Most recently I have had people who have wanted to start out on the bass guitar get in touch! Mainly people asking for advice as where, and the best place to start learning to play the bass guitar. I would say that getting a teacher is a great start, someone showing you how to play an instrument is always great, it’s good to be taught, as I was.
The messages I have received about starting out on bass were, where was the best place to start without a bass teacher?
These days there is a wealth of media to start learning bass from, the Internet is great, DVDs, video’s and Cd’s with books. I am looking at learning bass from day one without a teacher and the best place to start is looking around the books.
The best advice I have given for bass books, as I have been asked what is the best book/s and media, and I want to share it here for beginners to learn from, or give advice. The best book I have found is “The Dummies Guide to bass”(see picture below).
The dummies guide is great for starting out, It’s kind of a bass bible, from starting out from day one, to advanced players and techniques at all levels. It also gives you advice about buying your bass to taking care of your bass guitar. Packed full of tips and lessons in easy form, this is a great part of the bass world to soak up bass greatness! It also comes with a CD to go along with the lessons in the book, so you can play along and listen as well! A great place to find the dummies guide to bass is your local bookshop, on line at play.com or check it out first at your local library!
Well I hope this helps or at least gives you a guide of where to get started on bass. I have a copy and still use it for going through techniques and learning new ideas. I hope it gives you an idea and fills your mind with bass, or maybe nip out to your library and check it out first, as everyone is different and finds different books help full. Hopefully it will get you started and you can at some point get a teacher as well! Remember playing with other musicians is always the best and listening to all styles of music and learning from the media, books, Internet and other players, you never stop learning!
Thanks for reading, if you have anything to add to this?, post comments and your ideas about media for learning bass, in books or on the Internet.
Cheers, Andy
