I'm currently going through Aebersold's Miles of Modes book to help with my improv. As I play, I'm partially memorizing the scale, and partially trying to make good licks. I know the key is to transcribe what other players have played, but I was curious if anyone knew of any sites that displayed standard licks? I just want something to help me get the hang of the language before I jump in. Thanks in advance!
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Double Bass Standard Jazz Licks
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Tthe key is to transcribe what other players have played. Oh, you said that.
Find some 'licks' that you like. Listen to them. Transcribe them. Analyze them. Play them in as many keys as you can. Incorporate them into your soloing.
If you are too lazy to transcribe, or you're looking for a short-cut, there are many transcribed solos all over the internet.
If that's the case, you'll still need to: Listen to them. Analyze them. Play them in as many keys as you can. Incorporate them into your soloing.
Forget the chord-scale bit. You'll end up playing scales, up and down, for your improvisations, which won't really be improvisations.
This is a very lengthy process.
Short answer to your question -- Jerry Coker.
Slightly longer answer -- Bert Ligon.
Not necessarily a recommendation or endorsement (for whatever that would be worth from me), and definitely not a substitute for the above process.
Slightly longer answer -- Bert Ligon.
Not necessarily a recommendation or endorsement (for whatever that would be worth from me), and definitely not a substitute for the above process.
there is tonnes of stuff out there on how to work on soloing, do a Google search of how to play over giant steps then apply the same idea's to other songs.
oh yeah, and listen/transcribe. Nothing you do will help more then this.
oh yeah, and listen/transcribe. Nothing you do will help more then this.
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Not necessarily four years:
Josephine and Daphne (in Some Like it Hot), graduated from the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music in only a year. How, you ask? "Time off for good behavior".
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Here is a cool site my friend showed me, just type in the progression you're trying to play over and it gives you a few ideas.
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same reason someone would want to learn words, rather than typing like this: khfaieiovnnv kjdooie until they come up with a sentence. nothing wrong with expanding your knowledge and vocabulary even though people will try to put you down for it. just ask coltrane. licks are tools to help reach a goal, not a goal in themselves.
Yeah it's about learning a language. I think there is a good way and a bad way to learning and using licks.
Example:
Bad way: stringing a bunch of licks together to form a solo. It's like writing a paragraph using randomly selected phrases from an encyclopedia. Sounds like random nonsense (because it is random nonsense!!!)
Good way: internalizing the sound, timbre, timing, rhythm of a sequence of notes. Understanding where they fall in the beats of a bar, how they resolve, and how they're used motivically. Then, to borrow from Warne Marsh and those from the Tristano school, completely forget about it as if you're planting a seed in your subconscious that will grow out in a solo sometime much later.
Example:
Bad way: stringing a bunch of licks together to form a solo. It's like writing a paragraph using randomly selected phrases from an encyclopedia. Sounds like random nonsense (because it is random nonsense!!!)
Good way: internalizing the sound, timbre, timing, rhythm of a sequence of notes. Understanding where they fall in the beats of a bar, how they resolve, and how they're used motivically. Then, to borrow from Warne Marsh and those from the Tristano school, completely forget about it as if you're planting a seed in your subconscious that will grow out in a solo sometime much later.
