interpol52 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Hello! I've been playing bass since 1988 and never had a lesson. My recent journey into learning jazz standards made me look to getting some professional tutoring on walking basslines and music theory. I ended up opting for Skype lessons with Carol Kaye. The first one was last night. It is probably the best thing I have done in years! Carol was friendly and chatty and genuinely interested in me and my playing and giving me targets and tips to improve aspects of my playing before our next lesson. After 30 years I have picked up a few bad habits and she picked up on these straight away! As mentioned on other threads and forums, Carol considers learning chord tones to be fundamental. Yes we looked at scales and how these fit into the overall picture but it was mainly about nailing down the different types of chords and knowing how they are constructed and how they link together. Not only did we cover this but also a bit on fretting hand position and how to be economical with movement and avoid injuries like CTS. I loved every minute of it, even though I was nervous as hell before it started. If I can still play and teach like her when I'm 84 then I will be very happy! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgull Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 @interpol52 care to share a link for where to sign up for those lessons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgull Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Nevermind ... a bit less laziness and I found http://carolkaye.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interpol52 Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 minute ago, cgull said: Nevermind ... a bit less laziness and I found http://carolkaye.com/ Glad you found it! If you decide to go for it then you get a really fast response to discuss it. I should be a salesman... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I'd dare say you have the best teacher in the world. Carol is a legend. She's a huge influence to me. 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 ...just don't mention Motown... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoon Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 7 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: I'd dare say you have the best teacher in the world. Carol is a legend. She's a huge influence to me. 😃 And one super cool grandmother, no doubt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCMJ Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Carol Kaye is amazing, so many great performances on totally classic tracks. When I first started playing (a loooong time ago), someone gave me her books, which were a bit beyond me and I don't think I appreciated just how good they were. I've recently revisited the books and there's tons of great stuff in there. I've been working through the duets, so much easier to do now I can record myself on a computer, back in the day I just had a crappy tape recorder: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedmanzie Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 On 26/02/2020 at 08:16, interpol52 said: Hello! I've been playing bass since 1988 and never had a lesson. My recent journey into learning jazz standards made me look to getting some professional tutoring on walking basslines and music theory. I ended up opting for Skype lessons with Carol Kaye. The first one was last night. It is probably the best thing I have done in years! Carol was friendly and chatty and genuinely interested in me and my playing and giving me targets and tips to improve aspects of my playing before our next lesson. After 30 years I have picked up a few bad habits and she picked up on these straight away! As mentioned on other threads and forums, Carol considers learning chord tones to be fundamental. Yes we looked at scales and how these fit into the overall picture but it was mainly about nailing down the different types of chords and knowing how they are constructed and how they link together. Not only did we cover this but also a bit on fretting hand position and how to be economical with movement and avoid injuries like CTS. I loved every minute of it, even though I was nervous as hell before it started. If I can still play and teach like her when I'm 84 then I will be very happy! Amazing! Isn’t the internet an incredible thing sometimes. Lessons from a legend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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