Teaching Videos
The Alternate or Rake Debate!
To Alternate or to Rake? With your plucking hand, do you alternate, rake, or just wing it? I am pretty well known for my stance
Ari
July 21, 2022
To Alternate or to Rake? With your plucking hand, do you alternate, rake, or just wing it? I am pretty well known for my stance
Chromatic Acrobatic – Practice Hack Chromatic approaches can be extremely effective to add spice to an otherwise “inside” bassline. In this episode, “Chromatic Acrobatics 2”
Rhythm’s Gonna Get ‘Ya! (Mini- Series Video 5) Two notes – many options! Swing feel math! It’s a bit like hitting the “quantize” button in
Rhythm’s Gonna Get ‘Ya: How to Make it Swing! [Video 4] WALKING BASS AND SWING It don’t mean a thing… if it ain’t got that
Phrasing! What is Phrasing? It’s everything! This under-appreciated detail can make or break a groove. Rhythmic phrasing is a vital piece of phrasing. Are you
Rhythm’s Gonna Get ‘Ya! (Video 2 of 5) This happened to me at a rehearsal once. We were all giving the sixteenth notes a slight
Rhythm’s Gonna Get ‘Ya! But you’ll be ready if you watch my brand new Mini-Series on Rhythm. Five bite-sized, but info-packed videos that will take
Rhythmic Revelations When a student of one of our Cohorts has a question and something is not clicking I cannot let it be. For instance:
More Permutation Drills in Action? Chromatic Acrobatics 2! You don’t have to have Chromatic Acrobatics 1 under your belt to tackle this one, but you
Chromaticism in grooves is permutation exercises in action! Check out the groove that started the Chromatic Acrobatics series for my Talking Technique column on notreble.