mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 I was just going to ask what tunes people thought where in the skill brackets of, someone who had just started, someone who had got to intermediate level, someone who was really good, i.e. could be a pro/semi-pro player, or someone who if you heard it would really drop your jaw and make your day? Quote
Bilbo Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 Novice - some James Jamerson stuff (Can't Hurry Love, Get Ready, My Guy) Intermediate - some James Jamerson stuff (What's Going On, Heard It Through The Grapevine) Bloody Good - some James Jamerson stuff (Ain't Too Proud To Beg, How Long Has That Evening Traini Been Gone) Something a Little Bit Special - some James Jamerson stuff (live version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me) Quote
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='Bilbo' post='750585' date='Feb 19 2010, 10:02 AM']Novice - some James Jamerson stuff (Can't Hurry Love, Get Ready, My Guy) Intermediate - some James Jamerson stuff (What's Going On, Heard It Through The Grapevine) Bloody Good - some James Jamerson stuff (Ain't Too Proud To Beg, How Long Has That Evening Traini Been Gone) Something a Little Bit Special - some James Jamerson stuff (live version of Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me)[/quote] Woohoo! I'm intermediate! Where does "Bernadette" come into the Bilbo-patented Jamerson Bass Grading System (JaBaGraS™)? Quote
thepurpleblob Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) Quote
Dood Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 I don't think I could classify someones ability by the songs they play. I've seen bass players slay progressive tracks with feel and timing akin to taking a swipe with a baseball bat, yet watched a 12 year old make a fretless sing to the point of jealousy with his 'simplest' of lines - the lad just rinsed every ounce of groove and feel out of the line and he didn't appear to even realise it. - I would say the guy was destined for 'Something a Little Bit Special'. Quote
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='WWRRSS' post='750806' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:50 PM']Whats below Novice?[/quote] rslaing Quote
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='WWRRSS' post='750806' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:50 PM']Whats below Novice?[/quote] I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": Quote
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='dood' post='750810' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:53 PM']I don't think I could classify someones ability by the songs they play. I've seen bass players slay progressive tracks with feel and timing akin to taking a swipe with a baseball bat, yet watched a 12 year old make a fretless sing to the point of jealousy with his 'simplest' of lines - the lad just rinsed every ounce of groove and feel out of the line and he didn't appear to even realise it. - I would say the guy was destined for 'Something a Little Bit Special'.[/quote] Absolutely. Along with the ability to play insanely complex stuff, players need to develop the ability to [i]not[/i] play insanely complex stuff all the time. Sometimes all it needs is the root on the "1". Quote
thisnameistaken Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Has anyone got a tab for this? Quote
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Quote
BottomEndian Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Quote
discreet Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Yes, I'm smoking it now. Quote
xilddx Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='750827' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:05 PM']Has anyone got a tab for this?[/quote] Quote
HeavyJay Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='750799' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:46 PM']This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) [/quote] Basschat members have always struck me as more modest and at times self-depricating than that. I'm prepared to be proved wrong though. Quote
spinynorman Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='thepurpleblob' post='750799' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:46 PM']This is tempting fate... I'm now waiting for the first.... "I'd been playing for twenty minutes and I could play Portrait of Tracey" (or any other nightmare part you care to mention) [/quote] My son, aged 17 or so, picked up bass for the first time and learned the entire Stone Roses catalogue, by ear, in about a fortnight. My suggestion he might also want to learn a few basics fell on deaf ears. Later he went to join an originals band and came unstuck when they produced chord charts for their material, and he had no idea what to do with them. Quote
spinynorman Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] I've seen this before, in the Bill Wyman Book of Root Notes. I think it comes just before "Étude in E#". Quote
stevebasshead Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Looks like a musical version of Space Invaders to me...and I'm about to get wiped out! Quote
mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Author Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='stevebasshead' post='750865' date='Feb 19 2010, 01:20 PM']Looks like a musical version of Space Invaders to me...and I'm about to get wiped out![/quote] Quote
El Bajo Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 Its a difficult one becuse it can be broken down into so many elements. One could learn YYZ by tab but struggle on Day Tripper standard notation. They may learn Crossroads by ear but it could have taken them ages, however if they had some understanding of 12 bar blues and scales it would have been a doddle! Quote
mgibson Posted February 19, 2010 Author Posted February 19, 2010 Totally agree with the whole less is more, add expression and dynamics and a love of what you do and the world passed into your bass thing though. Quote
Bloodaxe Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='750819' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:58 PM']I present the first in my series of studies designed for the Pre-Novice. This is called "Étude in E": [/quote] Can't be doing with Jazz. Quote
lemmywinks Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='750813' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:55 PM']rslaing[/quote] I miss him, lets get him back! Quote
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