This sounds like he just wants clicks.

[Dr. Cheese]

Didn't mean to insult - I was thinking back to a previous post somewhere where you jokingly bragged about crafting headlines that get clicks. That's what I meant by "self-proclaimed".

No insult taken.

 

[OG_Bassman]

... how accomplished a self taught, non-reader, can be....

"self-taught" - no such thing.

 

[OG_Bassman]

Not even close to jazz.

I didn't say that.

You do need to get out more.

 

[Pilgrim]

He would have, but he couldn’t hear it. Not only because he was deaf, but also because it hadn’t been invented yet.

I didn't say that.

You do need to get out more.

I now understand the meaning of the term "pecksniffian."

 

[OG_Bassman]

I now understand the meaning of the term "pecksniffian."

Sure.

Your first post sums you up.

You still need to do more historical research.

Beethoven's piano sonata and its precursor to jazz was posited long before you or I.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Not just listened to it:



No clicks from me.

His parents music

Too bad he couldn’t get better musicians to do this

 

[DJ Bebop]

Sorry, he did say the same thing forty years ago.

I attended a clinic he held for Peavey at a local store when the Palaedium bass was introduced in the early 90s. He said that if all you want to do is play rock music, you do not need to go to school because that is not how the people who created rock and roll did it.

I’ve mentioned this many times here at TB over the years.

That’s not to say that knowing some theory isn’t helpful for playing rock, blues, folk, coiuntry, etc., but you don't need to get a degree for that…you can get books. I’m 71 and grew up when there was still musical instruction in public schools. I learned to read music and play the clarinet in elementary school and while at college studying engineering I took a theory course and a piano class as humanities electives. I took some lessons off and on over the years, but no more than 5 years in total. Learning to read was the most important thing because I was able to study from books and do transcriptions.

I remember he did a video with some common rock bass riff. He played the recognized riff, showed how to finger and play it. The he showed that is was a movable form that could be slid around the neck and played in different positions. Then he explained that is was part of a minor pentatonic scale and pointed out some more riffs in rock that use it. Then I think his was saying anytime you use that riff you are using a pentatonic scale, or something like that.

The thing that got me at the time was that he was not dogmatic, spoke to the issue at hand, and snuck in a little theory in there

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Jeff Berlin talks about his influences.