approximately 4 years to complete. so my estimate of 5 to 7 years is probably more accurate, if not a gross underestimation.

2. i received a package from Hal Leonard today. those numbskulls sent me a copy of Book 2 with the cd. which is exactly what i didn't want. but they only charged me for the cost of the cd. so i'll just sell it. the cd for book 1 is backordered, so who knows when that will come in.
 
also, i've been working on 2 string triad inversions on my bass. i assigned them to a student and i'm supposed to get another bass student tomorrow.

my left hand hurts. my right hand would hurt, but i'm playing with a pick. (i know, i know...)
 
finally finished the duet on pages 16-17. that took way longer than it needed to. 383 pages until Soloway.

now i have to go play inversions on my bass. this is my new warm-up. and i hate it. but i'm going to have a left hand of steel if i keep it up.
 
Which bass book did you work on? Do you have any recommendations for a good beginners book?
 
dfunk said:
Which bass book did you work on? Do you have any recommendations for a good beginners book?
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Mel Bay. its not my first choice, but it does the job. i've also got the bass version of Fretboard Logic. it's very long winded, but i don't know of another bass book that teaches the CAGED method. so i take what i can from it.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Mel Bay. its not my first choice, but it does the job. i've also got the bass version of Fretboard Logic. it's very long winded, but i don't know of another bass book that teaches the CAGED method. so i take what i can from it.
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I've actually been working out applying that to bass with my students. Even though I'm not officially working on "Foundations for Bass" right now I've been writing up basic lessons for my students, which is how the first "Foundations" book got started.

I think my main focuses for the bass stuff are rhythm, basic hand technique and fretboard knowledge....
 
Mark Wein said:
I've actually been working out applying that to bass with my students. Even though I'm not officially working on "Foundations for Bass" right now I've been writing up basic lessons for my students, which is how the first "Foundations" book got started.

I think my main focuses for the bass stuff are rhythm, basic hand technique and fretboard knowledge....
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both of my bass students came in wanting to learn theory and how to read. so this is the path that's been foisted upon me. which is totally fine, i just need to practice more.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
both of my bass students came in wanting to learn theory and how to read. so this is the path that's been foisted upon me. which is totally fine, i just need to practice more.
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For Bass I think it's silly to take lessons and not learn that stuff. Just learning rock songs on the instrument is easy enough.....
 
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