Chromatic notes are often the most over looked aspect of playing music. So often, we are focused on playing scales and chords and the chord tones associated with them and playing the "right" notes while avoiding the "wrong" notes. But sometimes, there's a time and a place for the "wrong" notes in music and those notes serve a particular purpose. In jazz, they add interest and … [Read more...] about You’re Probably Playing Too Many Chromatic Tones. Here How I Know.
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One Big Tip on Making Your Walking Bass Lines Move
If you’re anything like what I was, whenever I tried to make a walking bass line, the number one problem I encountered was that I would “run out of notes” or not have any idea really where to go or what to do. As the chords continued to wiz past me, I would fall farther and farther behind and my urge to give up would grow and grow. For years I avoided walking bass lines … [Read more...] about One Big Tip on Making Your Walking Bass Lines Move