Journal blue trane's Journal: Hump 1
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At about 18 to 19.5 seconds, I got that hump in the bass that I want all the time. Again, for a beat, at 27.
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Trying to do it at the tempo of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhP1RgbrrY
Screwed up at 17.5, played a G instead of an F in the melody. Concentrating on getting the bass riff that Monk does in that clip...
Also maybe pushed the beat a little, unintentionally, around 10.
viva musica (Score:2)
Hey, not bad!
We have some synchronicity, blue trane. Last night I played "Little Rootie Tootie" with quartet that plays over on Division Street every Monday. I don't have the chops to play a whole set with them yet, but they let me sit in for a few tunes on my chromatic harmonica, ala Toots Theilemans (praise be His name).
I'm trying to work up 'Round Midnight, but that's not a song you can play half-assed, so I've still got lots of work to do. Learning a new instrument as an adult has been a wonderful t