Just a quick question on this series, if you can play the “final” song in the lesson is it safe to move on or should you go through the entire lesson anyway? A major problem that I have is that I want to absorb all the knowledge but I find myself getting a little bored because I can play the lessons without any issue. I want to skip ahead to a more suitable place but I don’t know if I’d be doing myself a disservice by doing so. Anyone else have a similar issue?
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Move on.
You can always go through the course a second time… many of us have.
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I was thinking about doing that and maybe just checking out the theory lessons in each lesson. My main concern was maybe missing some wisdom that Josh gives out during the slower exercises or something like that.
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You don’t want to miss out on Josh’s wisdom, or his incredible wit.
It’s up to you…
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This is always a hard call. There are so many little details Josh shares throughout the course.
If you can stand to slow yourself down to listen to all of them, then do that.
If slowing yourself down makes you not want to play, then move on.
Everyone learns a little different and part of getting the most out of the course is finding a pace that works for you.
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Appreciate the feedback from a couple of BassBuzz veterans. Thank you.
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Before I started B2B, I had been practicing using free online lessons (both by Josh and from other channels) for about two months. After that, I was usually able to pretty much nail all workouts for the first three or four modules at the first attempt. I still did all of them though, not just for confirmation that I could do them, but also because Josh regularly expands on certain topics that he covered during the lessons in the workouts. If you skip lessons and/or workouts, you might miss some of those tips and tricks that I found valuable. However, most of that stuff will probably be repeated in later lessons, so it may not be a big deal.
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I listen to all the easy stuff at 1.5-2x play speed to get through it quicker.
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If you already play bass I suppose there is a lot you’ll fly through but some of Josh’s banter make it entertaining enough to keep watching
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Absolutely right Pam. I run through these shapes and funk boxes every day.
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How do students know when they should stay on a lesson/skill, even after they can play through it? At some point, I’m assuming most people have drills they like to do on a regular basis. Will there be recommendations for drills to practice on a regular basis, at the end of the course, or should I be bookmarking skills/lessons that seem important, now?
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I think you have a good answer for your own question there. You should continue moving through the course but revisit earlier stuff as practice drills. Years later and I still use Billie Jean as a warmup, despite hating the song 
Josh does make some recommendations later but I would go with what you have already found, revisit stuff you nailed but found challenging.
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I just purchased that course 3 days ago and I feel so excited always to study it.
but I rattle to master it every module. should I repeat every module 2x until it gets in my muscle memory even though I follow and understand those concept in 1 time. or is that good enough 1 take per module as long as I follow what he taught? I might be worry to all those concept I missed especially about rhytms, half, whole,querter and 8th notes. Thanks.
For most lessons, Josh will tell you to keep progressing to the next one, as long as you’re able to play the slow or medium workouts. Just do that. You can always revisit any lessons you found difficult later. If you do that, I promise you you’ll be amazed by the progress you’ve made. Keep it up!
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Thanks Mike, however I’m looking forward about Ear training, I’m not entirely sure if that section from module 16 is enough to learn when it comes to covering a songs. actually that’s my frustration ever since. I’m still on module 3 and I was trying to figure out the techniques about ear training.
can I have some advice from you to get more motivation to continue my improving about ear training? should I finish the whole module from 1 until 16? once I got those important scales, am I able to go that module then emphasize my ear training? Thank you
Being able to listen to a bass line, then figuring it out comes with experience. People with far more experience than me seem to be able to do it instantly. For me (I’m coming up to a year of playing the bass, starting with signing up to B2B at the end of last August) I use a combination of isolating the bass track with Moises, searching out tabs and looking for YouTube instructional videos, then figuring it out from there.
Working through the course, step by step will help you build the foundations, the good habits and an understanding of the how and why. But there is nothing to stop you also learning songs - there is some pretty good stuff that @JoshFossgreen uses in the course to get you going. In fact, at about the halfway point, I stared leaning full songs, then at the beginning of this year, stared posting them in the ‘covers’ thread.
Regarding motivation, that can only come from you. Think about the goals have you set yourself. Are they S.M.A.R.T? The A is particularly important - achievable, but with a bit of stretch in there. There is no point in setting unachievable goals, as they just demotivate. Equally, think about goals that are process related (for example, being better tomorrow than you are today), rather than a final destination (for example, making a living as a bass playing YouTube influencer). That’s not to say that end goals are unimportant, they are, but it is equally important, if not more-so to live in the present and be motivated today, for today’s goals.
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I’m about 2/3 through B2B and as I’ve progressed I’ve noted the particular lessons I either had trouble with (ie could not complete mistake free on medium or fast) or the lessons I thought were just good to practice. Usually when I complete and entire module I’ll actually take a break and spend a few days going back through the old modules and try and tackle those more difficult lessons. I also signed up for TalkingBass and purchased the sight reading, chord essentials, and groove trainer courses. I’m working my way through sight reading now and it’s a very nice compliment to B2B. I can now go back through the B2B lessons and use the music staff instead of the tab (which is something @JoshFossgreen suggests doing if you want to run through the material a second time). This assumes you can’t already read music, which I could not a month ago.
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Congrats! Great course choices. Mark’s lessons are great after B2B.
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