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  • GuyFi@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•People of lemmy, what was your “oh crap” moment?
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    2 months ago

    I predict this will be quite tame compared to the rest of this thread but here you go anyway:

    Our scene opens on a person with a bass guitar, practicing some sick slap bass perched upon an IKEA office chair. The player is lost in the zone, all mental facilities put to work making every strike with the thumb is accurate and powerful, and every pop of the fingers sends the strings into the fretboard with a gorgeous thwack! The sound is heavenly, a deep, rich, cutting tone- full of appropriate levels of CLANK and SNAP. The short riff being performed to a concert of no-one reaches its magnificent height, a slammingly heavy riff sounding like a funky machine gun, the bassists hands become a blur, the strings vibrate with precision and power, a glorious cacophony of ma-

    kkrrmp.

    Oh crap, I broke my lowest string.

  • GuyFi@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is there a community for instrument learners, particularly piano/keyboard?
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    7 months ago

    I play bass in a few bands, rhythm is tough but learnable. Easiest way to get good timing fast is:

    1. Listen to the music you want to play first. If you only have the sheet music, Musescore is a fantastic software to hear sheet music.
    2. Keeping the rhythm that your heard in mind, play what you want to play. Once you get it, it will feel right. If not, play the music VERY slowly, slow enough that you can do it quite easily. Set a metronome to this slow speed, then increase the BPM by 5. Find your limit, back off the BPM slightly, then practice at that speed until you can nail it.
    3. I cannot stress this enough, record your playing! Knowing how you sound is so so so helpful, it lets you hear what your playing without the distraction of actually playing. Super helpful to see exactly how and where your out of time.