Looking forward to this module. Scales geekery! I love scales, what can I say? I think it’s cuz by knowing some scales that sound great to my ear I have an easier time coming up with basslines of my own or even just fun stuff to jam on while doing other stuff.
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I play weekly at my church and it has helped me tons. Also, knowing the notes in the scales allow you to move to other octaves of the same notes to build the songs dynamics.
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@jme30426 me too. And knowing scales made it very simple to level up to the numbers system- which is next level for me. I can actually handle key changes seamlessly now.
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Im still working on efficiently using the numbers system in the real world
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Ive just completed m7. I did find the first 5 modules too simple. M6 & 7 offered a little more of a challenge. The copy and paste in m7 mashed with my head. I understood it, but figuring it out is another thing. At this stage, im not sure that im on track to be badass, im struggling with fretting and changing notes at pace.
One thing that ive picked up on, josh tells us which finger to place where, but the moment i try to play something other than the course, ive no idea which fingers go where for optimal performance, and end up all over the place.
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I get that. When I’m “on my own” I fall back on old habits and kind of wing it as far as which fingers fret notes. Although I have learned through Josh to use my pinky finger two frets up from my index finger, rather than just for stretching three frets up.
I like it! Back when I made my first attempt at learning bass guitar it didn’t go so well; I was in the orchestra and very used to just doing what the sheet music told me. The idea of improvising or understanding how the key worked or any of that and the role of the bass in non-classical music seemed so daunting and mystifying. The idea of “jamming” seemed especially terrifying.
But now it’s a lot clearer, and improvising/playing around doesn’t seem nearly as scary.
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