I taught guitar and bass so here some stuff to help.
Get a small drum to develop your rhythm. Just something to tap on constantly. Bass is easy to just dive right in because it's a rhythm instrument but you'll be fatigued by it until you adjust. A little drum means you won't disengage your self from it.
I've always said to the people I teach, never go more than a day without picking up an instrument within the first year of learning. You could play for 6 months, put the bass down for a week and you'll have regressed a month. Not good.
Be consistent in your first year. Once you get to a year you can officially say you can play the bass. Because then you could put it down for a week and pick it back up again with no loss.
Just play to songs. Don't worry too much about getting it right. I know people with a terrible habit of stopping when they make a mistake and they've been at it for years. Playing badly is better than not playing at all.
I taught guitar and bass so here some stuff to help. Get a small drum to develop your rhythm. Just something to tap on constantly. Bass is easy to just dive right in because it's a rhythm instrument but you'll be fatigued by it until you adjust. A little drum means you won't disengage your self from it.
I've always said to the people I teach, never go more than a day without picking up an instrument within the first year of learning. You could play for 6 months, put the bass down for a week and you'll have regressed a month. Not good.
Be consistent in your first year. Once you get to a year you can officially say you can play the bass. Because then you could put it down for a week and pick it back up again with no loss.
Just play to songs. Don't worry too much about getting it right. I know people with a terrible habit of stopping when they make a mistake and they've been at it for years. Playing badly is better than not playing at all.