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I guess you're referring to the Joe Dart/Paul Jackson/Me'shell Ndegeocello/Stuart Zender/just about every other funk bassist trill (I also hear it referred to as a 'shake'). This is the most gloriously silly example I can think of that has trills on almost everything: The thing that I find makes a huge difference is this: it's in the arm, not the fingers. Take your fretting hand thumb off the back of the neck and use your elbow to generate the rapid back and forth sliding motion. Forget trying to be too accurate or polite with it to start with, it'll take a while to feel like you've got it under control and then you can gradually refine the movement.
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Is this difficult to play? Is it unnecessarily complicated?
TKenrick replied to bass_dinger's topic in Theory and Technique
Instant red flag for me right there. Yes, it's hard to read/play, because a human wouldn't come up with some of those ideas (bar 11!). The main thing is not the unnecesary complexity, more that it lacks musicality - as @itu said above, there's no discernable bassline for the listener (or even the bass player) to latch onto as it lacks rhythmic or melodic repetition. My advice would be to ask the MD for a chord chart and do your own thing, starting with the bare minimum of accompaniment - people (and machines, it seems) often think that 'funky' = make it as busy as possible, but that's rarely the case. -
'Tis the season... Vulfpeck - 'Christmas in L.A.' bass transcription A student brought a transcription they'd found online to a lesson, and the beaming was so wonky that it made reading the thing 10x harder than it needed to be, so I did my own chart. Some nice harmony in here, too.
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I've retired from double bass playing, so this has to go. Bought in 2014ish from the US, it's seen lots of home use but hardly ever taken on gigs. I have little to compare it to, but it's always felt very comfortable even on long practice sessions. Small chip on the top side near the adjuster which I've done my best to photograph. Rehaired last month by Adrian Warrick strings in Byfleet. Ebony frog, abalone inlay, ebony adjuster, 69.5cm length, includes case. It's the satin black model on the Finale site : https://www.stringemporium.com/finale-bass-bows.htm Current new price is $480 including shipping, not sure what the import duty would be. I'm asking £230 delivered to mainland UK, if you want to come and try it then I'll knock money off for collection. -
Another jazz one rescued from my Sibelius folder that time forgot. Ray Brown playing very simply (for him, at least) on an F blues, almost everything sits in half position: Full transcription here: Ray Brown F Blues transcription
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Welcome, Joe! A question re: your lessons - has your teacher asked you about your goals, and then given you a plan for how he might help you get there? Lessons should definitely be a two-way discussion, but if you feel like you're having to steer things in a particular direction then maybe the balance of effort is not as it should be (if we all knew what to work on and how to practise it then we wouldn't need lessons, right?).
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Not a transcription (sorry!), but a lot of my students seem to get easily overwhelmed by set lists for dep gigs, so I made this: Yes, it's common sense, but it's amazing how much time I've wasted running through songs that I've already gigged 100+ times.
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Has been sitting on a shelf for over a year so needs a new home where it'll get played! Boxed with instructions. Some scratches on the exterior but otherwise in perfect working order. £140 £120 securely packed and tracked to UK mainland addresses. -
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Great pedal but I don't have much use for it these days. No box or manual, but minimal scratches/chips to the body as it's never left the house. £65 securely packed and tracked to UK mainland addresses.
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As many have said, he was - for me, at least - the greatest of the greats. I saw him with Hiromi at Ronnie Scotts in 2015ish and was so taken with his focus and ferocity that I immediately bought a ticket for the next night's show so I could do the same thing all over again. Hard to pin down my favourite AJ contributions as his output was so vast and so diverse, but the Michel Camilo (One More Once, Rendezvous) and Chaka Khan (Naughty, What Cha Gonna Do For Me) albums are the ones I keep coming back to. Certainly a man of principles who stuck to his guns in spite of musical trends. Just dug this out and it's possibly even more relevant now than it was in 1992:
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Everyone bangs on about the Joni/Jaco era (and rightly so, it was fantastic), but Max Bennett played some great stuff on that record and I feel like he gets very few column inches. 'Edith and the Kingpin' is another great performance.
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It's been a minute, sorry. I dug up a transcription I did years ago of John Patitucci demonstrating walking bass on Stella by Starlight and synced it with the clip. Some very useful vocabulary in there that can be stolen for your own purposes: You can download the transcription PDF here: John Patitucci - Stella by Starlight
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Aguilar TH500 head now £320 posted - *SOLD*
TKenrick replied to TKenrick's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Aguilar TH500 head now £320 posted - *SOLD*
TKenrick replied to TKenrick's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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This is a great little bit of kit, I have the Apogee Duet too and I can't justify owning two interfaces. Discontinued now, but it works without issue on both my elderly Macbook Pro and my newer M1 Air running iOs 14 (with a USB-C adaptor). Takes a 1/4 inch bass/gtr or an xlr input as well as the built-in mic, so it's ideal for recording - I've used it for online teaching as it's a great way of easily getting my voice and bass into Zoom. A fair few scratches on it and the plastic on the channel indicator has a couple of small cracks, but I've just plugged it in and everything works as it should. £40 securely packed and tracked to mainland UK addresses. -
Looking to sell my Finale carbon fibre bow and I'm unsure of what a reasonable price might be, can anyone give any advice? (I know this should go in the 'Wotzit Werth?' subforum, but I didn't think many people look in there!) I've had it for 10+ years and it's seen a lot of practice and the occasional gig; there's a small chip on the top of the bow near the frog, and it would benefit from a rehair. Pretty sure I bought it from here, where they're listed at $400 + $75 shipping: https://www.stringemporium.com/finale-bass-bows.htm
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In the manual it says that outputs 1-5 are 100mA, outputs 6-7 are 200mA, I guess that's a no for the ADAM, then! -
This does a lot of stuff, similar in many ways to the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2. Here's what you get: • 7 x isolated DC outputs (5 are switchable 9V/12V, 2 have a sag control to emulate a dying battery and provide variable voltage from 4V-9V, but can also provide a normal 9V) • 1 x 9V AC output that can power a Whammy pedal (if you want/need a whammy pedal too then I'm open to offers!) • The whole unit is switchable 230v/115V if you're taking it abroad I'm including as many patch cables as I could find, including a doubler cable for powering 18V pedals (I used to run a bit Cali76 off this). Comes with box and manual. £40 securely packed and tracked to mainland UK addresses.
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Arranging books, Rockschool and Trinity on hold pending.
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Having a bookshelf clearout following leaving my school teaching job, so these are all up for grabs. I'm really just looking to cover postage, so it's very much pay-what-you-want. Collection from TW20 also fine if you're near. Arranging Books: Modern Jazz Voicings Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble Double Bass Books: Essential Elements for strings double bass book 1 Team Strings double bass method Suzuki bass school vol. 1 ABRSM Double bass scales and arpeggios Grades 1-5 Grade by Grade Double bass Grade 1 ABRSM Time Pieces for Double Bass grades 1-3 Rockschool Grade Books 2008 syllabus (all pieces still valid in exams, handy if you have students who are picky about repertoire) Grades 1- 5 Trinity Rock and Pop Grade Books 2012-17 syllabus (all songs still valid as exam pieces) Grade 2 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 7 ABRSM Theory workbooks Grades 2-5 (annoyingly I've lost grade 1!)
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**ON HOLD** Aguilar DB750 - *WITHDRAWN*
TKenrick replied to Steve A's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Oh gawwwwwwd. I need to go and have a lie down. Someone please buy this so I don't have to explain the purchase to my wife. -
I've recently cut back on gigs and moved all of my teaching to Zoom, so having two amps seems excessive... Aguilar Tone Hammer TH500 head, owned by me since roughly 2014 and gigged numerous times, but treated well. It's never played 'Love Shack'. Some light scratches on the top surface that are hard to photograph, and some glue marks on the bottom where I did a shoddy job of sticking on some rubber feet so it didn't rest on the handle of my cabinet. Happy to remove PAT stickers if necessary. £350 £320 securely packed and tracked to mainland UK addresses, will obviously knock some money off if you're within driving distance of TW20 and want to collect.
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I couldn't limit myself to just one tip, apologies. 1. Try as many 5-string basses as you can before you buy - I've owned several and it's taken a very long time to settle on a neck shape/profile that feels comfortable for me, and a lot of basses (even expensive ones) feel like a 4-string bass with a low B crammed in there for good measure. 2. Sadly there are still musicians out there who will be prejudiced against you for showing up to a gig with a 5-string bass. Yes, they are idiots but they still exist, so get ready for the inevitable "why has your bass got so many strings?" conversations.
