In this etude, the quarter note remains consistent like an actual walking bass line. The challenge in this exercise is to keep the pedal down and the dampening smooth, making sure no notes ring together. Work on getting a really nice legato sound!
I did this solo for a student today.
It's quantized so it will sound a little stiff on the recording.
I wanted to show playing through the changes. using the scales.
Might be helpful to some of you.
here's a link to the import file for ireal pro. It's an html file, just double click on it.
(This is Tony) I'm posting this for John Piper -
I learned so much from watching this. This will benefit so many of you guys I think! Let me know what you think. You want more of these?
Check out the attached PDF!
Cool lesson. It turns into an etude once you get the chords down. Spend some time on this!
Here are all Tony Miceli's lessons on lines.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhbfGYiAFwxEZkOG10R8-_ZUIS8KtLK4j&si=Ja1iv4U04V7HMwCS
This playlist has Freidman 14 and a slow solo that Tony recorded for my lessons on Donna Lee. My job was to transcribe in Ab then transpose to C from memory. It was a tough one!
In this exercise, the line is a little closer to a walking bass line with quarter notes. Keep the notes legato, and shoot for keeping the pedal down as much as possible with clean dampening in between the notes. Check out the attached PDF!
Hi everyone!
I'm doing a short series on dampening. In these etudes, we're using walking bass lines as a way to work on dampening. Most of these exercises are pretty simple, and a lot of fun! Try them out and see how well you can keep a legato feel throughout. And of course, check out the attached PDF! 😀
Check out the attached PDF!