I’m going to use this to improve my jazz improv on the acoustic guitar. I’ve removed chords from my toolkit to play only single notes (like a horn or bass player) so this definitely applies. Thanks!
This is great stuff. I find myself getting stuck in chord tone with chromatic approach note on beat 4 ruts... alot. This is really going to help in creating smooth ascending and descending lines. While I understand this is a mental exercise, I feel that one can create functional lines by perhaps making a rule that a chord tone is hit on beat one.
Haha good eye. Yeah these are the Gerold Genssler J-Roque RW ("rainworms"). I had found a used set, and while I like the Corax I was using before, he doesn't make them anymore so I was looking for not only an alternative for the future, but something that had more punch than the Corax. These definitely are more punchy. The Corax has a MUCH wider "spread" of the low notes, but doesn't cut through. These D and G Rainworm strings literally make the floor move so that you can feel it in your feet. The E and A are not quite right, I think, but they're still new and I'm still figuring them out. They don't have the punch of the D and G. But I also noticed that my bridge may have been slightly off position when I last heard another bassist play my bass. The G is quite large, which I like, but it's large enough that it actually feels a bit strange so I'm getting used to that too. Do you hear a difference? Do you like one better than the other? I think the Corax RECORD better but the RWs sound better in real life
Thanks for another great lesson, Matt! Interesting and quite a challenge, and as always clear and pedagogical. Just finished an hour with your paradiddles - perfect entertainment for a Friday night. /Eskil from Sweden
I’m going to use this to improve my jazz improv on the acoustic guitar. I’ve removed chords from my toolkit to play only single notes (like a horn or bass player) so this definitely applies. Thanks!
Love it!
This is great stuff. I find myself getting stuck in chord tone with chromatic approach note on beat 4 ruts... alot. This is really going to help in creating smooth ascending and descending lines. While I understand this is a mental exercise, I feel that one can create functional lines by perhaps making a rule that a chord tone is hit on beat one.
Yes exactly! Thanks for watching
Thank you for addressing this. Not one we want to admit to needing but need nonetheless.
Thank you! But I’ll be the first to say I need it haha!
Also a change in strings ;)
Do tell!
Haha good eye. Yeah these are the Gerold Genssler J-Roque RW ("rainworms"). I had found a used set, and while I like the Corax I was using before, he doesn't make them anymore so I was looking for not only an alternative for the future, but something that had more punch than the Corax. These definitely are more punchy. The Corax has a MUCH wider "spread" of the low notes, but doesn't cut through. These D and G Rainworm strings literally make the floor move so that you can feel it in your feet. The E and A are not quite right, I think, but they're still new and I'm still figuring them out. They don't have the punch of the D and G. But I also noticed that my bridge may have been slightly off position when I last heard another bassist play my bass. The G is quite large, which I like, but it's large enough that it actually feels a bit strange so I'm getting used to that too. Do you hear a difference? Do you like one better than the other? I think the Corax RECORD better but the RWs sound better in real life
Excellent, as always! Love these exercises!
Thank you!
Thank you sir!
Thanks for another great lesson, Matt! Interesting and quite a challenge, and as always clear and pedagogical. Just finished an hour with your paradiddles - perfect entertainment for a Friday night. /Eskil from Sweden
Thank you for watching again! And great job putting time in practicing that stuff!!
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Thank you for watching
I can never remember which mode is which... So I stick with arpegios and chromatisms, following along the melody.
DOn't use a preposition to end a sentence with.
Whew!
I hear you
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Took me a second to process (how ironic)! Ha!