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This section is for Articles that don't fit comfortably in the other sections that I've set up. 1) How to use a metronome to work on your inner sense of time. This article looks at ways you can use a metronome - or metronomic device - to work on your inner sense of time instead of using your metronome as a crutch. 2) When to turn your metronome off. This article looks at when you should turn your metronome off. 3) Why learning songs makes more sense than practicing scales. This article looks at why learning songs makes more sense than practicing scales - and it's way more fun too! 4) Why Keyboard Players Have the Best Ears This is the first part of a 2 parter, this article sets up some important practice suggestions in the 2nd article. 5) How Bass Players Can Improve Their Hearing By Modelling How Keyboard Players Learn And Practice This is the follow on to Article 4 above. Please read it - it could change the way you practice the bass forever! TEACHING ARTICLES 6) Can You Really Learn The Bass Guitar Online? There are a gazillion YouTube style bass tutorialsout there - can you really learn to play the bass guitar online though? 7) What a Bass Student Needs to Be Successful - The Three 'Ps' If you're planning to take bass lessons and want to get better (and the two go hand in hand), you need the three Ps! 8) Doing The Neuron Dance - How The Brain LearnsUnderstanding how the brain learns is crucial to successfully maximise your learning experience. It all starts with the Neuron Dance. 9) The Lack Of A Bass Teaching Tradition Why the lack of a bass teaching tradition is a problem for beginners. 10) Why Are There So Many Bad Bass Teachers Out There? I wasn't sure about posting this article (I hate negativity in all its forms) but I had an email from a guy called Steve whose first bass teacher was a guitar player, and basically told Steve that he considered bass players as "the fat kid at school who can only join in at football if he goes in goal." 11) What You Need To Make Constant And Consistent Progress - 1 Bass Guitar + 1 Good Teacher + Daily Practice To make consistent progress on the bass guitar you need three things to have three things - a bass, a good bass teacher and daily practice.
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