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TEACH ME BASS GUITAR: DIGITAL MASTER COURSE by Roy Vogt
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| SECRET 89: TUNE OUT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY Staying on the Path to Success Musicians often receive critical comments from family, friends, and roommates. These people always mean well. Unless they are musicians themselves, however, they have little understanding of what makes a successful practice session. To the untrained ear, hearing a bassist work on a specific skill in no way resembles what music “should” sound like. Long tones and loops, for instance, are important parts of practicing. However, someone hearing you practice these for minutes at a time may think you have lost your mind. Unintentional criticism from friends and family is often in the form of questions. They may ask, "Why are you playing that one thing over and over? Can't you just play real music?" (Read more) SECRET 90: PRACTICE FOR YOURSELF Focusing on Internal Goals Performers spend a lot of time trying to impress other people and win their approval. They worry about parents, spouses, friends, audiences, or colleagues and what these people think of their playing. These external concerns interfere with your ability to perform naturally and at a peak level. Thinking about other people’s opinions of the success or failure of your next public appearance can lead to performance anxiety and disappointment. Instead, try concentrating on the daily process of achieving your personal and technical goals. (Read more) See all ESSENTIAL SECRETS published to date on our BLOG See all our DAVID MOTTO titles |
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ERIC BEAULÉ www.PlayBassLines.com |
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| This transcription is compliments of Eric Beaulé, at www.PlayBassLines.com, author of several titles we carry. Bass Transcription of Closer to the Heart by Rush Eric offers Geddy Lee's transcribed bass line for the Rush hit, Closer to the Heart. This song is off the band's A Farewell to Kings album of 1977. |
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JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ www.jaimedavidvazquez.com |
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| BASS TIPS: 3-Note-per-String Technique Jaime offers 3-note-per-string exercise patterns based on the major scale and the natural minor scale. |
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MIKE OVERLY www.basstruth.com |
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| Learning Levels In this lesson Mike Overly, GRAMMY® nominated music educator and author of Bass EncycloMedia, proposes a much more detailed list of experience levels than simply Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Where do you fall? |
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JOHN FALSTROM www.EADG4.com |
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| EADG 4: Part 74 Double-Octave Major Scales John Falstrom, author of EADG 4, challenges you to "play horizontal," up the fretboard, using double-octave scales. |
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