As of late, I’ve been really aware of two great weaknesses in my playing. The first is no great surprise: I’m a terrible soloist. I am still relatively new to the idea. I think most bass players come to the soloing game late and I am no exception. I feel like I have most of …
I just gave a productive lesson to a student concerning the modes of the major scale. We’d gone over them in the past but this was the first time I think he really had a lightbulb moment and GOT it. I won’t bore you with too many of the mundane details concerning diatonic music theory, …
The hardest part about writing out lessons has been the lack of dialog in this medium. It is much easier for me to discuss musical concepts with another person than it is to write out an inclusive lesson that explains any potential questions. It is difficult to assume the aptitude of the reader on given …
I just found a really awesome ‘online document’ by a guy named Marc Sabatella called A Jazz Improvisation Primer. This is an online version to a text that he sells privately, providing some broad insights to the ins and outs of Jazz improv without really zeroing in on one of the many methods on the …
