I had some flubs at the end, but I did walk through the changes. It has taken a long time to beat back a lot of bad habits, but I am not longer harmonically clueless.
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Jazz Blues in F: Billies Bounce
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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I had some flubs at the end, but I did walk through the changes. It has taken a long time to beat back a lot of bad habits, but I am not longer harmonically clueless.
Cool! Nice. Love this song. Flubs? They come and go.
No stranger here to them.
Have a guitar friend coming over this afternoon and this’ll be one of the songs we’ll be practicing.
No stranger here to them. Have a guitar friend coming over this afternoon and this’ll be one of the songs we’ll be practicing.
Cool! Nice. Love this song. Flubs? They come and go.
Have a guitar friend coming over this afternoon and this’ll be one of the songs we’ll be practicing.
Cool!
I had some flubs at the end, but I did walk through the changes. It has taken a long time to beat back a lot of bad habits, but I am not longer harmonically clueless.
Awesome.
Sounds like the last three years of my bass playing life.
I hope you are a lot younger than me. I got serious about study late in life.
I'm young for around here, only 54.
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- Chuck Sher publishes my book, WALKING BASSICS:The Fundamentals of Jazz Bass Playing.
There's something funny going on with your time, in (I think) the 3rd bar of the first chorus it sounds like you drop a beat and you have some kind of little "hiccup" in both choruses in the bar before you hit the ii chord.
I am working on it. I am a long way from a finished product. Here I am from this evening playing to a track. I think my time might be better here:
Your left-hand technique is creating a small space, or breath, between each quarter note...in this style of "jazz" walking bass, the quarter notes should be Legato, (connected) with a minimum of space, (or no space) between the notes.
Your left-hand fingers lift up (unnecessarily) after each note and this causes a space or breath. Your "time" will be clearer and stronger when you can play your quarter notes more Legato/connected.
I don't mean to sound overly critical, but I've had some teaching experience (of Bass Guitar, and Double Bass), and I see/hear this quite often in players new to "jazz" walking bass.
FYI - In other styles of music the "space/breath" issue is not a problem, and actually is desirable.
IMFO, of course, as always.
Please let me know if I'm out of line here...
Thanks, Dr. C.
Don
I appreciate your criticism. I am trying to get better.
