No BS: Proven Techniques to Master Your Instrument Quickly!

Discover proven techniques to master your instrument quickly and effectively. Whether you're learning bass guitar or another instrument, this video is packed with no-BS tips to improve your playing fast. Perfect for beginners and adults, it’s time to ditch the distractions and focus on real progress with your instrument!

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What’s the biggest challenge you face when practicing your instrument? Drop your answer in the comments, and I might cover it in a future video!

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⏰ Timecodes:
(00:00): Introduction
(00:32): Learn the Music You Love
(02:19): Tuning and Sound Basics
(03:37): Mastering the Fretboard
(04:18): Play with Others and Recordings
(05:41): Dare to Suck and Basics
(07:08): Technique Through Context
(08:27): Commit to Practice
(09:45): Structured Practice Routine
(12:07): Overcoming Distractions

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In this video, No BS: Proven Techniques to Master Your Instrument Quickly, you'll find actionable steps to improve your playing, stay motivated, and build an effective practice routine. Learn to play better and enjoy your instrument more with these no-nonsense tips!

[TedTalksBass]

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[Kevinschart]

Guitar player. Getting tight on fretboard notes, scales, arpeggios, intervals, triads and 7th chords gave me the confidence to tackle literally anything I hear. Drilling those fundamentals is what changed my growth path.

[wagonet]

Cherrs from canada. Been practicing a lot more this year. Good advice

[beyondphenomenon]

Thanks Bro...a lot of things you said landed square...Im older now but I have to be a more serious type bass player...on and off for years...I don't want a band or play professionally but I do need to practice more...a lot more and I need to learn how to stop getting so frustrated and uninspired...hopefully this new year will be a good one.Thanks again.

[joaniepeters]

Very true.. you can combine practice and playing, there’s truly no better practice than practicing playing music with an ensemble whether it’s on a recording or with other musicians.. people forget to have fun, and that can definitely happen very quickly.. and extremely quickly if your not playing the styles you like

[CalvinMoore-sqpn]

Very nice job on this video. I learned some good stuff regarding how to better incorporate my time with the bass. However, my issue has been getting motivated as of late. I love Jazz music and it is what I listen to most often. I will have a song I like and get frustrated when I am not able to figure out the bass parts or find bass tab.

[The-Lu]

I think one of my biggest problems is jumping from book to book and video to video instead of just finding one thing and sticking with it. Then I spend time watching videos instead of having my guitar in my hands. 😅

[samsonwoods]

Yeah Ted, tell em, "YOU GAT TO practice makes perfect, great musical wisdom Ted.

[liviofraschetti]

great advice !!!! hello from Rome !!!!

[kevinrw]

I am a full time musician in the Dallas area teaching a playing drums. I started seriously practicing bass daily about 3 months ago, bought my first bass about a year ago and would kind of practice in spurts. I know all of the theory concepts you mentioned from playing keyboard percussion instruments, though only in a classical setting. What things might someone who is trying to learn bass as a second instrument do differently than someone starting from scratch? I currently play all major or minor scales with the arpeggio, 7th and pentatonic of that key going around the circle of fourths. I felt like I was making steady progress but have gotten stuck on pull offs and playing off chord symbols with something other than the root. Thanks for sharing, subscribed!

[onkaadavis]

Well done! Should be inspiring to all!

[williamrosa]

Cool Guy Ted, thanks for the video, great insight!

[inimei_g]

You should show some lessons on chords and patterns again 😉Sometimes it’s good to repeat the beginning 😊

[KJ]

Thank you for this. I’m a 20+ year drummer turned bassist in the last two or so years. Jumped on the church stage pretty quickly and now playing live almost twice a week. Finding it hard to put in practice on the basics. ie scales, arpeggios, etc. when I do sit down to play at home I’m working on music I’m playing live or just play stuff I enjoy. Have a good way to break out of that? I know I really need to focus on mastering the instrument. I’ve been relying on my understanding of music from drums and the people I play with love my style, but I know I’m way below the high level players I know personally that gig around town. I’m in LA so I’m around some monsters.

[Brookzplayzmuzic]

Record yourself!!! Always.. it's a record of all the mistakes u make u can go back and fix. Every practice, session,

[jellewils]

Often dread practicing after a workday and putting my kids to bed. Often though (not always) the dread is greatly diminished or even gone after 5 minutes of practice. It does really help me to have a particular subject to focus on to make it feel more doable, instead being overwhelmed by possibilities. So I pick a certain basic skill or genre per period of time. I focussed on chromatics for a month or two, now focusing on triads and using intervallic jumps in soloing. No rocket science, No complex jazztype shenanigans. But ever so slowly I do sound a bit different now and have started using some of those new tricks subconciously. With me realizing after the fact: "O, that's new and I like it! Let's keep that!"

[wscme]

Thanks Ted❤😊I'm over 50 and i just wanna play the bass.

[Fender]

What’s the best way to learn to read bass clef
I can already play by ear proficiently .

[mabblers]

I smiled after listening to this. These are all time consuming, so quickly is an oxymoron. Overall have a heart to learn it with dedication.

[JimmyLazers]

On the flip side of play what you love, since playing bass I've developed way more love for funk, disco and their related styles because they are challenging and fun to play and sound damn good. Also they bass is arguably the most important instrument in these kinds of music ❤
So I guess what you love changes as you grow, even when you're fairly old 😂