A Year in Bass - Week 6 - Plateaus

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05/09/2010 - 10:15 by Mike Saville

This week I outline a couple of exercises which have plateaued. This is common for musicians and if you continue to practice in the right way should resolve itself.

Show Notes

New music for this coming week:

This coming week I'll be working on some motown pieces on the back of the Jameson book.

I've finalised the list of players I'm going to be studying over the rest of the year. These are guys that play the style of bass I want to play. I'll be listening, studying and transcribing in an attempt to learn from them:

Sep - James Jamerson
Oct - Paul McCartney
Nov - Francis Rocco-Prestia
Dec - Stanley Clarke
Jan - Ray Brown
Feb - Charles Mingus
Mar - Larry Graham
Apr - Jaco
May - Victor Wooten
Jun - Ron Carter
Jul - John Pattitucci

From the Friedland book I'm moving into part 2 - scalewise motion to start with.

From Fingerstyle Funk I'm moving on from the simple picking exercises to some of the more difficult (but more tuneful) exercises.

I'm continuing with the fretting hand exercises this week. Again from active bass - look for lesson 17015 - This has been giving the left hand a real workout :tired