Where to go after Hal Leonard/Ed Friedland?

[DaveAceofBass]

Mel Bay’s Electric Bass Position Studies

 

[Pauly 4001]

Plus play along to a variety of music repeatedly.

 

[cannedveggiessuck]

https://www.dannyziemann.com/
Scroll down to the books and video course section.
Id start with the Lowdown Volume I and/or video courses.

 

[Gregorski]

Put the books away, and join a band.

 

[edfriedland]

So, I've been working my way through the Hal Leonard complete bass method, and plan on moving on to the Building Walking Bass Lines book after I can get the method book under my fingers well. Currently halfway through book 2 at 60 BPM. Looking for some good suggestions on where to go after that.

I'm looking to play pretty much everything except for metal. I already have a degree in music playing jazz saxophone, so I don't really need basic theory instruction. I'm looking for these things mainly:

• Technique/warm-up books
• Bass specific studies/scale patterns
• Stuff on Latin bass playing
• 5 string (Low B) sight reading material.
• Anything in general that will help build my technical capability on the bass.

I am currently looking for a local teacher and that will help me a lot, but I really like to have plenty of personal material to work on. Completely open to suggestions.

Hey! Glad you’re working through the method. After that… well, there are many paths. Since you have a jazz degree, I’d maybe work on applying all that knowledge to the bass… get into walking and soloing over changes. For Latin, get Oscar Stagnaro’s book. I’d suggest putting some time into examining your personal relationship with rhythm…. For example… the free “Metronome Challenges” on my lesson page. (It’s really about developing your internal clock… the metronome is just a gauge in the process.) Have you tried them? If it’s easy for you, great. Move on to other things. If you can’t do it easily…. Work on it. There are 3 “challenges” up there. While you’re there, learning the fingerboard… There are 5 “Know Your Neck” lessons there as well. Free. Again, if you can do all that with no problem, there’s plenty of other things to do. I’ve just found that these are two areas a lot of people skimp on in their development. Good luck! Have fun! Make it funky!

 

[Drucifer]

I'm trying to hold off on buying a new bass, as much of a GAS freak that I am. If I don't have the technical skills, a shiny new bass isn't gonna make me any better lmao.

Gasp!

 

[pepj]

Depends where you are on your bass journey.
I'd say you need a very broad listening pallet and it really really helps if your ear is good.
I'd even offer that that is really your limiter more than anything else.
Then you need solid technique and when learning a song you need to get beyond note for note and your goal is to create a better line than the one you started copying.

Play lines solo or with only drums and if it sounds average, you have a lot of work to do but at least you'll know where you are starting from.
Work up to multiple types of string attack.
Don't be the guy who always sounds the same with every different line he plays.