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What are you practicing?

#61
Be careful folks...

IMO ... I listen and watch some of these things and it looks and feels like you’re practicing. It’s off regarding the time and note length.
If you’re going to post something, how about something that is solid?
That I was made to love her was valiant, but if I graded it... I would give it a C for execution and an A for enthusiastic efforts! ;)
 
#63
Working through some of Carol Kaye's materials (Jazz Bass and Jazz Improv for Bass) as well as reinforcing a bunch of chordal scale exercises. I try to spend at least an hour a day between that and jamming along with Rock/Blues stuff I already know. I'm determined to come out of this pandemic a better player than when it started.
 
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Right now, a few originals. Occasionally, I'll work on some scales and tetrachord type exercises. My favorite right now is to pick a key, usually one that I use for an original, and play every note in every position. Then I alternate up and down, pedal on certain notes, skip up/skip down, 3 up/2 down, etc.

I should do it more often, but my practice time is limited.
 
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joelns said:
For me, I am working through the Real Book 6th edition. I'm pulling songs that I have heard and am learning the melody and working through chord voicings. This is helping my sight reading and chord playing. Along with phrasing. Also, I'm working on playing the melody in positions that I don't spend a lot of time in. So I'm learning the fretboard better.

Playing walking lines for these charts isn't an issue, I've been doing it for years. But I haven't spent any time on melody and playing chords (though I do know the chord tones and theory).

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I too have been working through the Real Book. I have both treble and bass clef versions so I go back and forth. I have been working on playing the melodies as well as reharmonizing the tunes. I have also been learning Brad Mehldau tunes as well as his versions of standards. His music is really challenging to me.
 
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joelns said:
For me, I am working through the Real Book 6th edition. I'm pulling songs that I have heard and am learning the melody and working through chord voicings. This is helping my sight reading and chord playing. Along with phrasing. Also, I'm working on playing the melody in positions that I don't spend a lot of time in. So I'm learning the fretboard better.

Playing walking lines for these charts isn't an issue, I've been doing it for years. But I haven't spent any time on melody and playing chords (though I do know the chord tones and theory).

What are you working on?
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nonohmic said:
Now that I've given up drinking I'm actually practicing, rather than just noodling.

I'm learning Chester Hansen bits, and generally just building up my lick vocabulary.

Then also working through his on my fretless;

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I got this book for xmas from my wife and have been working through it too!! It's taking me in a lot of new directions and linking up the bits of theory I have accumulated over the years. It's great!!
 
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LP Custom said:
Social distancing.
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ha! My last gig was 2/28/20, and my day job switched to working remotely, so this was pretty much been taken care of for me for 2020... In light of that, digging into technique and even getting back to basics has been a goal.

Lots of good suggestions/reminders in this thread... a lot of books I need to get back to (like Shadows of Motown, Simandl) or that have been waiting for me to dig into (Evolving Bassist, Improviser's Path, several Janek books, along with quite a few others). But I've also been working through SBL's Fretboard Accelerator and Ed Friedland Master Classes, working on upright basics (I'm still pretty new to that game), and digging into Bobby Vega/Cody Wright pick technique.

Before Covid, "practice" almost exclusively consisted of working on material for the next gig. But now that I've got time, thinking about all the things I've wanted to/can/should practice is a bit overwhelming. So much to work on!

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#73
I learned Tin Man by America. I've always enjoyed that part and decided to go for it. Since I don't read music or understand theory just listened to it a few times. That's how I've always learned songs even when I was gigging in cover bands.
 
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I’ve just about nailed Teen Town (Jaco) and Dean Town (Vulfpeck). Still just a few BPM off full speed but all the notes are their. Great pieces to learn to improve your 16 beat per bar feel and timing. Lots of phases starting on any one of the 4 subdivisions in a beat which really sharpens your rhythmic awareness.
 
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#77
I have the dots on the neck of my Tony Franklin taped over so I can't cheat, the lights off, and my bass running through the bypass on my TU3. I have a plalist of songs that move slowly through chords that play to while listening and watching the TU3.

Idea is to hit every note in the green or know how much and which direction I'm off when I miss.
 
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