So for a bit of background, about 2 and a half years ago I decided to learn bass after messing with music theory and failed piano attempts for years. Started with a random Kelly club custom hybrid my family had, swapped to a short scale beater I got to a friend, and finally the spring the following year picked up a sterling sub ray double humbuckler. That’s when I discovered my beater was a short scale and I had a bit of a jarring time trying to adjust. Up to that point I messed with some songs from a tab book(I’m someone who gels well with theory and info but my hands take forever to catch up) and had been using rocksmith for my consistent practice. Problem is I moved, life disrupted my practice and my attempt to give myself a goal for more engagement backfired(joined a video game jazz band that was way beyond my level to match with), and I just wound up going on hiatus.
So a bit under a year has passed and I’ve decided it’s time to fire back up rocksmith, fix one of my issues of convenience (I finally ordered a new solid stand. My place doesn’t support my wall mounts and the stand I got with my beater isn’t very good. Plus I just cleared a spot), and hope the break will allow me to adjust to the full scale better. Even if actually playing with people is still a big question, I love music so I may as well dive back in. Probably making a new rocksmith profile and refreshing my skills too.
So one of the bigger issues I have I wanted to ask for help on is that my reading skills surpass both my ear and playing skills. I can pick up the flow of a song but I suck at identifying shift points by note, the little I’ve done is with a singer on piano as lead, usually doing a simple pattern using their chords as a lead note for offsetting. But while I’m fine reading tabs I’ve had a hard time working on my ear. So I was wondering if anyone had some good advice on that. Also what’s a good rep set (stand alone and/or drill arcade in rocksmith) to work on for drilling back in the basics?
Thanks, honestly I really enjoy bass, plus I have zero aptitude for strumming so my attempts to mess with the guitar or the random Mandolin I have lying around were all non-starters