Focused on using pinkie in one hand and 2 fingers in the other. I am new but I am having a blast playing riffs and doing 'spider' exercise.Wrote about 20 for 2 months. You can do so much on your own, but this is not to say theres no benefit to playing with others. But you'd be shocked what you can learn from others experiences. I understand not everybody has the chance to play with other people on the regular. That being said, playing with other musicians when given the opportunity IS a phenomenal way to expand your musical toolbox. You'll be creatively jamming alone in no time. Eventually, take away the backing track, start piecing together your own doodads. When you get more comfortable, you'll be able to throw on a track, and just solo around the whole thing. As in, learn the roots, then play around the roots. IE, 'Funky backing track in C#' or 'Romantic Ballad in E' or 'Brutal slam death track in A' whatever you want. Ways to enjoy bass alone, especially when starting out, play to some random backing tracks on YouTube. It can 100% be a solo instrument just as much as piano or guitar, or pretty much any other instrument. Similarly, please send any comments or critiques to the moderators. We encourage you to report spam posts or posts that violate the rules, but please send a message to the moderators at the same time. Please tag video or audio of you or your band with in the subject line of the post.

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