bass12345 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I've recently started getting into the Jazz kind of genre for bass, have been doing a lot of motown and funk latley. Thing is i don't know what to choose ? I mean its such a big category right ? Also getting the dots for them is driving me Mental ! If anyone can find me the sheets i dont really bother with tabs that would be soo helpful, ALOT Helpful Cheers Guys Fire the suggestions at me xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/155000-individual-songs-bass-scoredots-where-from/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/155000-individual-songs-bass-scoredots-where-from/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 most guys that play jazz have really good levels of levels of improvisation. I think this could come from a lack of dots and the need to fully understand harmony. The best thing to do is to get Mark Levine Jazz Theory book and start transcribing. Then once you have a good idea of how guys and girls can do it, you can start improvising your own walking lines. A lesson from a decent teacher can also go along way If you want to learn melodies, get hold of the real book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I play with a talented jazz pianist. He once said to me 'the more you play with the writen music the less you are able to play without it'. When we bring a new song in (recently 'Georgia on my mind') we play from the dots until we've solidly learned it. Then we put away the music, and in general[i] never look at it again.[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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