I first started playing the guitar using an alternative tuning which is designed to facilitate playing movable chords, and later figured out how to play chords with Standard Tuning. While different people's fingers have different degrees of flexibility and strength, I find that many texts and teac...
That’s the advice I always give about learning to sight-read. Find a fakebook with hundreds of songs, and play through the melodies that you know. For those that are better reading the treble clef than the bass clef, the bass-clefReal Bookcan be helpful. Reminder: Most of my steady o...
The bass line is an amplification of Vince Guaraldi the opening stanza is like a 12-bar blues the triadic chords over the bass line are essentially 12-tone the diminished chords are from Barry Harris (and other places, but I wrote about Barry) the B section is something like Lennie Tristan...
There are players who have three million across multiple platforms! Edmund:The thing is, I want people to know that ___ ___. We don’t not want to ___ ___, but when the time comes soon, when we do a release trailer we’re going to ___ ___. We can post...
(Sax players do certain very common things in a reggae band which are different from funk or blues.) Steal mercilessly from every possible source! It helps to play some piano, guitar or bass - then you can look at their fingers which gives you more clues! Anyway you need...
“Countdown” lack bebop riffing; also, Coltrane soon abandoned the bass motion and played Coltrane changes almost exclusively in modal music with a slow-moving harmonic base. It’s the great divide. Many proficient modal players who sound good on “Giant Steps” don’t quite get the out-...
Coming round to Campbell’sQuaquaversal, we face a virtuosic complex opening with some massive chords reminiscent of acathedrale engloutiefor our times before a fugal interplay that alters to a ort of ostinato bass supporting a wealth of coruscating darts and flashes. Then the composer’s promise...
The TL;DR? If you can hum it, you can play it!Table of Contents: Step 1: Find the key Step 2: Assemble your diatonic chords Step 3: Listen to the bass root movement Figuring Out the Melody More TipsLearn Piano For Free Inspiring tutorials. Fascinating articles. Exclusive interviews. We...
I probably have. I would say that I guarantee you Steven [Shane McDonald]'s never listened to all of our records. The guy who plays bass for us. I really, seriously doubt it. I doubt that [former bassist] Kevin Rutmanis has ever listened to all of our records. I can't imagine th...
Pick: Most bass players don't need a pick, but in certain styles (such as punk or metal) it is a must-have. If you're aspiring to play fast, twangy punk bass lines, you'll need one.