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thats brilliant hestan. so after your familiar with the 10 instruments,is there a technique that helps you listen to them all at the same time? also, [quote name='hestan' timestamp='1338470879' post='1675069'] Some of the clearest and most lucid advice I've ever seen on good 'bass playing' (as bass in it's traditional role as an instrument which supportsthe music and makes everything else sound as good as it can be) was Lionel Richie on recording with different bassists. [/quote] where can i read/hear this advice? are there particular recordings or articles that you can point me in the direction of?

i have been listening to the bbc radio documentary on jaco pastorius recently. its absolutely brilliant ; [url="http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=195882"]http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=195882[/url] Now, im not sure who says this because there's lots of different people weaving in and out of it all the way through, but this guy says that jaco was the guy who taught him how to listen when your playing. I mean really listen, like having your ears float up in the air and take in what everyone is playing, and hear yourself in the mix. when i heard that i was fascinated by it and ive been trying it out every time i play ever since. still, ive not really had that "outerbody experience" with my ears floating around the studio yet, though i am getting better at it. I wonder what you guys think of this, does anyone have some really good techniques for having these experiences? maybe there are a few of you that know the exact lesson that this guy was taught by the master?

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] i started to study this book as i really want to be able to sight read things down quickly, im sure its a great skill to have. it has been going really well and ive been storming through the ryhthms and "reading within a key" sections where it shows you a fretboard diagram of the notes available to you. i can read comfortably in the easier keys such as c,g,d b flat and so on because i can "feel" the scale under my hands so i know if im playing in g and theres an f, its the seventh and it will be sharp. but im really stuck on chapter 9 which is covers position and scale forms. it doesent tell that much information on what these things are and i dont understand how to use the 6 scale forms shown because i cant relate to them atall. it says "scale form refers to any of the five scale forms derived from the major scale" why 5? and of what scale? are these scale forms the same for every key? there are so many questions im asking myself about these things but ijust cant understand them from the very brief description given in the book. i would greatly appreciate it if anyone could give me a better explanation of these scale forms as its really getting me down now and there are no bass teachers around here that can help me out.[/font][/color]