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I think Scott LaFaro had an album on its own, playing piano through that. Bilbo may correct me if I'm wrong though.

As opposed to what most says about this topic, my (and not only mine) opinion on this is that metronome will [b]not [/b]give you a good time. Look, you are playing music with people, not with metronomes, right? Every person has his own internal time - when you play together, your time must come 'together', so that the music sounds as one unit. Good time is usually developed by conciously practising out of time, and striving for good time. Metronome can be involved at the times in your practice though, but quite rarely. You can do this drill, using software below - write out some [i]rhythms ([/i]no pitches) with quarter, eight, 16th notes & rests mixed up,making up two or four bar phrases. First of all, practice those rhythms out of time, then put up that software, and shed it. http://bestdrumtrainer.com/tt/#90_4_2_2_0_F

Almost never played the root? Man, I don't know it that can be taken as a compliment - though, Hadrien Feraud must have been influenced by this because he got himself kicked out of McLaughlin's band for refusing to play root notes.

Taking Doddy's drill as a base, what you want to do after shedding that drill is write out those Autumn Leaves changes, and write dowmn some lines using only chord tones and those chromatics. Learn them out of time, and then put on a record of AL, so that you'll hear how it sounds against the changes. You'll be surprised how good can it be. easy Laimis

Scales are the outcome from chord-tones and tensions, so you might want to break it down, and learn chords first. The thing that always struck me about learning scales, is their tuition method - too often, people dont really understand why Ionian scale doesnt really work on Maj7 chord, and when they get some scales book, it tells them to use "Lydian" (which has #4, which is tension #11) over it, without even saying why, or just stating as if it's just better (for some mystical reason..) - and if you'd break it down, it would make perfect sense, because it's just chord-tones and tensions struck together - that's why I'm always going for chords first. easy Laimis

Hey hey guys, the list is updated, I hope I'll get RHCP dots from JR Bass, but how about others - does anyone has U2 dots? Thanks Laimis

As a coincidence, at the moment I spotted this, I was listening to the very same tune Nice playing all-round, keep it coming, man! easy Laimis

Yeah, speaking of self-promo, Laurence is a bit out-dated - when I was in London in March earlier this year, Joe Hubbard recommended to catch Cottle live, but as much as I tried, I couldnt find any info where he's playing.. easy Laimis

I've been checking out this lil' exercise for my "Improv" part of practice, and, before that, I thought I know a thing or two about chord- tones... But this was bloody challenging! If you're having a hard time coming with ideas over this (or any other tune, for that matter), assuming that you know chord-tones in all positions, you might want to 'improvise' out of time, and write out a few choruses of ideas, and woodshed them outta time too before you dip into playing that in time.. Oh, and another cool drill is this - take the "guide tones" (which is 3rd and 7th) of each chord, and try improvising using ONLY using those guide tones (you'll have two notes for one chord) - you'll be burned out, guys, believe me! PS if you're having hard time with guide tones, practice them out of time first of all too.. easy laimis

The list is updated, probably the final one..

Hey guys, I know this should have landed in Theory forum, but it has to be a real quicker - I'm helping out some of my old friends for a single covers gig/party they're doing, and with my shedule, I'd like to save as much time on transcribing the following stuff, as it's possible, so [b]dots [/b](no tabs please) would be very much appreciated.. [list=1] [*]Nickelback – how you remind me [*]blur song2 [*]RHCP – suck my kiss [*]RHCP – scar tissue [*]RHCP – tell me baby [*]RHCP – can’t stop [*]RHCP – Raindance magie [*]U2 – vertigo [*]U2 – beautiful day [*]MCR – teenagers [*]Beastie boys – you got a fight [*]Bryan adams – run to you [*]The Rembrandts – Il be there for you [*]Maroon 5 moves like jaguar [*]AAF – smooth criminal [/list] I already know that most RHCP and Kings of Leon can be found on a few BC folks' transcription sites, but what about the other ones? Thanks in advance,folks, Laimis

Yeah, I dig this completely- in fact, I really fancy a nice 4er Jazz myself.... easy Laimis

Nice one, as always, Scott... But, hey,man, you're using this 4string way too much where's your 5er, have you sold it or somethin'?

I'm a user of this tuning, and it's really cool for the things mentioned (extended range, transcriptions of other instruments). On the other hand, if you're playing lots of pop stuff (I do), low B works as a better option, though you can always get an octaver. easy Laimis

Permutations is always a good thing, and 1 3 5 7 is only one permutation of 24 total. You can look at Jerry's Bergonzi's books for more of this permutation stuff - it's good, because it's all chord tones. Autumn Leaves is probably a better place for starter like you (I've also started with this tune), because of it's nice cyclic progression (especially first eight bars) and it has both Major and Minor II V I progressions in 8 bars, unlike Rhythm Changes, though they're important too. As for Scott's tutorials - they're great, I've learned quite a bit from "Practising Arpeggios" tutorial - it helped me a lot when I started studying with J Hubbard, as we're really dipping into chord tones with him. happy shedding, Laimis

What you wanna do first is learn chords first - flash out chord tones in every position in all keys for each chord quality that's involved in your progression. The problem with scales is that if you'd played Bb Maj scale over that progression, after a while it would start sound boring and predictable - that's why you'd rather want to outline each chord individually. And, hey, it can be Rhythm Changes,but you don't need to start off with them at the tempo that Oleo is usually called in (and it's usually really fast).. easy Laimis

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1316716705' post='1381963'] Interesting. Maybe it was Pat Methany then? I may have incorrectly remembered something the man himself said. Definitely performed as a percussionist, as opposed to a drummer, and I'm fairly sure he said a Weather Report derivation. Maybe it was a one off and you may of course not be aware? Edited to add, it was the Pat Metheny Group. My point was that he's multi talented. Peter [/quote] He played percussion for Pat Metheny (played bass and guitar too, I think), who's stuff is quite similar to WR at times. PS That Benson tune was ok, but, hey, how many times you can play all those tired licks ?(I'm talking about Bona) - just listen to the end of the tune..)

I sort of agree with Janek where he said that Bona should leave his bass (especially fretless?) aside, and stick to his acoustic guitar+vocals thing, where he really sounds a unique artist and composer.

[quote name='Killerfridge' timestamp='1316548073' post='1379604'] I agree with this. Joe is a tutor at the ACM, and he is phenomenal. Another couple of fantastic tutors are Mike Nichols (also on here) and Phil Mulford (great if you can get him!). [/quote] Yep, Joe's now teaching at ACM, but he's doing his own private thing (one-on-one lessons via Skype or in-person), so you might wanna have this in mind.

Being through something like that myself, my advice - you must get a good teacher: he'll give the right stuff for you to improve, and he'll help you to get through hard times like this. There are a few guys on BC that are really worth attention - Joe Hubbard (I'm his student, and Joe is the real deal, when it comes to music tuition,but you have to be ready to work really hard everyday), Scott Devine, Jakesbass (Jake Newman).. Don't know where you're from but it doesnt matter because you can hook up with those guys via Skype video (I'm getting my lessons like this, and it's totally fine..) let us know how you get on, easy Laimis