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06-03-2010, 05:31 AM
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Well the title says it all...I need a book...I must add I am just starting out in this whole realm...and would need a book that covers as much as possible and takes nothing/or no knowledge for granted...does such a book exist??
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06-03-2010, 05:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Deep East Texas Piney Woods | | Improvising is coming up with a melody line on the fly. Its melody, can not get around that. The following is deep, but, will get you there. http://www.archive.org/details/exerc...melo01goetgoog
Pay attention to what is said about two notes close together than a leap - interesting part is what you do after the landing, i.e. what happens after the leap. Gotta read 30 plus pages before this all becomes clear - keep reading!
Then do a Google on exercises in melody writing - this will pull up several papers on the subject. http://www.bing.com/search?q=exercci...SOLTBG&PC=SUN1 They will all say the same thing that the first link I gave you has to say, but, it helps to read several other slants on the same subject.
Love the quote - and I paraphrase - All scale notes are not created equal so we have to know which are the important ones. Someone else said; "Just play the good notes, leave all the bad ones alone." I say - improvising is coming up with a melody line on the fly. First step to improvisation is to be able to write a melody line, writing it on the fly will take some practice.
Not sure the add on the left hand part of the screen is still there, but, solo with 4 notes, yep, if they are the important ones.....
Good luck.
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06-03-2010, 05:55 AM
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you are never more than a half step away from a right note...
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06-03-2010, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada | | There is "Concepts for Bass Soloing" (Book/2 CDs set) by Marc Johnson from Sher Music
Lot's of stuff to work on, depending on where you're at with your playing, it might take you years to get through that book.
Ed Fuqua, also has written on TB more than once, what he's been working on for the last nine yrs (if memory serves me right), couldn't find it right quick, but well worth searching for
Last but not least, Cliff Engel is starting, next monday, his Soloing Techniques For Bass Guitar & Acoustic Bass online lessons http://www.instituteofbass.com/courses/#soloing
maybe you want to check this out...
Hope this helps
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06-03-2010, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by PastorofMuppets  remember..
you are never more than a half step away from a right note... | What if I'm playing a song in a melodic minor key? |
06-03-2010, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Beginner Bass What if I'm playing a song in a melodic minor key? |
The idea is that no matter where you are or what key you are in. If a note sounds bad or wrong to your ear, you are within a half step of a note that is in the key.
dont call attention to anything your ear might think of as a mistake. just slide up or down and when you get back around repeat that phrase and make it into music. Your audience will think you meant to do it that way and you will sound brilliant.
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06-03-2010, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Beginner Bass What if I'm playing a song in a melodic minor key? | you can always look to the relative major key
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06-03-2010, 05:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, Ga | | | I've been working on Ed Friedland's "Bass Improvisation. The Complete Guide To Soloing" and find it very worthwhile, challenging and effective. Highly recommended. Bob |
06-04-2010, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by bassdog I've been working on Ed Friedland's "Bass Improvisation. The Complete Guide To Soloing" and find it very worthwhile, challenging and effective. Highly recommended. Bob | I have this book...and I was doing well with it with the lessons on the Blues, the Pentatonic and phrasing but then there seems (to me) to be a big leap forward to soloing over chord changes using the modes of the chords...and I just found it way to much to keep up with....I mean....I understand the concept, but soloing over so many chords not knowing much about them and making it sound interesting...well... I am missing something...I think tools for the job..if you know what I mean.
I hear a lot about arpeggios and how they are useful to soling...but canīt find much on them....tools for the job...that's what I need!!!
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06-04-2010, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X | What's the contents of this book???....I canīt find it on any web page.
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06-04-2010, 04:10 PM
| | | | I realize you are looking for a book, but just to throw it your way, I am just finishing up "Basic Improvisation" with Berklee music on-line. It is an awesome improvisation / soloing course you may want to consider. It is one course I would highly recommend. |
06-04-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by kynoch What's the contents of this book???....I canīt find it on any web page. | It deals with keys,scales,modes,chords, chord construction,playing over changes,substitutions,walking bass lines,blues and so much more and how it all applies to improvisation. |
06-05-2010, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X It deals with keys,scales,modes,chords, chord construction,playing over changes,substitutions,walking bass lines,blues and so much more and how it all applies to improvisation. | Sounds good!!!
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06-05-2010, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sedgwick1489 I realize you are looking for a book, but just to throw it your way, I am just finishing up "Basic Improvisation" with Berklee music on-line. It is an awesome improvisation / soloing course you may want to consider. It is one course I would highly recommend. | Actually...I have been thinking about this.... I will look into it!!!
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06-05-2010, 03:14 PM
|  | DTID | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Watauga,Texas (DFW area) | | | The Frank Gambale Technique Book 1 and 2 deals with lots of basic concepts, nothing too out. Not just aimed toward jazz guys. Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony by Bert Ligon is another good book. Any of Don Mocks books are great even though each book mainly deals with a single concept. I had the other Sher book Concepts for Bass Soloing but it got lost during a move a few years back. Seemed pretty cool though. Don't be afraid of guitar books, our six stringed brothers have tons of GREAT resources, plus it will get you reading in treble clef.
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