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Lutus:
If you have any questions I can take pictures of some of my studio charts and go through them and explain them to you if you want.  (probably no time today) but that's only if you want it.

 :cheers:

No need to buy anything, I should be able to tell you what you need to get started.

Lutus:
Alright TOK.

Pick any song.  If you want to stay pretty simple, pick a country song.  (even if you don't like country, it is the easiest to explain it on.)

I will then chart out the song using the Nashville number system, post the chart and also post a picture of the neck of the bass guitar and point out the pattern used to play this song.  That is the easiest way to teach the number system.  Pick a song that is not real "heavy" so you can hear the acoustic or the piano and the bass clearly.

I am playing two songs tomorrow evening and saturday at a wedding on the acoustic using this system.

Let me know what you pick TOK.


EDIT:  You can post it here, no one will make fun of you for it!!

TOK:
You can actually choose a song which you feel works well if you don't mind. I don't care about the genre at this point, I just want to get some fundamentals down. I don't really like U2 at all, but since With Or Without You might be the easiest bass riff of all time I'm playing it.

Smells Like Teen Spirit would be cool because its not real complicated but has 3 different parts.

Anything though... It could be Barry Manilow at this point, I'm the rankest of amateurs and all I'm doing is playing around and learning technique.  :)

javeryh:
You mean like the fish?   ;)

I play guitar a little and can play bass on a very rudimentary level kind of by default...

Shape D.:
If you're completely new to it I'd recommend this book

http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/010650/details.html

It's really basic and is good for getting somebody started. I'd also recommend taking a lesson or two just to make sure you're using proper technique.

I started out teaching myself, it went really slow, and eventually took a few lessons from a friend of mine. After showing me the best way to position my hands, it was a lot easier to learn on my own. Also the longer you play with bad technique the harder it is to correct it.

(if you take lessons make sure you take them from a bass player and not a guitar player who also teaches bass though.)

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