Subj : Re: bass
To   : Kevin Nunn
From : Jim Haight
Date : Sat May 01 2021 17:20:06

 > -=> JIM HAIGHT wrote to ALL <=-

 >  JH> Any bass players out there???

 > Beginner count? I've always loved the bass, but just recently was able
 > to buy one and start messing with one. I am a trombone player, so I
 > read bass clef. Not really serious about it, just having fun playing
 > it. 
 
I can say I am a beginner even though I have been playing guitar for more than
60  years. The first epiphany I had was that the approach is NOT the same but,
I thought it would be a great tangent during the pandemic. In as much as you
are focusing on rhythm and harmony, what an excellent approach to theory! I
have to focus on the beat and stay away from melody. Technique is not the same
if you stay away from using a pick. I could say that guitar is more like
singing and bass is more like dancing! So far I am humbled by how much noise I
make from the strings I do not intend to hear because I am not damping them
properly. I have much respect for the accomplished bass players. So I have had
a dose of reality, it's not a piece of cake but I am intrigued so I am trying.
Now jumping from trombone is is challenging but you already sight read. I have
to plod through this as well.
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