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Bass Solo Fails
- Thread starter zontar
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I'm getting "This video is unavailable"
Hmm, works for me
This is from SBL (I am not a member--this is a free video on YouTube)
(And it worked on a different forum I also shared it on)
Anyway--he lists 5 fails
1 You don't learn melody
2 You start every phrase on the root note
3 You don't leave space
4 You use the minor pentatonic on everything
5 You're only confident in one or two areas on the neck.
And he deals with how to work around those.
Any other fails, tips, as well as comments on those 5?
This is from SBL (I am not a member--this is a free video on YouTube)
(And it worked on a different forum I also shared it on)
Anyway--he lists 5 fails
1 You don't learn melody
2 You start every phrase on the root note
3 You don't leave space
4 You use the minor pentatonic on everything
5 You're only confident in one or two areas on the neck.
And he deals with how to work around those.
Any other fails, tips, as well as comments on those 5?
Hmm, not sure why some can't see what I posted.
But thanks for providing that.
Now--any comments? Complaints? agree? Disagree?
Don't solo?
#1 You don't learn melody.
#2 You start every phrase on the root.
#3 You don't leave space.
#4 You use the pentatonic minor on everything.
#5 You are only confident in a few areas of the neck.
Scott made some very good observations.
Scott took 11 minutes and 39 seconds to explain what I just summarized for you in a few seconds.
Use the extra 11+ minutes of your life to practice bass.
#2 You start every phrase on the root.
#3 You don't leave space.
#4 You use the pentatonic minor on everything.
#5 You are only confident in a few areas of the neck.
Scott made some very good observations.
Scott took 11 minutes and 39 seconds to explain what I just summarized for you in a few seconds.
Use the extra 11+ minutes of your life to practice bass.
A helpful list if I ever lose my mind and all self-control and try to play a bass solo.
Don't take up jazz. There will be this uncomfortable silence on every song while the other players stare at you. No pressure.
No worries there, my friend.
But I could always channel an inner Miles Davis - it's in the notes you don't play.
Tonight, you should chase the Magic Dragon. And in your slumbers, you will dream you are taking your first jazz solo, but its with Mile Davis, live on stage and you are playing the sax instead of the bass. Fear not, Miles will coach you......
You stole the words right out of my fingers.
I have all I can do to fill the few bass measures in "Brown Eyed Girl." I practice options but usually drop a couple of notes.
This is soloing theory 101. Maybe it would be useful to an absolute beginner who has never spent a moment considering how to solo, but he's taking a very, very long time to say some very simple things.
Soloing is a skill like any other. It takes work and practice. I never understand why so many people post here and say "Soloing is impossible and also I have never invested a moment of time trying to learn how to do it well."
Soloing is a skill like any other. It takes work and practice. I never understand why so many people post here and say "Soloing is impossible and also I have never invested a moment of time trying to learn how to do it well."
I don't think he's taking a long time to say a few things. The information is geared toward people who are learning to solo, not to people who already know how to do it. He poses a concept then explains why it's important.
The perception that one should say something as quickly as possible, isn't important, in my opinion. He does tend to have some banter in his presentation, but it is what it is.
