Jeff Berlin's thought about learning (if this is in your interest to do.)

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Whousedtoplay said:
It’s my crazy upbringing-enjoying Music without understanding Italian, French, etc...language/s.
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I fully agree with what you said, just giving an example of how the lyrics are one with the music even when they may not seem present in such.
I love me some MPB, but I don't know a thing they're saying... Same with some of the European prog bands, these fall under the languages you mentioned. Plus, I'll be lying if I said Yoko ain't fire (Though I'd love some Jarreau or McFerrin instead). Then there's another one of my favorites.
 
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somebrains said:
I like the Deadmau5 clip where he stares at the keyboard for a while after he says basically that he wishes he could play an instrument. His career as an Uber driver doesn't seem to be affected by a lack of instrument expertise.
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I veered away from that one, but I'm gonna have to go watch this! I remember I discovered this site from the Herbie videos, and even those videos were awful goofy! Too bad the one class isn't Steve Martin teaches banjo, probably be the most informative music class they gave on that site. At least you'd expecting what you're gonna get from him.
 
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To get away from the talk of metronome, I am wondering, JB, what you think of playing outside the harmony, and the importance of rhythm when doing so.

See this video around 9:20 for a couple of examples - one where he plays the 'correct' notes with a weak rhythm vs the 'outside' notes with stronger rhythm.



I'm curious to know what you think.
 
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Whousedtoplay said:
Please do confuse lyrics with music, not in my world.
Growing up, I have heard so much Music- Classical, pop, jazz, etc..., and tremendously enjoyed listening while I couldn’t understand(!!!) a word, or sentences, if there were any.
I do not see any costumes, any dance moves, etc., while carefully listening to Music in my headphones, or while trying to transcribe it, but I understand your point about the lyrics.
One time I have asked my teenage relative,”What was cool about the Green Day concert?”
- Cussing on stage...
Don’t you think I am ignorant about the lyrics.
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Sure

We are bass player we are way more interested in music than common folk who enjoy shows like The Voice etc

Then they go see Katy Perry show which is full of choregraphies... or go see Bruno Marz dance moves
 
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bigboy_78 said:
So my new goal is to really perfect my reading…….actually I can read very well, I just can’t find the notes on the neck as quickly I should. Once you know where the notes are, you 95% of the way to proficiency.
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Here is my personal (short) summary from two Jeff Berlin's threads about teaching.
Jeff Berlin perceives/regards the electric bass guitar as a full-fledged instrument, like the piano, accordion(!:roflmao:), violin, flute, etc...
Jeff Berlin advocates learning the electric bass guitar the same way as ALL other music students learn all other instruments - brass, woodwinds, the piano, etc...

Jeff Berlin does NOT like learning the electric bass guitar as some "What's your name?" "An electric bass guitar." "OK, then stand over there and play your "Root-Fifth" pattern as 80% of my dear TB colleagues recommend.

P.S. In the Academic Music world/Industry, the electric bass guitar is reckoned as some "kind of outcast instrument", not something serious, etc...; therefore, Jeff Berlin is trying to change it.

Learning the electric bass guitar the same way as students learn other (serious) instruments - that is Jeff Berlin's idea.
 
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applerocks said:
I really don't want this thread to be derailed by who or who did not 'invent' double thumbing.
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I've just read something strange from here:
The 20 Best Bassists of All Time

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JeffBerlin said:
In my opinion, they don't fulfill the goal that people seem to attribute to them; they won't help players to obtain a better sense of their own ability to play in time because time doesn't come from a box that clicks and neither speeds up nor slows down. Time is something else entirely, an ability to feel subdivided rhythm. I've never quite understood how bass players arrived to the belief that time could only be arrived at by practicing with a metronome. Musically, this makes no sense.
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This is exactly why I've evolved to using a drum machine instead of a metronome for all of my practice, including my orchestral/classical material. An interesting app, "Drummer's Friend", has a variable "humanization" slider that causes the drum machine to play looser or tighter. On its most extreme looser setting, it requires me to really listen in order to maintain the groove.
 
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JeffBerlin said:
...When players state a wish to apply scales to music (which I assume would be songs or original music) a misconception took place. While there might be scale notes that can be identified in your music, your music probably wasn't written using scales. Example: Practically the whole melody of Hey Jude is written on a basic major scale. But Paul McCartney didn't apply a scale to write it. See what I am saying?
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Yes, I understand what you're saying, but scales and arpeggios are the undeniable materials of music. Over the last few years I've evolved my scale practice into the study of tetrachords and progressive scale study, which are way more musical/applicable than playing straight 1, 2 or 3 octave scales. WRT to Hey Jude melody, it's chock full of scalar fragments. This song is a great teaching song to apply ones scale practice to improvise over this melody, because you can easily connect the scale fragments of the original melody by filling in the leaps and using the F major scale I think is the key.
 
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J-Bassomatic said:
I like some of her videos, 'Roar' for instance. I mean it's entertainment right? Sometimes entertainment is actually entertaining and in that context it's OK.
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You do realize, you wrote 'entertain' 3 times, in some shape or form...

'Dark Horse', when she's wearing the dark wig, with bangs, all Egyptian princess-like... makes me almost forget about Jeannie...

... I said, almost...
 
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