umcoo Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Hey guys and gals, now that I've got a bit of spare time I feel like I want to improve my playing and tidy things up a bit. Can anyone suggest a book or cd type thing with exercises to improve my playing? I've been playing for over 8 years, but feel im stuck in a bit of a rut with my playing. I don't do slap or tapping and all that lot, just things to help me improvise and 'know' what's going on with my basslines. Was thinking about the 'bass bible', but I don't want some really basic stuff. Any help is appreciated. Merci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarnbass Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Improv wise there's some books called The Art Of Improvisation by Bob Taylor, which have lots to take in, but are very good. Technique wise, just learn your favourite records, there must be many bassists whose technique you admire, learn their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 [quote name='umcoo' post='37030' date='Jul 25 2007, 09:54 PM']Hey guys and gals, now that I've got a bit of spare time I feel like I want to improve my playing and tidy things up a bit. Can anyone suggest a book or cd type thing with exercises to improve my playing? I've been playing for over 8 years, but feel im stuck in a bit of a rut with my playing. I don't do slap or tapping and all that lot, just things to help me improvise and 'know' what's going on with my basslines. Was thinking about the 'bass bible', but I don't want some really basic stuff. Any help is appreciated. Merci[/quote] The Bass Bible is a good book but has a number of typos between the tab and notation so it pays to listen carefully to the CDs (and not every example is on the CD). The world music stuff is very good, plenty of new styles to discover. Cheers, Alun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeward2004 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I was in this position not so long ago - the best thing I found was to have a few lessons with a tutor. You wont regret the investment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 [quote name='lukeward2004' post='37402' date='Jul 26 2007, 04:16 PM']I was in this position not so long ago - the best thing I found was to have a few lessons with a tutor. You wont regret the investment![/quote] Since my band's pretty much fallen apart, this may work out for me. I'm finding that not playing with other people means I'm not reaching for the bass as often as I used to. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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