Esperanza’s Chromatic Odyssey – Getting In The Festive Spirit Here’s a funky finger-twister from one of my favourite bassists, Esperanza Spalding: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tom Kenrick (@tommykrizzle) If you take a look at the dots you’ll notice that it contains all 12 pitches from the chromatic scale:…
The Man Who Changed Everything – Melody, Not Chops – Confessions of a Gearaholic, Part 2 On September 21st 1987 John Francis Anthony Pastorius III left this world, dying as result of injuries inflicted by a nightclub bouncer. In the space of twelve years he had managed to completely revolutionise all aspects of the…
Simplicity is Complicated – Historical Perspective in The Age of Information – New Stuff Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. The bass line that underpins Macklemore’s non-threatening mainstream hip hop hit ‘Downtown’ is essentially nothing more than a trip around the minor pentatonic scale, but definitely gets the head nodding. The trick with this…
‘Functional’ slap bass – You’ll Never Be Ready – (No More) Longing To Be Loose ‘Ready’ Freddie Washington is certainly no slouch when it comes to the bass. He’s recorded with artists such as… toured with the notoriously demanding Steely Dan, and when it was time for him to contribute to the Standing In The…
This installment of Groove Of The Week features possibly the shortest, most repetitive and least varied bass groove to date – it’s also one of the most important. One bar. Over and over. Minimal variations. No fills. No frills. Boring, right? Wrong. Consistency is the number one trait that will get you hired time and…
The site has overgone a major (and long overdue) facelift over the past few weeks – thank you for being patient during the downtime. The goal is to roll out lots of new content over the coming months including video lessons, instructional books and plenty of new bass transcriptions. All of the original transcriptions and…
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