Tag: chord tones

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chord tones (Phil Mann) 1h
    • Major triads in all inversions, saying all notes out loud, around the cycle, no stops at 45bpm in 8ths
    • Same, but without saying notes, 80bpm (that’s what I call shape slavery, lol)
    • Minor triads in root and 1st inversion, saying all notes, around the cycle at 40bpm in 8ths
  • Break
  • Walking bass lines (Scott Devine) 35m
    • Static chord patterns (major & dominant) over C▵7 & C7, then D▵7 & D7

Observations

Remember Victor Wooten’s “Do you practice in all keys?” joke? Yeah, so, minor keys are the PITA when it comes to playing & calling the notes around the cycle. Because there you have keys like Db- with Fb and Ab- with Cb and Gb- with Bbb :blink: And you either play safe and go C#-, G#- and F#- or you try to grind and your brain really starts to melt even at 40bpm. I know a lot of players who just don’t care about such keys as Gb-, but then again when you see this chord in the chord chart and you have to play a walking bass line over it, what are you going to do? I was always converting to enharmonic key with lesser amount of accidentals, but maybe I should bite the bullet and practice also these guys “as is”.

Bass day (1h 20m)

  • Chord tones (Phil Mann)
    • Major triads in all inversions around the cycle of 4ths
    • At 50bpm calling out all notes while playing
    • At 70bpm without such madness
    • Minor triads in all inversions around the cycle, without click
  • Walking bass line (Scott Devine)
    • Autumn Leaves in D-
    • Chord tones + chromatic notes
    • Adapting G- patterns to the new key

Bass day (1h 20m)

  • Chord tones (Phil Mann): major triads in all inversions around the cycle of 4ths while saying out loud the note names (50bpm—74bpm)
  • Walking bass lines (Scott): static chord vocabulary + recap ii – V — I minor & major patterns over Autumn Leaves in G-
  • Short soloing over Autumn Leaves also in G-

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Major triads in all inversions around the cycle of 4ths, with click at 50bpm (Phil Mann’s Chord Tones course)
  • Major & minor ii — V — I lines over Autumn Leaves in G-, all patterns used
  • Soloing in G- over Autumn Leaves using chromatics — watch the tendencies of getting back to minor pentatonic box and prevent this from happening!

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Major triads in all inversions around the cycle of 4ths (Lesson 1 in Phil Mann’s Chord Tones course) — need to work on 2nd inversions for sure
  • Major and minor ii — V — I figures over Autumn Leaves in G- — familiarised with all patterns but the last 2 minor ones