Two Beat Feel with Jazz Triplets
Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:47pm
When playing triplets in a two-beat feel on double bass, staying in rhythm can become difficult. In this double bass jazz lesson from ArtistWorks’ Online Jazz Bass School with John Patitucci, John outlines some great double bass playing tips.
The first is that you should learn to back off and not overuse playing triplets. Really think about how many triplets you play and learn to “pick your spots”, where it will be really best utilized in the music. This is true of a lot of double bass technique, but especially for triplets in the two-beat feel as tempos get fast.
When playing triplets in a two-beat feel on double bass, staying in rhythm can become difficult. In this double bass jazz lesson from ArtistWorks’ Online Jazz Bass School with John Patitucci, John outlines some great double bass playing tips.
The first is that you should learn to back off and not overuse playing triplets. Really think about how many triplets you play and learn to “pick your spots”, where it will be really best utilized in the music. This is true of a lot of double bass technique, but especially for triplets in the two-beat feel as tempos get fast.
Summer photos... Catching Up!
Tue, 09/10/2013 - 1:57pm
Whew! It's been a whirlwind these last couple of months! Here's some photos of Rocky Grass (near Denver CO)- Ran into some fellow School of Bass'er's out there.
From there I went to NashCamp in Tennessee where I had nearly an entire class of students who are here online with us at the Academy of Bluegrass. It was great to hang out and catch up.
Playing in Nashville this Saturday night, Sept 14th at the Station Inn to celebrate the release of my new CD, "New Frontier" on Compass Records.
If you're near- do come out and say hi!
Nathan East & Jino Midnight Jam - Tokyo, Japan
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 9:59am
Topics: bass, nathan east
So this is a nice bit of awesome, Nathan East jamming with Kenji Hino Jino at the Blue Note Tokyo. Recorded in Tokyo in December 2010.
Bass Lessons with Missy Raines: Using Your Body
Fri, 07/26/2013 - 5:27pm
Here's something that doesn't get brought up enough in bass lessons: body energy. In this video from her online bass lessons, Missy Raines goes over the importance of using your body while playing double bass. This is more of a beginning bass lesson - body energy is something that you should be paying attention to once you get comfortable with holding the bass and learning the fingerboard. This is just a sample from Missy's online curriculum of bass lessons, so be sure to check out more at the link.
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