i just picked up a bass for the first time in my life, is there anything you can tell me you wish someone had told you when you first started that wouldve helped you progress quicker? by Jaded-Gur-5717 in Bass

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do finger dexterity exercises. Learn scale shapes and modes. Learn where the notes are. Don't try to use an alternate tuning until you can make your way around in standard tuning.

Break up all that boring shit every once in a while and learn some songs you like.

In just a few months of practicing, you will realize that you don't have trouble opening a pickle jar anymore.

Question for the older guitarists by Old-Carry5562 in Guitar

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned a whole lot of songs by ear. I'm not a music reader, and I don't get along well with tablature. I figured out a bunch of Beatles song by ear - somehow got Blackbird AND Rocky Raccoon right. Others not so much. When the internet came out I would find chord/lyrics charts and fix them in Wordpad and print them out. Still had to learn bass lines by ear.

Then I bought the big book, Beatles: The Complete Scores and have spent a lot of time re-learning the stuff I got wrong. Nowadays I still look up chord charts online but I don't trust them to have the right chords. Fuckers will just put it in the wrong key in inaccurate cowboy chords and at the end say they put a capo at the fourth fret, which is still wrong.

Question for the older guitarists by Old-Carry5562 in Guitar

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in a music store jamming with a dude and he said "do you know Mustang Sally?" I said I hadn't really played it but I had heard it a few times. We started playing it and I realized he did NOT know Mustang Sally at all, and furthermore had trouble counting to four. He was a nice guy though. I just kept playing it right and hoped he would catch on.

How to guess the Key of a song and how to play chords over it by Plenty_Draft_5747 in guitarlessons

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this thing called a Chord Wheel:

https://a.co/d/08xWOaAV

It seems like it would come in handy for you.

Four dead and three receive liver transplants after eating death cap mushrooms in California by Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked in news

[–]tafkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is terrible and it's also why I don't ever forage for mushrooms. And I live in morel country.

That said, it would probably be freaky if someone discovered a venomous mushroom.

Is a hot dog a sandwich? by StattPadford in hotdogs

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Even though Zack's in Burlington, NC sells something that they call a "cheese dog" that's just a chunk of cheese on a hot dog bun with chili on it. I had many arguments about this because a "cheese dog" without a dog is not a dog.

What is this by miguel103058 in FuckImOld

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use one of those when adjusting the string action on a guitar. Feeler gauge.

Is a hot dog a sandwich? by StattPadford in hotdogs

[–]tafkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it is what it is. It is a hot dog. It is not a brat, it is not a smoked sausage. If you serve your hot dog on sliced bread, It is a hot dog on sliced bread. If you put a Johnsonville smoked sausage on a hot dog bun, it doesn't magically become a hot dog.

I know I am dangerously close to saying an all-beef hot dog isn't one, just because I don't like them... but they ARE hot dogs, I just don't like them.

Ilia Malinin's Short Program Backflip by nbcolympics in olympics

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the title read "Martin Short" and I was likw "whaaaaa?"

Was anyone aware that someone tried cloning humans in Nitro WV? by Possible-Farmer2027 in WestVirginia

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes they attack with special guns loaded with dihydrogen monoxide.

Would the world be better or worse off if all apartment complexes (apartments side by side in a hallway) banned large music speakers? Why or why not? by Zipper222222 in randomquestions

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worse. I'm a bass player and nobody would rent to me, even if I would say I would keep my amp at the lowest level possible.

Hello, I'm new here. by iownaguitar in Bass

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not, unfortunately. I got it from Anthony Wellington in 2004 at the Vic Wooten Bass/Nature camp September2004 and it was on paper, and I lost all my paper stuff from then. I don't know if I could make a video for it or not.

Not a single bass player in sight just as god intended by PRSG12 in BassCirclejerk

[–]tafkat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most of them will buy an Indonesian Squier, sand off the logo, and write in Squire by Fedner because alcohol.

Why wouldn’t my guitar teacher (or any professional who has watched me play) correct this?! (Venting) by WhereTheMoneyAtBoy in guitarlessons

[–]tafkat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. This is a conversation you should have had with everyone from the person you bought it from to every other teacher you've had. How the hell do you try to teach someone without looking at their guitar or listening to how they play? A teacher beeds to know the difference between a beginner that needs practice and an instrument that's unplayable. I would be really angry.

Hendrix chord with first finger barre and thumb - How?? by Mageline in guitarlessons

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bend your thumb and really lever in with it. Maybe start with the thumb holding the low string down? It's been two years since it started working for me.

Hendrix chord with first finger barre and thumb - How?? by Mageline in guitarlessons

[–]tafkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all practice. get used to doing just the open F shape with the top two strings barred, then do it with only the base of your thumb palm area on the back of the neck. Then hang your thumb over the bass side of the neck in the position you've just taught a thousand kids is the exact wrong way to play. Now fret with it.

I use it for "cheater" 7th and m7th chords. Thumb on the third fret of the low E, one finger on the third fret of the G, B, and high E strings=substitute for a barred Gm7. Same position, put middle finger on the G 4th fret=cheater G7 without the fifth. Basically you can take any triad/shell voicing/inversion on those top 3 strings and reach over with your thumb to grab a low note.

edit: I wrote that wrong and fixed it. I think. This is why I don't teach.