When I turned pro as a teenager, back in the mists of time, I was always a ‘pick’ player, i.e. I used a plectrum, or pick. It didn’t occur to me that it would ...MORE
When I turned pro as a teenager, back in the mists of time, I was always a ‘pick’ player, i.e. I used a plectrum, or pick. It didn’t occur to me that it would ...MORE
19/08/2024
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 ...
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Come together over a classic. After a few Deep Thinking articles, in which I've talked about the theoretical issues of bassline ...
READ 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 ...
READ MORE >27/07/2022
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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