scalpy Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Wow, the part just arrived in the post it looks I’ll be spending the next few weeks in the woodshed! Has anybody else on here done this show? Certainly makes a change from the usual I V I V fodder! 1 Quote
Newfoundfreedom Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 I have no idea what this post is about. 2 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 36 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said: I have no idea what this post is about. The Adams’s family Musical has a complex bass score. 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 What sort of basslines will you have to learn, 🙂 Quote
Newfoundfreedom Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 ....and why do you have to learn them in a woodshed? 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said: ....and why do you have to learn them in a woodshed? As any Rocky fan knows it’s simpler and quicker to do it in a montage. 4 Quote
scalpy Posted February 1, 2020 Author Posted February 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: As any Rocky fan knows it’s simpler and quicker to do it in a montage. Ah but montages have music, who’s provided that and how much did they rehearse it? There will be a rip in the time space continuum! Quote
Burns-bass Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, scalpy said: Ah but montages have music, who’s provided that and how much did they rehearse it? There will be a rip in the time space continuum! True! The best person for the job is Vince DiCola. 1 Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2020 Author Posted February 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Reggaebass said: What sort of basslines will you have to learn, 🙂 Like a lot if modern shows they throw the kitchen sink at it, so the opening has a five eight section that's quite quick, then there's a number with lots if Latin rhythms all over the neck, some funk stuff and some swing sections as well. Second act has plenty of tacet though so some relief before another quick number with time signature changes and syncopation. The metronome is on this morning i can tell you! 2 Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, scalpy said: Like a lot if modern shows they throw the kitchen sink at it, so the opening has a five eight section that's quite quick, then there's a number with lots if Latin rhythms all over the neck, some funk stuff and some swing sections as well. Second act has plenty of tacet though so some relief before another quick number with time signature changes and syncopation. The metronome is on this morning i can tell you! That sounds really interesting, and quite a challenge, I know some of the Latin lines can be really fast , I’ve tried a few myself and had trouble keeping up as I’m not a particularly fast player, good luck scalpy ☝️ 1 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 How do you manage it? If I’m working on a tricky head for example I’ll break it down into 2 bar phrases. They’re not really that complex (just quick). I imagine internalising an entire score must be a huge challenge! Guess that’s why theatre guys are so respected. Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2020 Author Posted February 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: How do you manage it? If I’m working on a tricky head for example I’ll break it down into 2 bar phrases. They’re not really that complex (just quick). I imagine internalising an entire score must be a huge challenge! Guess that’s why theatre guys are so respected. With difficulty! I’m not a full time pro, and my training was actually on the trumpet, so a lot of my ‘ability’ is knowledge transfer. I was lucky enough to have a really good big band leader at uni who taught us how to think about how syncopations belong to beats, so for instance the last semiquaver of beat one anticipates beat two. (it’d make more sense if I could play it to you!) So I start with the rhythm, then my chord/ scale knowledge is pretty good so I rely on that. What makes reading on the bass trickier than the trumpet is that on the trumpet 95% of the time there is only one valve combination per note. On the bass you can play a major scale from 1st 2nd and 4th position for example, so my biggest issue is planning the journey over the neck so that each section links smoothly. Full respect to expert sight readers! 2 Quote
lowdown Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Being a veteran of many professional pit shows over the last forty years, I can't remember one being..."the usual I V I V Fodder"... Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2020 Author Posted February 2, 2020 30 minutes ago, lowdown said: Being a veteran of many professional pit shows over the last forty years, I can't remember one being..."the usual I V I V Fodder"... I know what you mean but I’m thinking seven brides, South Pacific, half a sixpence etc where it’s not massively challenging. 1 Quote
lowdown Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, scalpy said: I know what you mean but I’m thinking seven brides, South Pacific, half a sixpence etc where it’s not massively challenging. Sorry, just jesting... Enjoy the show. 👍 1 Quote
ambient Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 You’re actually learning it, memorising it? From my experience things can change when you get along to the technical rehearsals, that why you often see pencil annotations on the scores. Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2020 Author Posted February 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, ambient said: You’re actually learning it, memorising it? From my experience things can change when you get along to the technical rehearsals, that why you often see pencil annotations on the scores. Oh god no, there's 100 pages and its in 2 weeks! I'd love to be at the point i could play without looking at the neck but there's some jumps in this part I'm going to have to, so i'll memorise some sections. It also makes watching the MD easier. 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 It helps if you think of fast passages as just slow passages speeded up. 😎 1 3 Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2020 Author Posted February 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bilbo said: It helps if you think of fast passages as just slow passages speeded up. 😎 With the drummer on the show all the slow sections will be speeded up! 1 1 Quote
merello Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 18 hours ago, Reggaebass said: What sort of basslines will you have to learn, 🙂 Do-do-do-do..... Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, merello said: Do-do-do-do..... I can manage that one 😁 Quote
merello Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I can manage that one 😁 Be afraid... 1 Quote
lowdown Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 5 hours ago, scalpy said: I know what you mean but I’m thinking seven brides, South Pacific, half a sixpence etc where it’s not massively challenging. It sounds like a good play through. Quote
Beneath It All Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Must admit to never having seen 'Addams' charts but done West Side Story a few times and that's certainly a 'don't blink' scenario😉 Quote
dodge_bass Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Great show - you’ll enjoy it - but as you say it’s quite a read. Hope you’ve got a good drummer ;) 1 Quote
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