I always used to say to bass students in the UK and here that two of Stevie Wonder's most challenging bass lines are from Sir Duke, with its Duke Ellington inspired ...MORE
I always used to say to bass students in the UK and here that two of Stevie Wonder's most challenging bass lines are from Sir Duke, with its Duke Ellington inspired ...MORE
21/05/2024
Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline ...
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An exercise for both hands with some sight reading thrown in! Over the last few NZM issues, we’ve been looking at building ...
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Following on from the last two Deep Thinking online columns here we continue the quest to build a unique bassline, whether ...
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In this instalment of Deep Thinking we are looking at a way you can use different scales when confronted (or even challenged!) ...
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The last couple of Deep Thinking columns that featured one of Jaco Pastorius’ best pieces (IMHO) have maybe made the learning ...
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Admittedly it's been a while now, but in the last NZM issue we tackled one of Jaco Pastorius’ compositions for Weather ...
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This issue’s piece is a bit of a tough hombre. (See that, I used Spanish, not bad for a bassist!) I have transcribed one ...
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As we’ve spent the last few issues doing some tricky stuff more suited to solo bass performances, I thought that this issue’s ...
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