mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I was just going to ask what tunes people thought where in the skill brackets of, someone who had just started, someone who had got to intermediate level, someone who was really good, i.e. could be a pro/semi-pro player, or someone who if you heard it would really drop your jaw and make your day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Novice - some James Jamerson stuff (Can't Hurry Love, Get Ready, My Guy) Intermediate - some James Jamerson stuff (What's Going On, Heard It Through The Grapevine) Bloody Good - some James Jamerson stuff (Ain't Too Proud To Beg, How Long Has That Evening Traini Been Gone) Something a Little Bit Special - some James Jamerson stuff (live version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='Bilbo' post='750585' date='Feb 19 2010, 10:02 AM']Novice - some James Jamerson stuff (Can't Hurry Love, Get Ready, My Guy) Intermediate - some James Jamerson stuff (What's Going On, Heard It Through The Grapevine) Bloody Good - some James Jamerson stuff (Ain't Too Proud To Beg, How Long Has That Evening Traini Been Gone) Something a Little Bit Special - some James Jamerson stuff (live version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me)[/quote] Woohoo! I'm intermediate! Where does "Bernadette" come into the Bilbo-patented Jamerson Bass Grading System (JaBaGraS™)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWRRSS Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Whats below Novice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I don't think I could classify someones ability by the songs they play. I've seen bass players slay progressive tracks with feel and timing akin to taking a swipe with a baseball bat, yet watched a 12 year old make a fretless sing to the point of jealousy with his 'simplest' of lines - the lad just rinsed every ounce of groove and feel out of the line and he didn't appear to even realise it. - I would say the guy was destined for 'Something a Little Bit Special'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='WWRRSS' post='750806' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:50 PM']Whats below Novice?[/quote] rslaing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='WWRRSS' post='750806' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:50 PM']Whats below Novice?[/quote] I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='dood' post='750810' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:53 PM']I don't think I could classify someones ability by the songs they play. I've seen bass players slay progressive tracks with feel and timing akin to taking a swipe with a baseball bat, yet watched a 12 year old make a fretless sing to the point of jealousy with his 'simplest' of lines - the lad just rinsed every ounce of groove and feel out of the line and he didn't appear to even realise it. - I would say the guy was destined for 'Something a Little Bit Special'.[/quote] Absolutely. Along with the ability to play insanely complex stuff, players need to develop the ability to [i]not[/i] play insanely complex stuff all the time. Sometimes all it needs is the root on the "1". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Has anyone got a tab for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Yes, I'm smoking it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyJay Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='750799' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:46 PM']This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) [/quote] Basschat members have always struck me as more modest and at times self-depricating than that. I'm prepared to be proved wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 This is a classic thread already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='750799' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:46 PM']This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) [/quote] My son, aged 17 or so, picked up bass for the first time and learned the entire Stone Roses catalogue, by ear, in about a fortnight. My suggestion he might also want to learn a few basics fell on deaf ears. Later he went to join an originals band and came unstuck when they produced chord charts for their material, and he had no idea what to do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] I've seen this before, in the Bill Wyman Book of Root Notes. I think it comes just before "Étude in E#". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebasshead Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Looks like a musical version of Space Invaders to me...and I'm about to get wiped out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='stevebasshead' post='750865' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:20 PM']Looks like a musical version of Space Invaders to me...and I'm about to get wiped out![/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Bajo Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Its a difficult one becuse it can be broken down into so many elements. One could learn YYZ by tab but struggle on Day Tripper standard notation. They may learn Crossroads by ear but it could have taken them ages, however if they had some understanding of 12 bar blues and scales it would have been a doddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Totally agree with the whole less is more, add expression and dynamics and a love of what you do and the world passed into your bass thing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 ME? I'm just good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Can't be doing with Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='750813' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:55 PM']rslaing[/quote] I miss him, lets get him back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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