What are you working on right now?

[Pacman]

Musically, I mean.

I'm working on a boatload of chord tone based excercises - different approaches to chord tones, mainly. Extended approaches, chromatic and diatonic approaches, that sort of thing...

 

[ryco]

Standards out of the fake book, learning melodies
and some Aebersold stuff

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Musically, I mean.

I'm working on a boatload of chord tone based excercises - different approaches to chord tones, mainly. Extended approaches, chromatic and diatonic approaches, that sort of thing...

Just started digging into:

Chords for Bass by Dominik Hauser

Also playing Blues and learning Songs that catch my ear or that I have wanted to learn. Just got a 6 String and adjusting to it and enjoying it very much.

 

[hbarcat]

Programming and recording drum tracks in all sorts of odd/complex time signatures to jam along with.

 

[awakefie]

Writing originals.

Jammin along with Clapton (guitar and bass).

Adjusting to a 6 string from a 5 string (exploring the 6th string and range increase).

Oh, and keepin current on my cover band set list for the holiday gigs.

 

[awakefie]

Programming and recording drum tracks in all sorts of odd/complex time signatures to jam along with.

That's a great idea. It's probably good exercise for finding/keeping the groove live too, isnt it? I would think it would make you adept at changing up on the fly.

 

[jugoziithouu]

Singing lessons

Sirensong off The Cure's new album (awesome btw)

 

[Baryonyx]

I've been working on "Peg" by Steely Dan and "Port of Entry" by Weather Report.

 

[René_Julien]

arranging Toccata et Fuga for electric bass (4string)

learning how to play power chords on guitar, for rhythm metal guitar back ups for my own work

 

[Phalex]

I'm working on keeping my band from imploding. You know, the same ol same ol......

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Arco.

 

[stratovani]

I'm trying to learn how to read bass clef. It's going a bit slow, it's like trying to read Ancient Greek! But I'm getting there, slowly but steadily.

 

[Lazylion]

I'm learning a ton of new songs for the band I just joined. They've sent me about 60 MP3s, I was already familiar with maybe 15 of them. So I'm studying my fanny off.

 

[buzzbass]

The Judas Priest catalog, I recently joined a tribute band.

 

[Dr2Kitties]

Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered".

I'll sing lead vocal on it too, and the verses are syncopated with the bass line so it's a bit more challenging than my typical oldies R&B or rock tune. It's coming along nicely though....just taking some work.


Tisabelle

 

[zac2944]

Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered".

I'll sing lead vocal on it too, and the verses are syncopated with the bass line so it's a bit more challenging than my typical oldies R&B or rock tune. It's coming along nicely though....just taking some work.


Tisabelle

Wow. Great tune, and a tough one to sing on. One of my gigs does a nice instrumental version of that tune.


I'm working on a set of Grateful Dead tunes. I got hired to sub on a gig this weekend for a Dead Tribute band. I'm not really familure with their work so I've got to shed. There are only 20 or so tunes to learn and they're pretty straight forward, so it shouldn't be too much trouble. I chart them all out with the "number method". I think that's also referred to as the Nashville Method?

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Intonation.

Not rushing, especially triplets.

Intonation.

Outlining changes within key centers.

Intonation.

Bach keyboard invention lines on the bass.

Intonation.


You get the idea....

 

[KsToaDangr]

writting originals, helping a friend of mine learn harmonica, helping another friend learn guitar, learning to be a better singer.

 

[Deleted member 5551]

Intonation and time are the big two.

Beyond that, I've been working on ladder exercises using different scale types through the whole range of the bass.

 

[Dr2Kitties]

I chart them all out with the "number method". I think that's also referred to as the Nashville Method?

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I have also heard number charts referred to as "Nashville" charts.

When I learn a tune, I chart it with the number system....then I can easily play it in every key to determine which key sounds best for my vocal.

When I talk in numbers, our keyboard player follows the conversation flawlessly....but our guitar player's jaw goes limp and his eyes gloss over....then our drummer shrugs his shoulders and brags: "I can play it in ANY key"....


Tisabelle