Hi to all.
Bass education is filled with trust in methods and philosophies that aren't true. It would be good to know that there are two truths in music:
1. In art, NOTHING is within limits.One's imagination is all that one needs to use in order to realize their musical vision.
2. In being taught correct, EVERYTHING is within limits. This is why some people have been taught how to play while others haven't, even if they believe that they have. There really is a right way and right music to be learned in order to realize (eventually) your musical vision.
One point of regard that is nearly always misunderstood is the word "application" as in "applying scales" to your music. You are not supposed to apply what you practice to your own music. You are supposed to practice your lessons to learn them. Scales (for example) were never meant to be applied to anything. They simply are a chain of notes that define a certain harmonic sound. It might be a coincidence that certain scales fit certain songs, but the coincidence is precisely that. There is little to no application of the lesson that you are taught in playing.
If people are open to some truth about learning, here is a quote for you to ponder:
"We are all taught the same so that we can end up playing differently." - Jeff Berlin
People have mostly been taught how to read and write their native language via the same or similar academic methods as everyone else has. And, yet, people write their posts expressing their feelings, opinions and emotions and in fairly original was of writing. If we all learned mostly the same ways, then how did we end up writing in original and unique ways, different from one another. It is because education that gives you the skills to know how to do something frees you up to do it. By being skilled in reading and writing, it is natural that most people will evolve to become unique and quite clear in communication their feelings when writing posts. Hence, it is by being taught the same way that got us to become different from each other in our writing styles.
This approach applies in how we are taught music as well.
Here is all you will need to know in order to improve as bass players. It is based in some regard of the examples listed below:
1. Players need to be taught correctly by one bass teacher only who knows enough about music to teach it to you.
2. Players need to be involved in being self taught by daily investigation, practice, and playing.
This is the entire possibility that produced 100% of any bass player that you can ever think of. If there is a precedence in how every bass player became good at playing, I recommend that people here pay attention and learn from literally every single electric bass teacher that ever played the instrument.
Cheers.
Jeff
Bass education is filled with trust in methods and philosophies that aren't true. It would be good to know that there are two truths in music:
1. In art, NOTHING is within limits.One's imagination is all that one needs to use in order to realize their musical vision.
2. In being taught correct, EVERYTHING is within limits. This is why some people have been taught how to play while others haven't, even if they believe that they have. There really is a right way and right music to be learned in order to realize (eventually) your musical vision.
One point of regard that is nearly always misunderstood is the word "application" as in "applying scales" to your music. You are not supposed to apply what you practice to your own music. You are supposed to practice your lessons to learn them. Scales (for example) were never meant to be applied to anything. They simply are a chain of notes that define a certain harmonic sound. It might be a coincidence that certain scales fit certain songs, but the coincidence is precisely that. There is little to no application of the lesson that you are taught in playing.
If people are open to some truth about learning, here is a quote for you to ponder:
"We are all taught the same so that we can end up playing differently." - Jeff Berlin
People have mostly been taught how to read and write their native language via the same or similar academic methods as everyone else has. And, yet, people write their posts expressing their feelings, opinions and emotions and in fairly original was of writing. If we all learned mostly the same ways, then how did we end up writing in original and unique ways, different from one another. It is because education that gives you the skills to know how to do something frees you up to do it. By being skilled in reading and writing, it is natural that most people will evolve to become unique and quite clear in communication their feelings when writing posts. Hence, it is by being taught the same way that got us to become different from each other in our writing styles.
This approach applies in how we are taught music as well.
Here is all you will need to know in order to improve as bass players. It is based in some regard of the examples listed below:
1. Players need to be taught correctly by one bass teacher only who knows enough about music to teach it to you.
2. Players need to be involved in being self taught by daily investigation, practice, and playing.
This is the entire possibility that produced 100% of any bass player that you can ever think of. If there is a precedence in how every bass player became good at playing, I recommend that people here pay attention and learn from literally every single electric bass teacher that ever played the instrument.
Cheers.
Jeff
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