Augmented scale solos

[melkinsbass]

I was looking for some bass solos to transcribe that use the augmented scale (m2, m3, m2, etc., or vice versa). Any recommendations? Michael Brecker solos may be a little tough for me to navigate, technique-wise.

[Alun]

This is worth a read for a wealth of augmented ideas..

The Augmented Scale In Jazz (1 BOOK)

Cheers
Alun

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by melkinsbass

I was looking for some bass solos to transcribe that use the augmented scale (m2, m3, m2, etc., or vice versa). Any recommendations? Michael Brecker solos may be a little tough for me to navigate, technique-wise.

Transcribing solos at slow speeds helps your technique. AND you learn what he played. So . . . . man up and transcribe Brecker.

[melkinsbass]

That's great, but besides the other stuff, I would like to hear/analyze a bassist's approach to the scale. Are they sticking to an intervalic approach? Linear? Etc...

[Snarf]

My advice would be to not think like a bass player, think like a musician instead. Most bassists who play solos in the jazz idiom have studied sax players, piano players, horn players, etc etc. Also, no one sticks to just an "intervallic" or "linear" approach. Phrasing is everything. Also, augmented scales are only appropriate in certain harmonic contexts which may last for only a second or two. Don't know if you already knew that, but if you didn't, there it is.

But if you really need a bass player to watch, you should get hip to John Patitucci and Jeff Berlin (this is NOT an endorsement of Jeff Berlin as a philosopher )