Bass Practice Log (2017 Q1)
Date | Sight Reading | Ear Training | Scales/ Theory | Song/ Jam | Other/Notes |
01/01/17 | 30 | HLBM ex 54: 10 mins @ 60 bpm; 5 mins each @ 66, 72, 84, 92 bpm Fingertips really sore. Couldn’t move on to ex. 55 as planned | |||
20 | HLBM ex. 53: 2.5 mins each @ 60, 72, 84, 92 bpm HLBM ex. 54: 2.5 mins each @ 60, 72, 84, 92 bpm | ||||
01/02/17 | 15 | HLBM ex. 55: no metronome | |||
40 | HLBM ex. 55: 10 mins @ 50 bpm; 5 mins each @ 60, 66, 72, 80, 86, 92 | ||||
01/03/17 | 20 | HLBM ex. 56 (All Four One): No metronome | |||
20 | HLBM ex. 56 (All Four One): Metronome: 50 bpm | ||||
01/04/17 | 60 | HLBM ex. 56 (All Four One): 35 mins @ 50 bpm, 25 mins @ 60 bpm | |||
01/05/17 | 45 | HLBM ex. 56 (All Four One): 15 mins each @ 66, 72, 80 bpm | |||
35 | HLBM ex. 56 (All Four One): 5 mins @ 69, 76, 84 bpm; 15 mins @ 92 bpm | ||||
01/06/17 | 60 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 30 mins, no metronome HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 30 mins, 50 bpm Pinky keeps missing on Eb to G in bar 7 - have to account for length | |||
01/07/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 30 mins, 50 bpm Watching Reaper 5 tutorial series on YouTube. It eats time, but is really well done and packed with info | |||
01/08/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 30 mins, 60 bpm Spent most of time repeating bars 6-8 because G-G#-A-Ab still doesn’t sound musical to me. Plugged into Reaper for amp and used metronome at JamPlay because it has adjustable volume. Placed accent on 1 & 3 | |||
01/09/17 | |||||
01/10/17 | 20 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 20 mins, 60 bpm Plugged into Audacity with Rocksmith cable and recorded | |||
01/11/17 | 20 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 10 mins @ 60 bpm, 10 mins @ 66 bpm | |||
01/12/17 | 20 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 20 mins, 40 bpm; saying note names aloud | |||
15 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 15 mins, 72 bpm | ||||
01/13/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 57 (F/X): 10 mins @ 40 bpm, 5 mins @ 50, 56, 63, 72 bpm | |||
01/18/17 | Got hit with a stomach bug on the 14th. Haven’t touched a bass since then. Bleh. :( | ||||
01/22/17 | 40 | First day back after stomach bug. Its been 9 days w/o bass! HLBM ex. 10-42 @ 80 bpm; Review to get back in and to break-in new GHS pressurewound strings. 30, 34, 35, 36 had mistakes. | |||
01/23/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 10-40 @ 80 bpm | |||
20 | HLBM ex. 38-46 @ 80 bpm | ||||
20 | HLBM ex. 47-51 @ 80 bpm; Experimented with octaves at ex. 47 | ||||
01/24/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 46-48 @ 80 bpm; Experimented with 47 & 48 | |||
20 | HLBM ex. 49-51 @ 80 bpm; Spoke ex. 51 notes aloud most of the time | ||||
20 | HLBM ex. 52 @ 80 bpm; Easier this time around - lower tempo maybe? | ||||
01/25/17 | 30 | HLBM ex. 49-55 @ 80 bpm; Focus on saying notes aloud for 51, 52, 55 | |||
15 | HLBM ex. 55-56 @ 80 bpm; Focus on 56, bars 7-8, 11-13 (string switching) | ||||
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25 | HLBM ex. 56 @ 80 bpm, 5 mins; ex. 57 @ 80, 20 mins | ||||
01/26/17 | 15 | HLBM ex. 57 @ 60 bpm | |||
01/27/17 | 15 | HLBM ex. 57 @ 60 bpm; Saying note names aloud | |||
10 | HLBM ex. 57 @ 60 bpm; Saying note names aloud | ||||
20 | HLBM ex. 57 @ 66 bpm, 10 mins; Saying note names aloud HLBM ex. 57 @ 72 bpm, 10 mins; Saying note names aloud | ||||
15 | HLBM ex. 57 @ 72 bpm, 10 mins; Saying note names aloud | ||||
01/29/17 | 15 | HLBM ex. 57; 5 mins each @ 60, 66 & 72 bpm | |||
02/01/17 | 15 | Natural minor and random finger exercises from Extreme Metal Bass. Because I watched a 3-hour Cannibal Corpse documentary |
Date | Sight Reading | Ear Training | Scales/ Theory | Song/ Jam | Other/Notes |
Sight reading, Ear training, Scales/Theory, Song/Jam columns track total # of mins per session
Rows w/o a date are later sessions from previous dated row