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Cool site mate! I wouldn't mind seeing some Yes transcriptions!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1353961364' post='1880339'] that's right, but at the same time, i still want to maintain the look. i don't want to have my bass up at my chest and all that business. [/quote] I think "the look" should definitely come after technique. Also check out Scott Devine's channel on YouTube he's got some great lessons covering the basics such as strap height. As a rule of thumb though you wanna have your bass in roughly the same position it is when you play sitting down. Also I wouldn't worry too much playing with your thumb over the neck, I've seen Marcus Miller playing bass notes to chords this way, yours does seem to make your hand slant at a strange angle though. This will probably become more of a problem when you start playing faster runs and such. Try practising some scales with the 'one finger per fret' rule and you'll soon find your thumb returning behind the neck!

Cool will check it out!

Hey! I'm currently using Guitar Pro 5 to produce all the PDFs for my lessons, transcriptions etc It works but I don't think it looks particularly nice, especially for younger students. I was wondering if there's anything out there that will give me a bit more control over the way my finished sheets will look. Change fonts and sizes and stuff. Also if there's a function to make chord charts that would be an added bonus! Thanks!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1352908064' post='1869251'] Aha - I recognise you from "Friends of the Bride". Yeah, can vouch for Thomann's stuff. Excellent quality despite it's budget pricetag. [/quote] That's us! Cool will give Thomann another go

Hi guys! Just put a new blog post up that you might be interested in, it's a new ii V I lick that I've been working on with a Adderley ending on it. It's the first lick that I've been using that I've written rather than transcribed so would appreciate positive and negative feedback on it!! http://mattlawtonbass.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/lick-of-month-6.html Cheers Matt

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[quote name='philparker' timestamp='1352552285' post='1864505'] I do like them, but I would have preferred to hear piano take over on the melody for the repeat section of Autumn Leaves with a nice counterpoint bass line pulsing through! Great work! [/quote] Will have to give it a go mate!

Thanks!

Usually little, whichever finger is closest to the note usually though!

[quote name='Faithless' timestamp='1351987201' post='1857686'] You can go to JazzStandards.com - I've heard from quite a few guys, that the first 100 tunes in there are all played over and over in jams, so you could start by number 1 and, considering you spend 1 week on a tune, after 100 weeks you'll have all them down. Well it's, at least, this sort of process I'm doing right now. Here's another cool thing, a list taken from series of weekly jam sessions in well-known club (you can see that some tunes are being called more often than others): 10/22 Owl & Thistle Confirmation Green Dolphin Street Minority Stardust Jitterbug Waltz Bittersweet What Is This Thing Called Love Blues Tune Concentrate on You 11/01 Owl & Thistle Night and Day Blue Monk Recordame Oleo Confirmation Teach Me Tonight Alone Together Have You Met Miss Jones 11/15 Owl & Thistle Caravan Invitation Bemsha Swing Gone With The Wind How Insensitive (6/8 feel) 11/22 Owl & Thistle Solar Bye Bye Blackbird Corcovado There Will Never Be Another You Lover Man Yes Or No 11/28 Pirattis Craft Bar Footprints St. Thomas Have You Met Miss Jones (7/4) Feeling Good All The Things You Are Girl From Ipanema Softly As A Morning Sunrise Dindi Bye Bye Blackbird Recordame 11/29 Owl & Thistle There is No Greater Love Nothing Personal (G minor Blues) Ishfahan Green Dolphin Street Inner Urge I Remember You 12/06 Owl And Thistle Nardis What Is This Thing Called Love Nothing Personal Invitation Seven Steps To Heaven Well You Needn't Passion Dance Gingerbread Man Other Tunes (Not sure when these were called but I remember them being played) LadyBird Freedie Freeloader Beatrice Blue Bossa Red Clay I Hear A Rhapsody This I Dig Of You One Note Samba Song For My Father [/quote] Thanks for that mate, very useful!

Sorry to do that to you Bilbo haha, but thanks!!

I haven't even had a whiff of a chord chart at any of the jams I've been too

Hey! I've started going to a few jazz jam nights, just watching not playing at the moment. I was just wondering what songs are most likely to come up and are pretty essential to have under your belt? The songs I'm most comfortable with are probably Autumn Leaves, Blue Bossa, Blue Monk (and a few other blues tunes) and Take The 'A' Train. I thought these would have been safe bets but I've not heard any of these tunes called yet! I'm doing as much ear training as I can so that I'll have a better chance at playing tunes I'm not familiar with but it's a pretty slow process. So I was just wondering what songs you guys have played on the most or heard getting called the most when you've been at jam nights? Cheers

Hey! I've just posted a new transcription to my blog, this ones for the jazz blues - Parker's Mood! [url="http://mattlawtonbass.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/parkers-mood-bass-line.html"]http://mattlawtonbass.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/parkers-mood-bass-line.html[/url] Hope you like it

I'm still trying to get my reading up to scratch too but I find reading songs that I can already play helps me recognize common rhythms that crop up in other songs. Also as far as dexterity I'd say practice everything super slow with a click if you wanna be able to play fast and CLEAN. Or just transcribe a load of Miles' licks and fill up your solo with slow tasty playing

Ok, so my keyboard skills are rubbish! Can anyone double check this for me? Bb7|Eb7|Bb7|F7 Eb7|Eb7|Bb7|D-7 C-7|F7|Bb7|Bb7

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1349995144' post='1833469'] The best advise is to listen to rock. Go and listen to the bands that he's listing as influences and check out what the bass is doing.Then have a listen to some of the 'classic' rock bands and their bass players. That's really the best way of familiarising yourself with a genre. [/quote] THIS! The most important thing for any rock line (or any bassline??) is to make sure you lock in with the kick drum!

I'll dust off the keyboard...

Hey everyone! I've got a standard Fender Jazz, knobs are vol,vol,tone. I wanna rewire it as master vol,pickup blend,tone. Any ideas how to go about it?? Thanks

Hey there, I'm doing a transcription of the bass line on this tune and I can't find a chord sheet for it anywhere. I know it's a Bb blues and I've worked out the root note for each chord but I'm not sure if they're all 7 chords or not and I'm not too sure how to figure it out. Any tips for me?? What I've got at the minute is... Bb | Eb | Bb | F Eb | Eb | Bb | D C | F | Bb | Bb Thanks!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1349802841' post='1830762'] Why no "all of the above" option?? [/quote] Because I'm a bit of a poll making amateur as well as a blog making amateur!

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1349804387' post='1830784'] Pure improviser, Miles made me that way. Licks make me feel like I'm living in the past, I want to be individual [/quote] I'm pretty sure Miles used licks too. From transcribing his solos I've seen a few crop up that are pretty much identical.

Nice man! Great explanation too

Hey guys, Just added another lick to my website you may be interested in! http://mattlawtonbass.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/lick-of-month-5.html