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Mark Levine's Jazz Theory book is the only one you need if all you are looking for is music theory. If you get that (£27 on Amazon?), you will have pretty much all of the information you will ever need. The problem is the application of that information. Without some direction from others, you may struggle to apply some of the information you gather. The reason it is called Jazz Theory is because most pop/funk etc music is based on significant degrees of repetition and a book of 'pop' theory would be very short A lot of the greatest Pop artist are actually backed up by monster Jazz players/composers/arrangers (e.g. Michael Jackson/Quincy Jones, Earth, Wind and Fire was started by ex-Miles Davis Jazzers. Steely Dan records are chock full of Jazzers, as are/were Sting, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Ricki Lee Jones, James Taylor etc etc. The list is endless). The notes are the same; it is the application of theories that defines. Classical theory is not that different in terms of the 'maths' (8-note scales) but the application is VERY different and orchestration and instrumentation are much more important.

Brecon Jazz Festival late 1980s. Massive Trace Eliot stack (AH250 plus two of their refelx bass bins). Did first set fine. Went to start second set; dead. After the normal lead twiddling, I went around the back to find that some toe rag had nicked both of the speaker leads. Spares available so all went well but, if I ever meet the t***.....

How long is a piece of string? You need to learn MUSIC nor bass guitar, that is all. I was thinking about this the other day when I saw a book called Scales for Bass Guitar (or something to that effect). Whatever scales exist, exist for every instrument not just one You may not live near a college that offers bass guitar studies but I guarantee you will live near a pianist who can point you in the right direction. Where are you based? That may help people on here guide you. Obviously you need to apply your learning to bass but the let the music guide you. As for Tal, she ios a cool player but not really advanced in any sense. I play regularly with musicians that leave me open-mouthed with how good they are and I ma gradually being dragged along in their slipstream. It's the music that does it, not the instrument. Find some musicians that take you places you may not otherwise go. Talk to pianists, guitarists, sax players etc NOT bass guitarists. They are mostly full of s*** PS I haven't played with Tal, obviously, but I have done a gig with Jason Rebello, his keyboard player. A great experience and I learned a lot.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1420840974' post='2654235'] Old ones! [/quote] No instrument is bounded to a genre or a time frame. The 'Jaco' or 'Pino' styles of fretless playing are not the only 'schools' and the instrument has moved with the music.

Sounded icky to me. Lyrics were really weak.

That's nonsense. Your formative years and mine are completely different. Pub bands aren't homogenous. I have never played Sex On Fire and you have probably never played Birdland (I have; in a pub in Surrey). People come at this from different angles and the idea that everyone should know certain stuff is nonsense. My first band did 2 covers, Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin and Silver Machine by Hawkwind. Never played them again. I was 45 before I played Mustang Sally and 48 before I ever played 'Good TImes' or 'Ain't Nobody' This idea that there are 'required' standards for pub bands is nonsense. The implication is that, if you don't know 'Son Of A Preacher Man' you haven't 'paid your dues' or aren't properly 'schooled'!! The reality is more like 'Do you know -------'? 'No'. 'OK, Let's play something else'. 'O.K'

Played a hslf size once. It looked stupid and felt like a toy bass. It also sounded really thin. Otherwise, it was great

Seems like a bizarre idea to me. If bands have properly prepared charts, there is no reason why anyone should be unable to do any tune/gig at a moments notice. If you haven't, you are reliant upon a concensus view as to what the song should sound like, which version you are familiar with and whether or not the singer can do stuff in that key. In my experience, the result is chaos. If you have no charts, rehearse. If you can't rehearse, have charts. Some of the best music I have ever played is music I have never heard before I played it. (PS Although I have played a few of them in my time, I know none of Jonesies list of tunes (which looks very Rock-centric to me). A Soul band will have a different go to list, as would a Funk band, a Punk band and Pop band etc etc).

Here we go. All I could think of were rabbits..... https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/run-rabid-run-reprise

I would recommend this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Miles-Davis-Classic-Albums-Audio/dp/B004UVCOZ4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1420647089&sr=1-1&keywords=miles+davis+20+cd++box+set

You could spend the rest of your life learning them

Index and ring finger are the same length (middle finger is longer).

Mine is orchestral.

Starter Pack!! Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue Oliver Nelson – Blues and the Abstract Truth Charles Mingus – Ah Um Joe Henderson – So Near, So Far Bill Evans – Sunday Night at The Village Vanguard Dave Brubeck – Take Five Duke Ellington – Such Sweet Thunder Wynton Marsalis – Standard Time Vol. 1 John Coltrane – Blue Train/Giant Steps/A Love Supreme Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie

Just a quick response to the comments about reading; to be a proficient sight reader takes years and is a skill that needs constant attention.

Did an audio download of mine yesterday and there was a part missing (I get that occasionally) so I will have to do it again buy, otherwise, I am there.

HOW you make sense of it is up to you but it's fantastic that you do. Good work.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1419266281' post='2638154'] I think it might be this. During the solo Sadao Watanabe's face is pricelss. Top, top band as well. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu7S8wRcRNU[/media] [/quote] That's it.

Try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvUNaegKBUU

Dad got my vote. Just thought it had more of the image in it than the others.

I have a Berlingo also. Feckin' hate it. Gets the gear in easily but no acceleration and it fugly as sin. The uncoolest car in Christendom. Best I had was a Toyota Surf but it blew up (fortunately without the bass in it).

Clockwork Angels and Roll The Bones - Rush I go back there once in a while and always think, I preferred it when......

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1419341056' post='2638911'] You like more than one drum with your bass. [/quote] I guess I do!

My uncle worked down the pit. I think that makes him a relative miner. Seriously, the relationships between notes are defined by the harmony being used and a chromatic scale has no harmony per se so the relationship between the notes would not be termed minor or major or inverted etc. If there are chords involved, that changes everything and the A - C relationship becomes a sharp nine, an inverted sixth and a minor third, depending on the context. S'complicated

I like drums and I like bass but I don't like Drum and Bass. Go figure.