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Fun, love bass walk exercises
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This one is a lot of fun! I’m loving these bass walks! Channeling Johnny Cash today 😉
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fun to play.
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Once I got the, (1-2 and, 3-4 and) count going inside my head, the 4-note bass walk flowed right out of me! FUN!
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For some reason this was easier
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was a good exercise.
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Sometimes the world doesn’t make sense. Yesterdays lesson was a 2 note bass walk with G, C, & D, the easiest chords. I had more challenge with that than I did in todays lesson that had 4 note base walks with A. D. & E. This really helps with finger dexterity and accuracy. Thanks!
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It was another fun exercise, great for working on pick accuracy
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Yesterday made today much easier. Nice.
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Don’t give up! It does take a while – if guitar was easy, everyone would play ; ) If the lesson isn’t fun, finish as best you can, then play something you do enjoy for a few minutes!
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That was fun. Really helped on trying to improve my picking accuracy. Was very satisfying that I finally got it.
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For some reason, this was a real struggle until I started following the tab. Then I realized it was more than manageable. Not to shabby for day 13.
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Really liked this challenge. Being a total beginner I usually struggle a lot with chord changes and timing/rhythm but with this challenge it was more fluid. That was FUN!
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I did 2 note and 4 note all in one day (catching up) and by the time I got to the 4 note my transitions were that much better. I seemed quicker to go to the next chord. That was good, by the end of the week I should be mastering it (in my mind anyway)
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I can’t believe how many times I had to play this before I got it right!! I kept making the same mistake over and over and over. Anyway, I love this guitar lick! I’ll keep playing it, yes, over and over and over.
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It’s very good! It’s very useful! Slowly, slowly!
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That was fun and it didn’t take me too long to get it to sound good.
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I like the sound of the base walk, and would really like to incorporate it into my guitar playing (2 note and 4 note windows!) I enjoyed working on this!
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I just did it and did it and did it………until I GOT IT!! That’s usually my path to any modest success!
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My little win today is happily choosing the barred version of the A chord, same as Tony does. I remember when I felt like barre chords were completely out of reach and now some of them are very confortable. I could choose to play an A three ways now but the barre is the quickest and easiest for muting the high E string.
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Not perfect, but I get it.
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I played just like most things. Terrible at first then I’ll get it and can et through the thing amazingly SLOW! Had a ball doing it though!
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Barely got that. No fluency, but i did it…
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Weird feel to this. How often is this used in songs ? Got it down but not sure I will ever use this.
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Not too difficult, worked on accuracy which needs more practice!
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Wow, love this exercise!
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Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun!!!! my fingers are getting stronger, I must have gone thru this cahllenge about 10 times not because it was hard for me but because it totally helps me with my chord transition kunumdrum!!!
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my strumming never sounds as fluid and mellow as Tony’s. I have to work at not getting defeated. Srtumming is better than 4 months ago but not great.
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Day #186 for me. This was not a super difficult challenge for me but, for some reason, took longer than I anticipated to get under my fingers. I think it was the dang A chord. I have never liked playing the A chord and I think it’s because of having to cram three fingers inside those adjacent frets. I have tried the barre method but it never sounds very good. I guess I’ll have to keep working on it and add it to my daily list of routine practices along with every chord in all major keys including the barre chords. For example, C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim, D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, Cdim, etc. My goal is to be able to play songs in whatever key they are written in along with the ability to transpose into any other key on the fly…but that goal is a long way off. I also want to be able to change from chord to chord cleanly and seamlessly. I’m not asking too much am I?
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I have similar goals. I can do the A chord several ways the easiest for me tho is the barre but the second easiest is using fingers 2,3 and 4 over the 3 consecutive strings which seems like the most natural position for my hand.
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enjoyable getting better thanks for the good lesson
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Once I got this figured out and going, I couldn’t stop playing it. So cool once I got it down and was able to get it up to 2X. Lots of fun, going to use this as part of my warmup routine.
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Loved today’s lesson. Congrats on 500 Bob! I’m stoke because I was allowed o play a song with Praise band at church. One of my 90 day things I wanted to do
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Cool beans @lahoma1975live-com. I have been playing with the praise band for about a year first on cajon and now on guitar. I play back-up to the lead guitar. We’re small so far with two vocalists, one keyboard, and two guitars. I love being able to honor God using whatever talents He has given me.
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Not difficult, I can do it as well as I did the 2-note walk yesterday, which means very slowly as I have to keep looking at the fretting hand and the picking hand so I land on the right strings. (Lately, I have been having trouble staying in the right places both fretting and picking. Don’t know why this is happening, as I was doing better before now.)
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I have been having the same issue @BarbaraM and it’s frustrating. I’m trying to gradually get to the point where I can play without looking at my fingers or the fretboard but that is a work in progress.
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Yes it is frustrating; it’s like my fingers got lazy. I have a couple of songs I like to play and was doing well playing them without looking, but even those my hand slips up or down from its position and it sounds discordant. Oh well, we’ll get there!
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A good exercise. I am not sure how I can implement it in other keys, however.
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This was interesting, I would say right now the 2-note walk comes a lot more naturally to me than the 4 note walk!
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Followed the tab slowly and got it with patience. I love the sound. Enjoyed the lesson.
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Good lesson today again. Reinforces how important pick accuracy is.
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I get a little stressed out at 120 but am able to gradually relax into it. lol. Fun stuff.
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Another excellent exercise. To get to 2x I had to memorize the chords instead of reading the TAB. Really good exercise for pick accuracy.
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I know @rhayes73aol-com. There’s only three chords and the root chord is repeated three times so it shouldn’t be that hard, right? Well…I had to do it several times before it sunk into my solid concrete head. After that it was fun to play.
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This is another great lesson for me . I may not able to play it at 120 BPM, but I am close . It’s still a win for me .
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I’m OK with the walk-ups from the A to D and the E to A transitions, but using walk-downs from the D to A and the A to E transitions sounds much better to my ear than what Tony has tabbed – JMHO.
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@Bill_Brown, good idea! I also like doing some of the walks on the higher strings: e.g. D string walk up to E, etc. I don’t know if I like them better but certainly just as much. And it’s easier to think up than down for me.
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I like to play these progressions (yesterday and today) using barre chords and fool around with walks from one chord to another while maintaining the same tone as the tab. Sometimes I end up using what’s been tabbed, but other times I can find the same notes on different strings that are reasonably close to the chord.
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My mind wanders and I lose my place in straight chick a boom so if I can get to a decent speed the bass walks should help me stay on track. Practice, practice, practice …….
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Once I got that under my fingers and in timing it was so fun to play. Enjoy those base walks
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I know it’s not ‘small win Friday’ but I passed a slightly larger win by playing TCA for 700 consecutive days. Still trying to improve as some days it doesn’t seem to be happening but keep at it TAC folks.
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Congrats @bugmeist , you’re coming up on 2 YEARS of consecutive days – that’s awesome – KEEP IT GOING 🙂
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Well done Bill!
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Well done!
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@bugmeist, great work ethic!! Congratulations!
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Dang! You must drive your loved ones CRAZY! Such dedication.
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Hi Tony – yesterday’s challenge and today’s is exactly what J & I have been looking for – we always finish our sessions with a song with chords we (try to!) know and today we started using the simple two note technique. It brings it alive. Many thanks.
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Nice lesson! Hope everyone is enjoying this week.
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Today is consecutive day 500! Perhaps there is something wrong with me…
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Are you still finding new things to work on?
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I don’t try to perfect every lesson. Some I spend more time on than others. But each time I find that I’ve improved on techniques. I’ve come to be fairly proficient on the fretboard with both major and minor scales.
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amazing
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No, not all! You’re only just a bit ahead of us but we still are enjoying the journey. They say, a fruit that matures slowly is the sweetest
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Congrats @BobMallord , 500 consecutive days is an awesome achievement – KEEP IT GOING 🙂
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@Bill_Brown I do believe I’ve had more consecutive days than that. I’m sure you remember well when they had the days and sessions screwed up. I really think they missed the count of my streak before that. I don’t recall missing a day since I first signed up. Now I keep track of my days myself in case that happens again.
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Well done Bob!
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Really outstanding consistency!
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Keep at it @BobMallord. Though it sometimes seems like drudgery and “I should be better than this” at times then there will be those days that you find your hard work and FUN paid off. Well done.
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Such a chill lesson, and the bass walk just inspires improv. Absolutely loved noodling around with this one!
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Great job, @salkington615gmail-com. I really enjoy the bass walk lessons. I always come away from them with renewed vigor. I hope everyone is doing well, and I can’t wait to read the comments.
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This is a record for me. its the first time that i have been able to follow the play along video in double time. Yey!
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Congratulations! Keep it up! Small wins are how we fuel our progress!
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Congratulations, !
Challenge complete
Come back tomorrow for your next challenge
Fun, love bass walk exercises
This one is a lot of fun! I’m loving these bass walks! Channeling Johnny Cash today 😉
fun to play.
Once I got the, (1-2 and, 3-4 and) count going inside my head, the 4-note bass walk flowed right out of me! FUN!
For some reason this was easier
was a good exercise.
Sometimes the world doesn’t make sense. Yesterdays lesson was a 2 note bass walk with G, C, & D, the easiest chords. I had more challenge with that than I did in todays lesson that had 4 note base walks with A. D. & E. This really helps with finger dexterity and accuracy. Thanks!
It was another fun exercise, great for working on pick accuracy
Yesterday made today much easier. Nice.
Don’t give up! It does take a while – if guitar was easy, everyone would play ; ) If the lesson isn’t fun, finish as best you can, then play something you do enjoy for a few minutes!
That was fun. Really helped on trying to improve my picking accuracy. Was very satisfying that I finally got it.
For some reason, this was a real struggle until I started following the tab. Then I realized it was more than manageable. Not to shabby for day 13.
Really liked this challenge. Being a total beginner I usually struggle a lot with chord changes and timing/rhythm but with this challenge it was more fluid. That was FUN!
I did 2 note and 4 note all in one day (catching up) and by the time I got to the 4 note my transitions were that much better. I seemed quicker to go to the next chord. That was good, by the end of the week I should be mastering it (in my mind anyway)
I can’t believe how many times I had to play this before I got it right!! I kept making the same mistake over and over and over. Anyway, I love this guitar lick! I’ll keep playing it, yes, over and over and over.
Small win, for sure!
It’s very good! It’s very useful! Slowly, slowly!
That was fun and it didn’t take me too long to get it to sound good.
I like the sound of the base walk, and would really like to incorporate it into my guitar playing (2 note and 4 note windows!) I enjoyed working on this!
I just did it and did it and did it………until I GOT IT!! That’s usually my path to any modest success!
My little win today is happily choosing the barred version of the A chord, same as Tony does. I remember when I felt like barre chords were completely out of reach and now some of them are very confortable. I could choose to play an A three ways now but the barre is the quickest and easiest for muting the high E string.
Not perfect, but I get it.
I played just like most things. Terrible at first then I’ll get it and can et through the thing amazingly SLOW! Had a ball doing it though!
Barely got that. No fluency, but i did it…
Weird feel to this. How often is this used in songs ? Got it down but not sure I will ever use this.
Not too difficult, worked on accuracy which needs more practice!
Wow, love this exercise!
Fun, Fun, Fun, Fun!!!! my fingers are getting stronger, I must have gone thru this cahllenge about 10 times not because it was hard for me but because it totally helps me with my chord transition kunumdrum!!!
my strumming never sounds as fluid and mellow as Tony’s. I have to work at not getting defeated. Srtumming is better than 4 months ago but not great.
Day #186 for me. This was not a super difficult challenge for me but, for some reason, took longer than I anticipated to get under my fingers. I think it was the dang A chord. I have never liked playing the A chord and I think it’s because of having to cram three fingers inside those adjacent frets. I have tried the barre method but it never sounds very good. I guess I’ll have to keep working on it and add it to my daily list of routine practices along with every chord in all major keys including the barre chords. For example, C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim, D, Em, F#m, G, A, Bm, Cdim, etc. My goal is to be able to play songs in whatever key they are written in along with the ability to transpose into any other key on the fly…but that goal is a long way off. I also want to be able to change from chord to chord cleanly and seamlessly. I’m not asking too much am I?
I have similar goals. I can do the A chord several ways the easiest for me tho is the barre but the second easiest is using fingers 2,3 and 4 over the 3 consecutive strings which seems like the most natural position for my hand.
enjoyable getting better thanks for the good lesson
Once I got this figured out and going, I couldn’t stop playing it. So cool once I got it down and was able to get it up to 2X. Lots of fun, going to use this as part of my warmup routine.
Loved today’s lesson. Congrats on 500 Bob! I’m stoke because I was allowed o play a song with Praise band at church. One of my 90 day things I wanted to do
Cool beans @lahoma1975live-com. I have been playing with the praise band for about a year first on cajon and now on guitar. I play back-up to the lead guitar. We’re small so far with two vocalists, one keyboard, and two guitars. I love being able to honor God using whatever talents He has given me.
Not difficult, I can do it as well as I did the 2-note walk yesterday, which means very slowly as I have to keep looking at the fretting hand and the picking hand so I land on the right strings. (Lately, I have been having trouble staying in the right places both fretting and picking. Don’t know why this is happening, as I was doing better before now.)
I have been having the same issue @BarbaraM and it’s frustrating. I’m trying to gradually get to the point where I can play without looking at my fingers or the fretboard but that is a work in progress.
Yes it is frustrating; it’s like my fingers got lazy. I have a couple of songs I like to play and was doing well playing them without looking, but even those my hand slips up or down from its position and it sounds discordant. Oh well, we’ll get there!
A good exercise. I am not sure how I can implement it in other keys, however.
This was interesting, I would say right now the 2-note walk comes a lot more naturally to me than the 4 note walk!
Followed the tab slowly and got it with patience. I love the sound. Enjoyed the lesson.
Good lesson today again. Reinforces how important pick accuracy is.
I get a little stressed out at 120 but am able to gradually relax into it. lol. Fun stuff.
Another excellent exercise. To get to 2x I had to memorize the chords instead of reading the TAB. Really good exercise for pick accuracy.
I know @rhayes73aol-com. There’s only three chords and the root chord is repeated three times so it shouldn’t be that hard, right? Well…I had to do it several times before it sunk into my solid concrete head. After that it was fun to play.
This is another great lesson for me . I may not able to play it at 120 BPM, but I am close . It’s still a win for me .
I’m OK with the walk-ups from the A to D and the E to A transitions, but using walk-downs from the D to A and the A to E transitions sounds much better to my ear than what Tony has tabbed – JMHO.
@Bill_Brown, good idea! I also like doing some of the walks on the higher strings: e.g. D string walk up to E, etc. I don’t know if I like them better but certainly just as much. And it’s easier to think up than down for me.
I like to play these progressions (yesterday and today) using barre chords and fool around with walks from one chord to another while maintaining the same tone as the tab. Sometimes I end up using what’s been tabbed, but other times I can find the same notes on different strings that are reasonably close to the chord.
My mind wanders and I lose my place in straight chick a boom so if I can get to a decent speed the bass walks should help me stay on track. Practice, practice, practice …….
Once I got that under my fingers and in timing it was so fun to play. Enjoy those base walks
I know it’s not ‘small win Friday’ but I passed a slightly larger win by playing TCA for 700 consecutive days. Still trying to improve as some days it doesn’t seem to be happening but keep at it TAC folks.
Congrats @bugmeist , you’re coming up on 2 YEARS of consecutive days – that’s awesome – KEEP IT GOING 🙂
Well done Bill!
Well done!
@bugmeist, great work ethic!! Congratulations!
Dang! You must drive your loved ones CRAZY! Such dedication.
Hi Tony – yesterday’s challenge and today’s is exactly what J & I have been looking for – we always finish our sessions with a song with chords we (try to!) know and today we started using the simple two note technique. It brings it alive. Many thanks.
Nice lesson! Hope everyone is enjoying this week.
Today is consecutive day 500! Perhaps there is something wrong with me…
Are you still finding new things to work on?
I don’t try to perfect every lesson. Some I spend more time on than others. But each time I find that I’ve improved on techniques. I’ve come to be fairly proficient on the fretboard with both major and minor scales.
amazing
No, not all! You’re only just a bit ahead of us but we still are enjoying the journey. They say, a fruit that matures slowly is the sweetest
Congrats @BobMallord , 500 consecutive days is an awesome achievement – KEEP IT GOING 🙂
@Bill_Brown I do believe I’ve had more consecutive days than that. I’m sure you remember well when they had the days and sessions screwed up. I really think they missed the count of my streak before that. I don’t recall missing a day since I first signed up. Now I keep track of my days myself in case that happens again.
Well done Bob!
Really outstanding consistency!
Keep at it @BobMallord. Though it sometimes seems like drudgery and “I should be better than this” at times then there will be those days that you find your hard work and FUN paid off. Well done.
Such a chill lesson, and the bass walk just inspires improv. Absolutely loved noodling around with this one!
Great job, @salkington615gmail-com. I really enjoy the bass walk lessons. I always come away from them with renewed vigor. I hope everyone is doing well, and I can’t wait to read the comments.
This is a record for me. its the first time that i have been able to follow the play along video in double time. Yey!
Congratulations! Keep it up! Small wins are how we fuel our progress!