Recent content by HaVIC5

My nano+, currently stuffed to the brim.

that guy sucks!

Hey! Thanks for the kind comments! Yes, I am just a bass guitarist, but I like to think that the info from this was a little bit more than just a google search! The main point I was making is that Kimura's subharmonics are not undertones, because they don't reflect the undertone series in any...

That's the right sort of idea, but there is in fact more to it than that. If it's just one bar of C7, then yes! C Bb A G works fine, assuming that the G then will resolve by a step or an ascending 4th/descending 5th to the following chord. However, if it's two bars of C7 in a row, you'd want to...

Sure thing. For the purposes of walking lines, the major sixth of any given chord can be substituted for a chord tone thats on either the first or third beats (strong beats) if necessary - almost always in a stepwise passage, and usually descending. This is fundamentally the same idea as the...

They're in the description of the YouTube video! I copied them here. Lyrics: Arpeggiate the triad Or at least play chord tones On beats 1 and 3 (the strong beats) Followed by notes from the key, or not from the key On beats 2 and 4 (the weak beats) The sixth counts as a chord tone For the...

Hey Talkbass! I wrote a song that condenses probably semester of study on Jazz bass lines into the span of 60 seconds. Its....a lot to take in, haha, but I think it turned out really well. Hope you enjoy it! It also features a 4-part jazz soli on vocoder, which was really fun to put...

Hey talkbass, I borrowed a concept known as Cantus Firmus from an 18th century classical counterpoint manual known as the Gradus ad Parnassum and applied to to jazz bass soloing. It's really useful for creating lyrical and melodic bass parts that break away from root-oriented thinking, and I...

Hey talkbass, I'm a fan of the music of Hungarian composer Béla Bartok, his string quartets especially. I did a little lesson/performance demo on playing some of the cello parts from his 1st string quartet on bass, and thought you all might enjoy. Also, user Jonathan Keeler commented on the...

I filmed our new years eve gig, and some of the shenanigans the band got into. It was VERY tame compared to some NYE gigs I've seen, but still fun!

I didn't, because I didn't go there!

I made a video about ways of practicing without your bass! There was a Harvard study that I read about dealing with visualization and practicing, and so I thought I'd compile a list of simple tips for practicing when you're out of the house and you don't have your bass on you. Enjoy! Anybody...

Thanks man! I touch on why I was able to hear it as an A on the Q+A video I released last week. Skip to 1:23 if you'd like.

I've posted this here before, but it warrants mention anyway. I go in depth in this video about prescriptivism vs. descriptivism and the meaning of what theory actually is versus what it isn't, but yeah, you should learn it.

A question I have gotten asked is how to go about learning a large number of songs and memorizing them in a short amount of time. The secret is...I don't! I just write really, really detailed charts for myself and that way I never forget anything I ever learn. It's super handy. I made this...