Tetrachord : scale series of four notes Legato: Bound, smooth; even passage of notes Theory If you have ever played scales, then you are unwittingly playing tetra chords; chances...
Jammit… Picture this: You’re in your practice room trying to figure out a bass line from the original recording. You’ve almost got it, but there are a...
Reading music (and in our case bass lines) has always been important for musicians. First of all, it’s a matter of principle. Music is a language,...
Welcome. Hope no one has P.T.S.D. from N.A.M.M. Bad jokes aside this time we’re going to run circles around the circle of 5ths. The circle of...
This month I’ve chosen to feature the late tenor sax giant, Michael Brecker’s solo on the extremely demanding John Coltrane composition Giant Steps. Why not feature a...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month we will discuss the descarga in latin music, also known as descarga cubana. The descarga was...
Kenny Weydener by Kenny Weydener… You can imagine that I listen to a lot of CD’s and I feel fortunate that a select few of these are...
Upbeat by Andres Rotmistrovsky… Every time I feed a CD into the player to listen to it for the first time, I do so with the...
HI, MY “BASS” FRIENDS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE “SPEED” EXERCISES. THE EXERCISE I SUGGESTED LAST TIME IS THE FIRST PART...
We covered some rhythmic concepts a while back, and now I’m going to give you another simple yet powerful exercise that will improve your bass line...
Backbeat Books, publisher of books for performers and fans who are passionate about music, has published The Home Recording Handbook ($29.99) by Dave Hunter, and is now shipping...
Hi my friends, it’s great to be writing for you on this very first 2012 issue. I hope you had great holidays and that you are...
Just For The Record by Tom Kennedy… Tom Kennedy is no stranger to Bass Musician Magazines pages as I am sure many of you recall. If not,...
In this first article of mine I would like to express some ideas I developed through the years, having been a student, having attended classes with...
In my most recent performance with Coincidence Machine, I was reminded again of the power of the inner critic. We all have one. It’s that voice...
