Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline building from scratch (i.e. new songs ...MORE
Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline building from scratch (i.e. new songs ...MORE
23/08/2023
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 ...
READ MORE >02/02/2022
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 ...
READ MORE >09/10/2020
Hi everyone, for this lesson, I have taken the liberty of using a piece that I wrote as a study for my UK students before ...
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