Right handed, broke my left thumb and went on vacation, missing about a month. I am presently in Module 12. Just wondering if I should continue where I left off or go back some. I’m 55 and just started this year with little to no other instrument experience. Thanks for your thoughts!
Jeff
You’ll be able to answer that better than we could. Fire up the last lesson that you did, see how you do getting through the slow workout and assess. I tend to get a little rusty at first after a break, but it tends to come back quick.You might find that you haven’t lost much off of where you left off.
Great response! That makes a lot of sense to me. You can teach an old dog new tricks, but it takes a bit longer….I’ll give that a shot!
Take care!
For me, I had a big delay around module 5. I was much, much earlier in the course than you were. My moms twin had an emergent medical situation that eventually ended in her passing.
Anyway, I missed a lot of practice when I was out of state, and I immediately got a stomach bug when I came back to town. Anyway, I felt most comfortable doing Modules 3 and 4 over again. Hah hah, and now I have CHF-related pneumonia (it’s been a long year, I won’t bore you with it all, lmao) hah, but I plan to jump back in today as I’m starting to feel better, and this time I’m just getting in there where I left off, and we’ll see where it goes.
I figure this way, I’ll have combat data for both scenarios and I’ll know which (going back some vs just carrying on) gets the best results for me.
I’ll be out of state for an indeterminate amount of time for the memorial in Nov/Dec (Indeterminate as I’m disabled and I don’t drive, so I’m kind of dependent on whoever else is there to bring me back to my state of residence at the end of it all, and I’m kind of just going with the flow cuz they’ve got it all planned out). So this’ll help me decide what to do later this year cause I don’t plan on taking my bass with me.
Just play- be it a song, a riff, or any module from the B2B…
I am recovering from shoulder surgery and am in the midst of PT. It is truly amazing how stiff an arm and shoulder can become from almost 3 weeks in a sling. It will be a while until I am able to fully use the arm, but the therapist is (user her own power) moving me through the range of motions. I am going to need to sorta’ “relearn” how to do basic functions of daily life because of time needing to heal… but it will happen in time.
I guess what I am trying to say:
Do not let your bass atrophy… play something, anything… and don’t worry what it is or where you left off. Just play.
Hope you get better soon.
This is the best time (if you can) to learn how to fret without thumb support, you don’t have to be too serious about this exercise but it’s a great time. Many “extra” skills we learn are often injuries related. I’m almost ambidextrous in several cooking related skills because of that alone.