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Re: HBD Ayman
Love this tune! the bass line is great!!
Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:04 pm
mike kemp
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Re: HBD Ayman
This is my favorite version of Blues for Ayman.(and Blues for Ayman is one of my favorite songs) I learned the basic song a while before my shoulder surgery last October. I haven't tried it since, but only because I lost track of almost everything I was working on at that time. The book helps a lot, especially trying to visualize where some of the faster phrases fit in relation to the bass line. When I tried to play the song slower, to practice before I had the Greg's book, I didn't get too far. Once I had the book in front of me I could break up the phrases into smaller easier to chunks. Then it came together much easier.
Playing the melody line along with a steady 6/4 smoking bass line--very doable with a little repetition. Making up my own improvised solo in 6/4 at 192 bpm--never quite got there. I think it is time to give it another shot.
What year was the album "Lift" recorded? And you just now found out when your friend's birthday is? For Shame!
See ya'll in VA camp next week.
Mike
_________________ Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. --Dante(translated by Henry W. Longfellow)
Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:03 am
Alain
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Re: HBD Ayman
greg wrote:
I just found out today is my friend Ayman's birthday.
Very nice...Can you tell me...is the bass played by you or the bassman? And, if it's payed by the bassman...Do you play chords with your LH? I can hear some chords with chorus...close to an organ sound...beautiful anyways. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: HBD Ayman
mike kemp wrote:
This is my favorite version of Blues for Ayman.(and Blues for Ayman is one of my favorite songs) I learned the basic song a while before my shoulder surgery last October. I haven't tried it since, but only because I lost track of almost everything I was working on at that time. The book helps a lot, especially trying to visualize where some of the faster phrases fit in relation to the bass line. When I tried to play the song slower, to practice before I had the Greg's book, I didn't get too far. Once I had the book in front of me I could break up the phrases into smaller easier to chunks. Then it came together much easier.
Playing the melody line along with a steady 6/4 smoking bass line--very doable with a little repetition. Making up my own improvised solo in 6/4 at 192 bpm--never quite got there. I think it is time to give it another shot.
What year was the album "Lift" recorded? And you just now found out when your friend's birthday is? For Shame!
See ya'll in VA camp next week.
Mike
Thanks, Mike
That was a fun version, and by the end I think I was going pretty fast to play the head, but managed to keep it all together.
Alain wrote:
Very nice...Can you tell me...is the bass played by you or the bassman? And, if it's payed by the bassman...Do you play chords with your LH? I can hear some chords with chorus...close to an organ sound...beautiful anyways. Thanks for sharing.
We both play the bass line, Jan with a pick on a fretted bass.
The chords are on the right hand. I did a little Stick overdubbing on the CD version of this.
Here's a live version of the band from our fist gig. At the time I posted this, YouTube limited videos to 10 minutes, so I cut off the head in in order to retain the improv momentum and ending. There are some really magical moments of group improv in this track.
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