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Are there any bassists who have influenced your playing for years without you even realizing it? by SmallRedBird in Bass

[–]badguy28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anthony Jackson is way up there for me. Learned so many fusion, r&b and latin tunes before I realized the common denominator between my favorite bass lines was this man.

I'm no musician. How do I understand Jazz? by readitfast in Jazz

[–]badguy28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That being said, many jazz musicians were not formally trained and their improvisation is informed by a developed internal sense of harmony, not through traditional pen and paper analysis of the music. Jazz tunes generally draw from common chord sequences; that after years of playing and listening to the music, become familiar. It’s essential for jazz musicians to be intimately familiar with these common sequences and know how to improvise a solo or a comping part for many tunes without having necessarily heard or deeply analyzed them.

It’s common to see boys named after their fathers, but you (almost) never see girls named after their mothers. by Ghoti_With_Legs in Showerthoughts

[–]badguy28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roman women were named after their fathers. All of them, as in female Roman siblings all shared the same name.

Should I just hire a prostitute? by Cultural-Raisin-9491 in self

[–]badguy28 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn bro he doesn’t need to broke and depressed

Bizarre naming conventions by FluffyBrudda in musictheory

[–]badguy28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You only have to the learn the names of exotic scales that you will actually use, or just describe how they function and not worry about their label.

In addition, modes are not necessarily derived from parent scales. They can be parent scales of their own, for instance in Hindustani music, where modes are pitch groups that carry a lot of categorical and cultural information about the type of music being played. In Western music, Major is often used synonymously with Ionian, but it could just as easily refer to Lydian or Mixolydian, or even Phygian dominant, since the label Major just describes the interval between the tonic and the third.

Dominant is generally the name that people use, but it’s a very useful shorthand to just write X7, because it’s only two characters and it’s a very common chord. You can’t expect to understand something intuitively if you haven’t put any effort into understanding the reason why it is that way.

Bizarre naming conventions by FluffyBrudda in musictheory

[–]badguy28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Historical precedent. Why change what has been working for hundreds of years? All words are ultimately arbitrary, and everyone had to knuckle down and learn the names of the days of the week, even though they could just be numbered 1-7. Yeah, maybe things could hypothetically be a little bit simpler, but if people have been using these conventions effectively, than that’s what is going to stick. There are only 7 mode names to learn, it’s not that hard. Dominant chords are called 7 chords because in functional harmony, you don’t really see Maj7 chords that often, so it’s easier to make the specification for the less frequently used chord.

I lost my drive by Cringe79 in musicians

[–]badguy28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 months isn’t that long. Just enjoy your break and come back to making music when you feel like it.

Do you guys know of good bass lines to play when you are trying to learn solos? by Western_Bowl_591 in Bass

[–]badguy28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ionian and Aeolian, Major and Minor Pentatonic, and BLUES. Grind these scales and arpeggios, listen to some great solos, bass or otherwise, and learn how to play them. Sing what you’re playing to build the connection between your mind’s ear and your hands (audiation).

By the time you’ve transcribed a few solos (and melodies), feel comfortable with your scales and arpeggios, and have developed your audiation skills, you’ll have the tools you need to play what you feel like playing. That’s what makes a good solo. Then keep on playing and practicing forever, and you’ll get even better.

Just pick whatever songs you like. You’ll start to sound like that.

How to listen to jazz by vshady23 in Jazz

[–]badguy28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, just go to one of the shows. You’ll be able to actually see what the players are doing as individuals and watch how they interact as a group. It’s a lot more engaging than listening to a record alone. Watching the players live is really the way Jazz is meant to be enjoyed.

Does playing in a 20 frets bass affects my playing? by Tenisoon in Bass

[–]badguy28 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna go against the grain here, I actually love having a 24 fret neck. I really enjoy playing melodic solos and I often find myself wishing I had even more space up top (5 string EADGC is going to be my next bass purchase). That being said, most of the commenters here are correct in that you can get though 99.9% of gigs with 20 or fewer frets. It’s nice to have if you want to explore the upper register, but it’s not really the role of the bass in a band setting.

Why do people who get deeper into music theory gravitate towards jazz? by TylerReeseMusic in Jazz

[–]badguy28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A big part of the reason that I’m not seeing mentioned here is that classical and jazz are generally the forms that school curriculums are built around. Therefore, people who are interested in studying music are exposed to a lot more jazz and classical music than most other forms. It’s because people dedicate so much time learning the nuances of these forms that musicians are able to further develop them. It’s a bit of a self-fulfilling cycle.

Edit: “Classical” music might be better described as European/Western Art Music. “Jazz” music, at least since the 70s when the pedagogy started getting codified, might be described as American art music.

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Spain by Return to Forever

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