interesting article. ( I actually played the piece they were using as an example - and recorded a few other of his composotions. i was being groomed to be a concert pianist then that bass came...
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interesting article. ( I actually played the piece they were using as an example - and recorded a few other of his composotions. i was being groomed to be a concert pianist then that bass came...
how nice - thank you for the encouraging words!
joe
Sheesh I forgot to actually answer the question ---
5/8 means 5 beats per bar - eighth note gets one beat - it was written ( I'm
Guessing ) that way to
Be able to hold the tempo of the original...
Hi - why is music in any time signature ? You can write it as one long bar if you want - just a series of notes - or wrote everything in 6/4 - - but that is not the point -
The point is how and...
Well let's see - the alembic- custom made fretless alembic / stars ( string return system - wires running in the neck connect bridges to tuning pegs - magnetic field I between - 4 preamps plus actuve...
Had time in between students the other night and turned on the cam corder for a few minutes
silent night
http://youtu.be/WhjEzqgz0ew
Been fighting my computer all day - and saw a pic I took last month - this is probably THE place to post it!!!
The bass I use on most recordings and gigs is the Alembic with the C clamp - it's been...
This is an exercise that I developed to help musicians create patterns that branch out from an original idea. As bass players we are often easked to play repeating patterns. This exercise will help...
On the evening of his death, i was living in NYC and there was a large gathering of musicians that converged on first and first - for some odd reason , i was the bassist for the memorial i say odd ,...
Exercise 5
I have been teaching bass privately and as most of the lessons are constructed for each student, i have no set lesson plan. Sometimes we it upon ideas, techniques and exercises that i...
You are correct - I tend to over explain and sometimes do not explain enough ... In the example of clapping slowly to 4 beats per bar ( 1-2-3-4/1-2-3-4/1-2-3-4/1-2-3-4 ( thats 4 bars of 4 beats per...
Well it's probably my rambling writing style that makes it harder to follow- I'm usually writing these articles on the go - at the dog park or waiting for an appointment. I plan on posting a series...
Canadians eh??? Naw I am now living in Sonoma, but born in San Francisco!
This one subject could fill volumes. I will attempt to focus on a few pieces of this puzzle.
Reading.
Learning how to read music can help train your ear to hear the notes you want to play or...
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. Saint Augustine
Time.
This subject as far as I can remember was never...
I thought i would say hi and thought i might start posting some articles about playing theory time giging. and various other topics that are rolling around in my head. I may put one in tips and...