Recent content by Billnc

Bass literature is hard to find, at least a hard copy you can look at before purchasing. If a book has tabs I will not buy it. I ordered the Simandl and think it was a very good book to work through. I like Internaional Music Company the best. Other editions can be hard to read. IMC's is laid...

Grey foam. I use it all the time and it is cheap. Cutting it takes a bit of skill.

SVT early 70's. I'm a solid state guy now but that is tone heaven.

Amp. I hate cans and in ear monitors. To me, the amp and bass form an acoustic instrument.

I hate to continue to derail his thread, but man Mr Theory Terminology Police Guy is a wonderful bass player!:bassist:

I'm not sure I want to even post here. I've found it completely counter intuitive to think of individual modes when playing. i.e. in a ii V I playing dorian mixolydian ionian. Fisrt the sheer number of melodic devices one may use a far more than these three aspects. Second as a soloist it is...

You are able to play and hear them aren't you? The academic exercise is very good, but should be done with actually playing them. I've used 6 chords quite often on guitar.

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Know enough scale theory to know how chords are built. Work on chord tones and approaches, scalar approaches after that will be very easy and more musical. The other way around, scale approaches to improv then chord tones doesn't seem to work so well.

I play few classic rock gigs. But those I've done no one has ever asked me to change strings. In fact no one has ever asked me what strings I use or to alter my tone.

Done it a few times a year. Lucky enough to do it a few days in a row once.

And the 9's are harder to play in tune once you get used to 12's.

I don't.

You are correct! I do however have a friend who owns a 'hifi' 78 player. I am surprised at just how good that thing sounds. When I was a very young kid I stayed with my grandparents a while, the four bedrooms all had the am radios going and I was in the hall. The radios would all drift and you...

Mine is unlined, I could really use the help, PLEASE!