Yeah, I agree. It's kind of a weird title. But I guess it's better than getting slapped with a chord; now, that would hurt!
This month, I want to talk about a short little technique that I get asked about a lot: I'm going to explain and show you how I slap/arpeggiate chords.
Take this lesson with Ray Riendeau.
Drummer Billy Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame, made his most enduring contribution too the genre of jazz - fusion with his classic recording "Spectrum". The 1973 album featured: Joe Farrell, flute, saxophones; John Tropea, guitar, and Ray Barretto, congas.
Check out this transcription by Lucas Pickford at Bass Musician Magazine!
Welcome back to the Jazz Gym. In our last workout we learned some simple scale sequences over our Autumn Leaves progression in the upper register of the bass. If you finished your extra credit assignments, then you know that these melodic sequences have more than one function and sound great forwards and backwards.
Once again, I'd like to stick with the basics for this installment and take up where we left off last time around. In my last lesson, I went into the specifics of basic solid fretting hand technique; this time around I want to shift to the plucking hand. As you are probably already aware, it is the fine synchronization of the two hands working together that will really help you to get to the next level with your dexterity.
In my interview with Victor in our February-March issue, Victor and I spent a great deal of time talking about the "instructional process." His views are unique and decisive, and his book "The Music Lesson" perfectly outlines his agenda on this particular subject.
In recent months I've been practicing a lot. My father and I have spent a lot of time talking about Arnold Schultz and his techniques and concepts and some of it has resonated very strongly with me.
Damian's book proves to be another well thought out text on presenting the fundamentals for any player to consider. A commendable array of scales, modes, chords, and their inversions are covered in depth, and presented in a well thought out manner.
After conducting many interviews for the magazine, I admittedly have more or less a recurring question I try to get to with all of these very accomplished players I've been lucky enough to spend time with.
Greetings to all as we welcome spring, some later than others. As we enter a new season, let's get some good habits going as well.
This time around I'd like to talk about warming up. Some of us do it, and some don't, but it's important, and important to know the reasoning behind it and how it can help us with our primary objective with this column, which is to avoid injury.
