timing

I would very much appreciate feedback/advice on my technique and timing. I played guitar for 17 years and slowly picking up bass. Although didn’t get far with my plucking, here’s my attempt to sound like a bass player. Any feedback will help me a lot!

Playing against drums or machines practice. Lately I have been recording and practicing to play dead on the beat/grid, and I mean to the millisecond and less, inspecting the waveform on the recorded material. I focus mainly on the downbeats and 8th up beats. On the 16th up beats I admit I give...

Okay, not sure what to make of this. I've been multitrack recording my jazz trio's performances lately. Everything is mic'ed except the bass, which goes direct. I notice sometimes that something sounds a bit off in a way I can't put my finger on. I'm an experienced player and these guys are...

I did not want to direct this to only to bass guitarists but all professional bassists. Is there any threads for both bass guitar and double bass? Anyway, professional bassists/musicians, how do you work on your time? I am myself gigging regularly, mostly playing jazz on the double bass. I would...

Hello everybody, I did a quick search and didn't found other threads on this topic or maybe I'm not using the right word/definition. During the lockdown and social distancing periods my band didn't rehearsed at all, so my keyboard player and I went to record some covers. Talking about timing, to...

Lurking guitar player here (now ducking). This forum, while established for bass players, always seems to have good discussions about band dynamics. This topic seems to straddle a few categories, so I figured I'd see if anyone wanted to weigh in here. Bass player is our BL, btw, but is very...

I don't know if this is a real phenomenon, something in my imagination, or something else. As with most players, getting together to play, be it rehearsal or shows, has been a no-no recently. Since last summer, following a false start with JamKazam, we have been using Jamulus once or twice a...

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Hey All, I am a huge April Wine fan and have been working on I like to Rock. I've got it all, except for the bass punches in the middle. I just can't work that timing. Any ideas or suggestions to help lock in? Thanks!

I've always wondered: how much the note you play has to be offset of click to be considered not in time? In other words, what accuracy should I aim at when practicing with metronome? Hence another question: are there any means of objective control of your timing? I've been practicing with a...

My first post (long time TB reader). The band I'm in, a trio, recently starting working on an instrumental version of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." And so far I've struggled in rehearsal with the slow tempo of the song (3/4 time, a waltz, about 100 bpm). It's our slowest song and I play the...

I need to get better with timing especially for faster pace songs. Does anyone have any songs and/or exercises to help?

I need to get better with timing especially for faster pace songs. Does anyone have any songs and/or exercises to help?

Drummer wasn't able to make rehearsal the other day but we continued with our regular schedule. Amazingly our timing was much better without the guy who keeps time. Essentially I was the keeper of the beats that day on my bass. You think it's a bad sign that our timing was better without the...

Hi, I'm playing in big band for few months. I've noticed that sometimes I drag the drummer (when he loses focus and starts to slow down), sometimes he drags me (when I can'r read the hard parts fast enough) and the horns are often trying to change the tempo both ways. By dragging I mean 'I hear...

Last night, while auditioning some less-than-stellar drummers and a not-so-good guitarist for a new project (we are still searching), I came to learn something about myself. The sloppier and less-musical the song is, the more I over-play. We were doing pop, and a couple basic top-40 rock...

My band wants me to learn 'Black Dog' and I've learned the component parts and got up to speed with the main riffs. Trouble is, when I'm playing along with the recording, the main riff (immediately after the vocals eg. "Make you sweat, gonna make you groove") seems to start at a different...

Hey Folks, I've got a few hard rock maple boards and wondered if I should cut them and level them to neck blank board size and let them sit for a while, or cut them once I'm ready to start working on the actual necks? Thanks!

Hi, Sorry for that silly question maybe. But a pro bass player, while he play a groove, he always declaim 1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a inside himself? Or he relay on the timing skill he acquired during practice without subdevision counting?

Recently I've been playing along to a few Willie Nelson tunes with a view to doing them in a covers band. I've never really listened to him while playing. It may be just me, but he surely has an 'interesting ' approach to timing and phrasing. The guy's a legend, of course, and I have to say I...

This is sort of a two-part post: First off, I need to build stamina on the double, both left and right hand. I've been playing it for about 2 years now, after 40+ years playing bass guitar. I happy with the progress I've made, and have even gigged a few times with it. However, the last gig...

Can someone tell me the count for the drums in this song. Its at 2:13 of the song. Black Hearted Women - Blue Murder (Tony Franklin Bass, Carmine Appice Drums) Thanks, Joey

hello everyone! I need advice and experience please! I need to develop my sense of time! This may sound nuts but I can play alright as long as there is a drummer. However, subtract the drummer and I am all over the place If I use a metronome it is hit or miss and without anything it is a real...

Often you don't know how well you're doing or not untill you listen to yourself. Here is a recording of me going through the Week 3 exercise in "Bass aerobics". I know the timing was off when I made mistakes but when I wasn't, how does it sound to you guys? Let me know if this link doesn't work...

What songs would you suggest a player to practice that are not 4/4 timing? I'm looking for something easy to intermediate level in the genre of jazz, blues, pop or rock. Reggae too. It's been a while since practicing and I want to get back in the groove with something to help me get better with...