How to Find a Bass Guitar Teacher?

When it comes to decide how to learn to play bass guitar don´t rely on your friends that just started on their on.

As much as I believe in auto-didactic learning – (for many people this is the best way to learn while others need a dedicated teacher) -
looking back, I have to admit I could have saved me a lot of time while learning faster if I had had a step by step course.

No doubt, a regular bass teacher can be very helpful for many beginners while you still have to deal with their style – their playing, music and teaching style – AND their personality.

Both can give one a hard time while fun and joy continuously fade away.

If I was to start learning from the beginning again I would use tools that are available since several years.

Yes, I´m talking about internet online bass courses.

If you search the internet for “bass courses” you will find quite a lot of different programs that you could choose.

But which gives you the most for your money?

As Winston Curchill said:

“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”

Well, you could choose simply by looking at their web pages and if you like their layout and the cleverness of their description.

However, don´t think “I´m not fooled that easy and their marketing tricks don´t work on me!”

They do – and they do well.

(Ever wondered why you see the same boring commercials on TV over and over again?
They are shown because they work, despite how dumb they may appear.)

But you’re not interested in that stuff.

You want to know how to play bass.

If I had to choose a program I would consider five main criteria to decide if the program is fitting to my needs (No – price is not the main criteria!):

• Is it really a step by step guide that has a wide range and can be used by an absolute beginner as well as by a player that has mastered the basics?
• Does it teach both technical training as well as a good portion of music theory?
• Is it profound yet easy to understand and can I apply each lesson immediately?
• Is the program developed by real musicians that know what they´re talking about?
• Is the course based on applied learning psychology?

See, these bullet points are highly subjective and only show what I think is essential for an bass guitar course.

So, feel absolutely free to search the huge amount of information for all the different bass guitar related themes in the internet.

Work yourself through all kinds of forums and the many many posts to find the fitting program for you.

The time it costs you is well invested and you may get some new insights.

Maybe you even will realize that you can´t use the freedom such a course provides and that it´s not important for you to be able to learn at your own pace.

Maybe you can´t deal with it not to be pushed into kinds of music that you never wanted to hear nor to play.

Maybe you realize that you never would have the discipline to learn by your own and that you absolutely need someone who´s controlling you.
That´s absolutely ok and it was worth every hour of research.

BUT: Anybody who feels comfortable with all the benefits an online course gives may find here some further ideas on How To Play Bass Guitar online.

Until next time.