Members 1039greenday Posted August 3, 2005 Members Posted August 3, 2005 Tonight i tried 2 things for the first time. I learned the bassics of reading music online. and i tried to play a walking line with standard notation, not tab. here is what i tried to play, its supposed to be an example of a walking jazz line. Anyway, i tried to play that, and after some practicing i recorded it. By the time i recorded it my fingers were getting raw, so i only played it once. The mp3 is only 10 seconds. One thing i noticed about myself when im listening to it, i sound very stiff, anyone have a remedy for this? If anyone has any tips, or advice, please tell me. I know i probably screwed some of it up, but anyway. follow this link Thank you.
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Members 1039greenday Posted August 3, 2005 Author Members Posted August 3, 2005 Ok, now i know this will work, thanks for listening. http://onlinerock.com/musicians/1039greenday//first_try_walk.mp3
Members rikshaw Posted August 3, 2005 Members Posted August 3, 2005 the only remedy that i know of is practice. keep at it. you'll get it!
Members Sixgun77 Posted August 3, 2005 Members Posted August 3, 2005 That's Autumn Leaves, isin't it?
Members 1039greenday Posted August 3, 2005 Author Members Posted August 3, 2005 Originally posted by Sixgun77 That's Autumn Leaves, isin't it? Im sorry, but i have no clue:( . i found it on adam nitti's website. Thanks for listening though:)
Members sunburstbasser Posted August 3, 2005 Members Posted August 3, 2005 Did you take some of that up an octave, or were you reading from chord changes? It does sound stiff. This is very much a feel thing. I remember my advisor telling me last year to lay back on one song. I think you need to do that as well, and it won't sound so stiff. Basically, play more in the middle of the beat, and less on top of it. Your not doing a bad job at all. Reading music has to be taken in steps, like anything else. Try again sometime when you've had a chance to ease up a bit.
Members 1039greenday Posted August 3, 2005 Author Members Posted August 3, 2005 Originally posted by sunburstbasser Did you take some of that up an octave, or were you reading from chord changes?It does sound stiff. This is very much a feel thing. I remember my advisor telling me last year to lay back on one song. I think you need to do that as well, and it won't sound so stiff. Basically, play more in the middle of the beat, and less on top of it. Your not doing a bad job at all. Reading music has to be taken in steps, like anything else. Try again sometime when you've had a chance to ease up a bit. i was mainly followfront oing the notes that were front of me. ( see first post). Thanks for the advice, i think i may have rushed it allitle too much, going immediately from learning how to read to trying to learn that line. And thanks for listening:)
Members sunburstbasser Posted August 3, 2005 Members Posted August 3, 2005 Its only my opinion, but I think the best walking lines always sound a little layed-back. Like, the horns may be hot, so the bassist has to be cool, ya dig? Did you plug straight into your computer? It was fairly heavily overdriven or something, it sounded like the distortion I get when I overdrive my computer input. Try bringing that down a bit, and it'll let more of your dynamics in too. This isn't too important for right now, but it'll help in getting the correct feel down. Keep at it. Its not the easiest thing in the world but its not the hardest either! Anyone can at least fake a walking line with some patience.
Members 1039greenday Posted August 3, 2005 Author Members Posted August 3, 2005 Originally posted by sunburstbasser Its only my opinion, but I think the best walking lines always sound a little layed-back. Like, the horns may be hot, so the bassist has to be cool, ya dig? Did you plug straight into your computer? It was fairly heavily overdriven or something, it sounded like the distortion I get when I overdrive my computer input. Try bringing that down a bit, and it'll let more of your dynamics in too. This isn't too important for right now, but it'll help in getting the correct feel down. Keep at it. Its not the easiest thing in the world but its not the hardest either! Anyone can at least fake a walking line with some patience. I dig. now that ive had a little time to relax, and ive gotten a chance to listen to it, ive come to realize that it almost sounds "synth" like, not alot of soul, not alot of grove. Walking bass lines have been something i have always wanted to master, and ill have to work at it. Lately i had almost become bored with my playing. I was stuck in a rut, the stuff i knew how to play ( mainly rock stuff ) was getting boring to play, so i figured id switch it up a bit:) . I plugged straight into my computer. I have a realy old gateway with a pretty bad soundcard, i dont have any mic's or recording equipment so it has to due. I use audacity to record, so to bring up volume, i usualy have to turn up the gain levels.
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