improvising

I just finished making the 2nd Episode of "How To Piccolo Bass". This lesson looks at getting a beautiful tone AND how to start improvising. Hope you enjoy it... Scott.

This lesson dives head-on into improvisation on the bass guitar! Even if you've never tried before, this lesson will hopefully get your creative juices flowing.

Hi everyone, Here is a follow up of a video I did on diminished scales. In the video below you can hear how major, minor and diminished scales sound with their chords. Please subscribe to me over at YouTube if you can :) take care!

Didn't know where else to put this, so I'm putting it in Techniques. So, I've been playing for about a year and a half (I think?). I don't post much on TalkBass, but I really love bass guitar and music in general. I play three other instruments besides bass, but I am better at playing bass. But...

I will be posting my YouTube videos where I play bass outdoors - I’ve got a warrior 5 String Fretless 34” scale length and I play chords on it! I know, it’s not a guitar.... it’s way cooler than one :)

Hello, I've recently found myself in a new situation playing as a part of a trio (guitar, drums & me) that likes to improvise during the "breakdown" or solo sections of songs which we cover. Let's use Voodoo Child as today's example - a song that mostly revolves around one chord but then has...

I've always been around Jazz music, but mostly listening to it as background music. However, some of the songs that come on just really impress me. I want to listen to more, to expand my music knowledge, but I don't know where to start!! Any suggestions?

I've been playing music for decades, multiple instruments, multiple genres/styles, I've somehow never gotten around to learning the modes. But I want to improvise melodic bass lines (and actually lead-like lines behind my wife), so decided to start studying them. I wasn't even sure why other...

I started on bass, but a couple years in I started mixing in some guitar. Now I play guitar, bass, piano, and I sing. From my perspective each instrument calls for a different approach when it comes to the actual notes you play, but my overall goal is usually to accompany the group I'm playing...

I can jam if I stay in one key or if I am aware of the chords beforehand or if I am leading the chord changes—however, I struggle immensely when I am needing to follow along with someone playing the guitar or keyboard and they are playing riffs, chords, jamming along, etc. I get lost and find...

Hey all, looking for some guidance on the skill set needed to be good at quickly picking up songs when playing at a jam. I first got the itch to pick up a bass when I was photographing bands as a sideline. I would go to jams and take photos, building up my clientele by giving them free samples...

Fully worded question: A trombonist in a high school jazz ensemble is told to improvise during a vamp over Gmaj7 - Emi7 - Ami7 - D7. As their teacher, what scale should you recommend for him/her to use? A.) Eb major B.) B major C.) Bb major D.) A major You HAVE to pick from one of these 4...

Hey! I'm currently working on improvising. I know the basics; roots, fifths, sixths, and flat sevenths, plus a little bit more. I'm just trying to get my rhythm and technique down as well as working on connecting chords and seeing what sounds good together. Could you guys/gals link some possible...

Hello everyone, I don't know if you understood from the title, but I really want to learn well the whole fretboard so that I can really be free to play easily anything and improvise easily using the whole fretboard. Can you tell me any good methods or lessons to achieve that? Please let me...

I thought this might go in Techniques or General Instruction, but maybe if I wrap it around a gig story... Some years back a drummer I worked with regularly called me to ask if I wanted to work a Fourth of July gig, big outdoor show with a country guy who'd had a few regional hits. The call...

Hi Leland, My jaw dropped when I stumbled over this part of the Talkbass site. Then again when I realized, after listening to your discography, that it was your approach to accompanying songs that I was trying to emulate. Thanks so much for answering our humble questions! So, to my question...

Hello folks! Here is a video where me and my friend are soloing over this awesome tune på rhcp :)

Here is a video of me and my friend soloing over a nice tune by the legend Jamell Richardson. I followed advise from some of you guys here and played fewer notes this time lol. Please give feedback. Peace!

Hey all, I'm interested in getting better at improvising basslines over rock songs. While keeping the groove, I'd like them to be pretty melodic as well. I do not want them to sound like walking basslines though. I know there's a lot going on here, but I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on...

Yes, I know that I posted this here a while ago but i posted it in the DB forums by mistake so I figured that I would post it here as well. Me and my friend made a video where we improvise over Wonderwall. We now that most of you are tired of the song but we would like some feedback so we can do...

Hi here's a video of me and my friend soloing over wonderwall. We know that people are quite tired of this song but we did this video just as a test for a new series on our Youtube channel. I would be happy to get some feedback from you guys! :bassist:

Hi here's a video of me and my friend soloing over wonderwall. We know that people are quite tired of this song but we did this video just as a test for a new series on our Youtube channel. I would be happy to get some feedback from you guys! :)