by There are hundreds – maybe even thousands of things you can work on to improve your bass playing. It can be a real jungle!
How are you supposed to know what’s going to actually help you improve?
A lot of people boil it down to focusing on two things:
- Learning bass lines/songs
- Learning scales
Now there is merit to learning both – and in fact, when people ask me which one they should focus song, I tell them that in reality, they need both!
But the order matters. For a complete beginner, learning scales on bass for the sake of learning the scales isn’t helpful. A beginning bass player has much bigger wins to go for.
In this lesson, you’ll learn exactly what I recommend you learn at each stage of your development and give you the ‘roadmap’ for when to learn what:
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Now like I said in the video, learning scales doesn’t mean you somehow ‘lose’ any of your creativity. It will still be there when you know more about music.
In fact, learning some scales can actually help you push past the things that you always find yourself playing.
They can expand your creativity.
If you never learned any scales, chances are, you’d still sound the exact same way you do now in a few years time.
The same goes for learning bass lines. One of the best ways to deeply learn how great bass lines are made is to play great bass lines!
If you never look at real-world bass lines and really pay attention to them, the chances of you creating your own are pretty slim.
You need both scales and bass lines at different stages of your bass-playing journey!
If you’re at the stage where you want to level up your scale knowledge, then I’d recommend checking out my Ultimate Guide To The Modes For Bass. It’ll take away all the confusion you might have around the modes so you can use them without any of the confusing jargon that just gets in the way of the music.
If you’re more interested in bass lines at the moment, check out this video for 5 Beginner Bass Lines That Are Guaranteed To Impress.
Of course, if you have any questions, let me know! Just leave a comment or send an email using the contact form.
Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!
Cheers,
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