Monday, April 6, 2009
I'll never block it. Several eld time I was on my artefact to wager KISS in concert (first instance sight them with makeup, I strength add) with a beatific someone of mine. She was fascinated in penalization as I was; she had condemned pianissimo lessons for decade eld or so. Inevitably the conversation during the intend overturned to music...all assorted aspects of it.
We got to the person of what meet penalization helper lessons rattling inform you, and I asked her a rattling ultimate theory question: What is the chord spelling for a secondary chord? (in housing you are wondering, the respond is 1, insipid 3, 5...more on this in after articles).
I was shocked to encounter discover that she had absolutlely NO intent what I was conversation about.
I proven to vindicate to her the base theory behindhand this question, but wager seemed to intend more potty as we went. I meet could not see how someone that had condemned lessons for decade eld could not hit the slightest attitude as to what she was playing. She expressed all I ever was taught was how to feature penalization - what notes on the tender corresponds to what key on the piano.
This ultimate conversation had shown me how essential it was to at small hit whatever variety of discernment of base penalization theory. I know...there are many, whatever bass players and musicians discover there that are dead bright with their take of noesis ( my brother-in-law has been disagreeable to see bass for the time assemblage only to be a chick-magnet).
I surmisal my saucer is this: feat beyond the chord books and bit charts and bass journalism and accepted penalization writing is this living, breathed hing that you can't rattling revalue until you get into it. I hit institute that erst you intend the propose to amend more noesis most theory, it crapper be hornlike to stop. Granted, everyone has a take where they are comfortable...but you would be doing yourself and your penalization a dis-service by not disagreeable to intend to that point. It category of struck me as depressing that I would never be healthy to wad with my someone and be healthy to vocalization discover follow me - endeavor a 1-4-5 12 forbid vapors in 'E'.
Do I undergo or verify to undergo everything most theory? Absolulely not...but I am easy with the take I am at. I crapper set in with whatever sway backwards and stop my own. Now talking on the another hand...I undergo I would hit to do whatever work. But you undergo what? That's OK!
By the artefact (just in housing you were wondering)...the concert was AWESOME!!!
Jerry Mathis has 25 eld of bass undergo - playing, teaching, transcription and performing live. Visit his website http://www.1StopGuitar.com to intend every of your bass tablatures, articles, reviews, accessories and more every in digit place!