How long does it normally take to become a decent bass guitar player, while taking regular lessons?
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Depends on your rhythm..some people just naturally have it...Playing with your favorite music is the best way to learn to play, lessons if you want in-depth theory, or to read music. Have FUN! P.S. For serious music like blues or jazz, Learn to 'walk' the bass line.
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It takes several years, and daily practice.  If you are sufficiently motivated, a minimum of about three years, I think. A decent used piano would likely set you back a couple of thousand dollars.  \n\nYou will want to take lessons, usually once a week during that time, to teach you music theory as well as finger placement and tempo, interpretation of the music.
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First, decide what your goal is. Do you want to play leads? If so, learn to read music and do it the old fashioned way with music lessons. BUT, if you just want to learn chords, strumming, accompaniment type stuff, get a cheap guitar, a diagram of the basic chords and play along with simple tunes until you get the rhythm. The hardest part at first is learning the strumming patterns, but once you get that, you're cool. Find a friend to play with and as long as you have the chord progressions and know where to put your fingers, you're good to go. It's the easiest way to begin. After that, you can decide if you want to be Eddie Van Halen. ;-) Good luck!
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Hi! The chord chart poster is a good idea. You can find these at Wal-Mart. There are a lot of complicated chords on there that you will never use but the choice of different chords is very good. Pick 2 chords to start with and practice alternating between them until you can do it naturally. Excercise your fingers all the time. Work past the soreness..callouses take time. The bass won't help you with chords. But it will with learning the notes maybe.
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It will "work," but if you ask anybody, you'll find that you really need a true bass amp. The biggest reason is that guitar wattage really won't cut it for a bass. Your sound will suffer, and you could blow something. Or you might just have a lame sound.
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AC/DC - Back in Black\nAll songs are in 4/4 time and his crashes are usually on the beat.  Great music to get you started and into the grove of keeping time.\n\nSteve Miller Band - Greatest Hits   \nTake the Money and Run is a step up from straight 4/4 time as there are some frills in there and accents..\n\nTo really help with you bass drum and snare coordination, try playing to some Reggae.  Bob Marley music will do just fine.  As the tempo is slowed down, it will help you nail the bass drum and snare.\n\nOnce you get practice, try these albums:\n\nRush - Moving Pictures\nTom Sawyer is extremely hard to play.  If you can master that one, you are well on your way.  Reb Barchetta and YYX are excellent to learn to play to.\n\nLed Zeppelin 4\nStairway to Heaven is really great to play to.\n\nThe Who\nAny Who album with Keith Moon.  The Kids Are Alright, Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.\n\nThe Police\nTake the Reggae beats and speed them up.  Stewart Copeland has mastered the art of  rim shots.  He is very difficult to play to.  Zenyata Mendata, Outlandis D'Amour are great albums to learn.
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drummer is always the hard part. It takes a few months to get decent at guitar and like 5 years to get decent at drums.  Most slackers don't stick with it. when you find a drummer thats at all good, treat them like gold.
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Okay, first thing you need to do is understand that playing any musical instrument is not going to be easy.  If you wanted to be a rock star tomorrow, I'm sorry.\n\n1.  Listen to the type of music you want to play.\n2.  Start SLOWLY and build up speed.\n3.  Start SLOWLY and build up speed\n4.  When you are learning a new song go one note a time if you need to, then go to one bar.  Work on that one bar or note or line until you have it.  Repeating is the key.\n5.  Don't practice too much.  When you get frustrated, set it down for a bit, I've gone several days.  You'll be amazed at how much better you feel.\n6.  Start out simple.  You're not gonna play Satch's Boogie right away, sorry.  Play something at your level until you get that, then move on.\n\nGuitar is a very wonderful thing, it will bring you a life time of fun if you stick with it.  Remember that you will always be learning.  BB King has been playing for 70 years and still learns new licks from people.\n\nWhen all else fails  START OUT SLOWLY AND BUILD UP SPEED.\n\nGood luck!\n\nand p.s.  there is no quick way, don't buy into that I'll teach you how to play in 45 minutes crap.  Clapton will work 3-4 hours on one string bend, and he's a "guitar god"
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Well, there is no beating good 'ol fashon lessons, they can tell you what your doing wrong and right, unlike a site. But if you're really determined, and don't get frustrated easy:\n\nhttp://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/\nStart with the 'Basics' category, and possibly the 'Begginers'\n\nBE SURE YOU KNOW THE PARTS OF YOUR GUITAR!!!\nIt's pretty important to know termonology.\n\n\nAlso, these are all subitted by people liek you and me. They are reveiwed, so they ARE correct 99% of the time. But they are all out of order, you need to do a bit of searching....\n\ngood luck... your fingers are going to go through hell teh next couple of weeks... But it's all worth it ^_-
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You mean to teach yourself, get books on the instrument of choice, and start from there. Hangin out at the local music store is helpful. Ask questions. And study the styles of your favorite bands and copy their licks. Alot of patience and daily practice.
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Im 15 and play drums w/ a double bass pedal
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Sounds like you have a foundation. The more scales you know, the better (especially for jazz). There are many kinds, but make sure you know blues scales and other simple pentatonic scales. They're everywhere in music. \n\nNext, more chords. You can do so much with just chords. I'm a bass player, but I can about pass as a guitarist just on chords alone. I like how you put it as "chord construction." This is a wonderful wording that is conducive to learning. Once you realize a few patterns on how to construct a few chords (like diminished and 7th chords), you can learn them on all 12 tones. Then you'll really open up your playing.
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there are advantages and disadvantages to electric bass compared to guitar\nthere are usually less strings, but the neck is a lot longer and the frets are further apart so you need to stretch your fingers further. if you want to learn the basics buy Billy Sheehan Basic Bass. it's a dvd and a book with easy basslines in it to help you get started.
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About a day or so to get to level two. A few days for level 3. I've been working on level 4 for about a week now.
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First, if you don't already have a bass, buy one between $200 and $300.  In the beginning, the things that a more expensive instrument brings you won't matter until your skill level improves.  As a golfing buddy of mine said when I was intrested in buying clubs, "The first few years will feel like you're hitting rocks, so don't spend alot of money."\n\nSecond, find a good teacher.  Someone with plenty of music knowledge AND gigging experience will propel you much faster than those who skip this step.  A sold theory background is important to becoming a good player.  Sure, it may seem boring and unnecessary to play "Mary had a Little Lamb" for a month straight, but you learning many things at this stage (finger position, notes on the fretboard, reading music, etc...) so don't sweat it.  Learning to play an instrument is like learning to play a sport or weight lifting.  You wouldn't bench press 250 Lbs right off the bat, would you?\n\nThird, listen to music you wouldn't normally go for.  I'm a hard rock fanatic, but I listen to a ton of jazz, fusion and some Motown (some of the most innovative players around were playing funk lines 30 years ago!).  People like Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorius will help you develop a big ear and also challenge it, too!\n\nFourth, practice, practice, practice.  I promise you, 1 hour a day of solid practice coupled with once-a-week lessons and you will have a great foundation after 2 to 3 years.
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HUH?!\n\nTune a regular guitar to A=440. Bass guitars tune to A=330 or A=220... one octave below a guitar.
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i'm a guitar teacher, and i have several students in the 10 - 12 year old age group that jam together all the time, and even play music at their friends birthday parties and stuff. so, anyone can do it! but at your age, consider it a fun way to entertain others and yourselves, NOT a job.\n\nan important part of it all though, is that when you play for people out there, they'll often want to hear the songs that they love and are familiar with. it will open up a lot of opportunites for you if you learn songs that others know. try learning old songs by AcDc, or KISS, or other older classic rock bands. everyone knows those songs (even if they dont know the titles) and those songs arent very hard compared to a lot of things out there. then, when the ppl are paying attention to the songs they remember, you can play one of your songs in the middle of the set of songs. \n\nit might be a good idea to head to the local music store, and ask if theres any drummers, bass players, or guitarists that are you age that take lessons. see if they'd like to try playing in a band with you. \n\ngood luck!