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  1. bassalbert
    I have some already finished but I don't want to overwhelm you so I'll post them little by little. today another from LYLE LOVETT: I'll come knocking. a slow and beautiful ballad easy to read. another one which you can see how delicate can Lee play. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZEgp6ICf_Ts SCORE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6p5juDv_DtAxzR342UgF1temSU1ziI7/view?usp=drive_link
  2. bassalbert
    second song in this video: JUST THE MOMENT VIDEO: https://youtu.be/w-rviSKe_qY SCORE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XB_01X_CSVK3cacifeRAU8XAL2--MpOX/view?usp=drive_link
  3. bassalbert
    a bass line from Leland quite simple but one of the most beautiful ones I've heard. Lyle Lovett's SIMPLE SONG. give it a chance. it is worthy video: https://youtu.be/w-rviSKe_qY score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12jfJMq9SG7Jfv_9ZoGZSovB6r_gJ6zFx/view?usp=drive_link
  4. bassalbert
    for those who are starting to read, here is an easy one: SOUTH TEXAS GIRL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8P04Gq0MBL0 SCORE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITfirxZIyYZbu6EYo_h0afjkKej2jmQc/view?usp=drive_link
  5. bassalbert
    another one of Leland with Lyle Lovett: Cute as a bug score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12zhR_QB1ogaKuT8sB6WytV6_2N2qUKJo/view?usp=drive_link video: https://youtu.be/MMC9yJ-rE4s
  6. bassalbert
    I keep transcribing Leland and his covers from Lyle Lovett: SHE IS NO LADY SCORE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WQ8j20p-0-whFL4QpVeeTOTXGzfN2z0l/view?usp=drive_link VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ItzBaC4BUho
  7. bassalbert
    I am catching up as I can with the transcriptions. another Lyle Lovett's one that Leland had played already last year. still surprises me how consistent Lee is with his lines. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n8Yc7gQshKrvqYB24lddjxc1WLKeyK2S/view?usp=drive_link link video: https://youtu.be/_022xqE4nO4
  8. bassalbert
    a little bit behind schedule but let's go with the next one from Lyle Lovett score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oVjaDVMJuT53mJK8BS20BsLJDuNe49wQ/view?usp=drive_link video: https://youtu.be/r6RXD2JZaMw
  9. bassalbert
    when practicing right hand technique, I always make my students play everything starting with each one. it is normal to have a preferred one. when I find myself starting all with the same one, I practice the other way around and then the secondary becomes primary and the story goes on and on
  10. bassalbert
    I would recommend to strict alternate fingering. if you master that, then to do a rake if needed is easy. the other way around is not so easy
  11. bassalbert
    after a long time Leland has played again. wishing a fast recovery to his wife Maureen link a la partitura: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VME7s-kVtyGXd0XXkkJrhSLMDOpveJZX/view?usp=drive_link link al video: https://youtu.be/ItzBaC4BUho
  12. bassalbert
    that's is why I never rake. I started my playing doing it and happened to me. then switched to strictly alternating. it was a pain for several months but it was worth it. and you know what? if really needed, I can still do it
  13. bassalbert
    I am not really a pick guy, but I use it when needed, sometimes in the middle of the song. I see no big problem in mixing techniques
  14. bassalbert
    if your internal clock is ok I will suggest to take some classes with a teacher that can fix your technique, it will be hard to fix that by yourself. you can try a couple of things: if you start always with the same finger on your right hand, try studying in reverse for a while and see what happens try to play in front of a mirror to see if you observe a difference in the plucking with your fingers
  15. bassalbert
    at least, that is how I hear it. with these things, different people hear different signatures, but that made a lot of sense for me
  16. bassalbert
    This is how I feel it. I hope it helps
  17. bassalbert
    try the TUSQ ones, really a different sound
  18. bassalbert
    without seeing you, it seems you are using a style of plucking similar to Stanley Clarke's. there are no good or bad techinques. each of them gives different sounds to your palette to choose. I always recommend my students to explore that part of the bass technique. normally people learn some way of plucking and stays there for ever till they die. well, I think they are missing something
  19. bassalbert
    it is normal. we are playing a guitar, and guitarists have had much more time in history to find ways to play the instrument we tend to overlook because we want to legitimize the bass guitar as a singular one. of course it has its peculiarities, but we are more close than far from our 6 stringed older brother
  20. bassalbert
    if you are having surgery on your fretting hand and you are a guitar player, you shouldn't try to play bass. it will put a lot of stress on it. I wouldn't recommend it. talk to your doctor. if you finally decide to do it, go to a really good teacher with good technique. I have been able to solve a lot of techinque issues with my students online. but sometimes a presential class is the only way to fix the smallest mistakes that we do when playing.
  21. bassalbert
    the pick is just another tool to use on the palette of sounds you can get with a bass. and there are plenty of examples of people getting a warm tone even with a pick Steve Swallow is the first that comes to my mind and here in Spain we have the great Carles Benavent
  22. bassalbert
    if you don't have the timing and you don't groove, you are not a good player. and elastic time is not the same as sloppy, this is sloppy
  23. bassalbert
    maybe I am just lazy, but to me extensions have no big importance when creating a bass line. I will stick to my old faithfull triads and do my job. I hope the piano player to not step on my roots so I won't step on his chords. mostly because in the end the harmony player is who decides whether to use the extensions as written or to change them by his discretion. and to do so he expects us to play very clear. it will be different in a drum/sax/bass trio or when there is no player playing harmony and that lets you the freedom to be more open. in case of doubt, I try to go origins, and this guy really repeats roots with no shame and sounds amazing
  24. bassalbert
    normally I am in Madrid, but nowadays I am playing in Barcelona until the musical BILLY ELLIOT ends
  25. bassalbert
    I got mine used in a shop in Boston. I bought it when I was studying at Berklee. I didn't know that it is a rare bass. red is my favourite color and I fell in love with its sound, so it was love at first sight.
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