My S/O has shown a recent interest in Bass and wants me to teach her. Ive been playing for 5, almost 6 years and I do believe I have the requisite skills and proper technique to be able to teach someone, I just dont know how to get the info across! She wants to learn one bassline so she can jam to it before she gets into technique and proper playing skills (but I assure her she will need some technique to play Sunshine Of Your Love). Ive successfully taught her the opening line to SOYL and she picked it up pretty fast, the only problem is that she doesnt know any music lingo (however I have taught her some needed terms such as Quarter note, Eighth note, hammer on, pull off, etc..) but its very difficult to translate to laymans terms for the vast majority of the info im giving her. I also feel that its a good idea to not swamp her with loads of proper (might i add boring, especially for a beginner) information right out of the gate so as to not lose interest in her due to her getting bored or burnt out, essentially I dont want it to be like school, I would much rather it be fun, engaging and most importantly an opportunity for her to really get interested and into it. So how do I do this and do it well?
Thank you!
I might also should add I have no experience doing this and she will be getting her own bass very soon, but for now she has my small collection to learn on.
Thank you!
I might also should add I have no experience doing this and she will be getting her own bass very soon, but for now she has my small collection to learn on.
