| Even if you're some kind of musical genius or | | | | can save you. |
| savant, it's difficult/time consuming to learn a | | | | The problem is the huge differences in quality and |
| musical instrument without an instructor there to | | | | costs of video bass lessons available on the |
| guide you. A good instructor points out and | | | | internet. The web is full of non-pro bass |
| teaches you the important practical things you | | | | "instructors". A lot of the best players don't offer |
| need to know to be a competent player. They | | | | bass lessons on the web. Many of the top players |
| should be able to show you how to play various | | | | get offers from offline publishers such as Hal |
| techniques and styles so you can be playing them | | | | Leonard or Mel Bay and aren't hip to carving out |
| yourself with some practice. The instructor needs | | | | their cyber learning place. There are tons of free |
| to present the information to you in a logical | | | | videos on YouTube from guys who have good |
| order, explain one topic at a time and add to | | | | intentions, but they can only offer so much help |
| what you already know with clearly set goals. | | | | since they're not that good at playing bass. Free |
| That way the information won't overwhelm or | | | | bass lesson videos are often times on very |
| confuse you. Unfortunately, it's not always | | | | random topics and the explanations can be more |
| possible to have a really good bass instructor | | | | confusing than helpful. |
| around whenever its convenient. | | | | Most of the better bass instructors only give you |
| Traditionally, bass players who don't have access | | | | one or two free videos and then want you to |
| to one on one bass lessons from a professional | | | | start paying lots of money for a "complete" bass |
| had to turn to whatever method books are | | | | lesson course. Also as a side note, some of these |
| available. But nowadays people find books slow | | | | guys are perfectly decent bass players and |
| and tedious to learn from and in the case of a | | | | teachers but don't actually gig that much. |
| musical instrument like bass, its even more difficult | | | | Sometimes it helps add to the excitement of |
| to understand and learn from a book. It's also | | | | playing music and getting better at it when your |
| harder to stay interested and enthusiastic about | | | | instructor out there doing it for themselves. They |
| practicing exercises out of a book. Someone that | | | | can add a certain energy to it. |
| teaches you in person will keep you pumped and | | | | Video bass lessons can be a quick way of learning |
| focused on becoming a better player. Nowadays, | | | | how to play bass. It's usually faster than learning |
| most bass players eager to know more go to | | | | from a book for most people. It's still hard to find |
| the internet for info. | | | | good players with websites that offer high quality |
| As we all know, it's usually easier to learn by | | | | free lessons or video bass lesson courses at a |
| watching someone show you how it's done as | | | | reasonably low price. If you're looking for bass |
| opposed to reading about how to do it. Depending | | | | lessons on the internet, it's best to find an |
| on how articulate the bass instructor's writing skills | | | | instructor you can easily understand, who speaks |
| are, it can be hard to completely understand a | | | | plainly and makes the lessons easy enough |
| written explanation about how to do things on a | | | | understand so you can quickly absorb and use the |
| bass guitar. After all, the instructor is a musician, | | | | knowledge and techniques they explain. It's also |
| not a professional writer and may have no | | | | best to find lessons that keep you excited about |
| previous writing experience. It's much quicker and | | | | playing bass and getting better at it. Guys who |
| easier for a musician to be able to just show you | | | | are active working bass players put a lot of |
| on camera in a video. If a picture is worth a | | | | excitement into breaking down and explaining |
| thousand words, then imagine how much time a | | | | techniques they use on a regular basis - even |
| video can save you when trying to learn a musical | | | | when talking to each other. They'll usually add in |
| instrument. High quality video bass lessons clearly | | | | valuable professional bass playing tips they've |
| offer more bang for the buck than bass method | | | | learned over years of experience. Not a bad way |
| books because of the time and heartache they | | | | to learn fast! |