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Don't know exactly. Around 1990-1992 I started gigging. I have been playing bass a looooong time.
But each and every riff or line I made up was done so by accident. I know how to play stuff that sounds good but I never learned the relationship between:
Also, I will be spending a lot of time trying to reinvent my slapping. I now just hammer away on top of the strings as if I intend to break them. The switch will be to doublethumbing and if that goes well plucking triplets to really spice things up.
So two main jobs: Learn to apply theory and slap like a gentleman.
Let's see how far I can take this at age 52!
But each and every riff or line I made up was done so by accident. I know how to play stuff that sounds good but I never learned the relationship between:
- Scales
- Chords within those scales
- Modes fitting with these chords that are in those scales
Also, I will be spending a lot of time trying to reinvent my slapping. I now just hammer away on top of the strings as if I intend to break them. The switch will be to doublethumbing and if that goes well plucking triplets to really spice things up.
So two main jobs: Learn to apply theory and slap like a gentleman.
Let's see how far I can take this at age 52!