Re: Q for gigging bassists: how do you practice?
- From: "Gary Rosen" <garymrosen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:08:35 -0800
"John Shaughnessy" <johngoogleplexNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I think you kinda proved my point. You're breaking down the vocal and bass
> parts, isolating them into individual phrases *based on scales*,
> practicing
> them that way until you are comfortable with them, then integrating them
> back into the song. Chances are, the next similar song you learn will be
> much earier because you took that extra step.
>
> Jamming along to songs over and over is fun, sure, but you never get the
> level of mastery that you do from isolation and repetition.
"Jamming along" is not much of a learning experience. But transcribing a
bass line (or any other part) from a recording and getting it down is
great ear training (transcribing doesn't have to be actually writing it
down, though that is good too, but figuring it out is the key point).
- Gary Rosen
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