BASS GUITAR AS A SOLO INSTRUMENT

 

Unit 1 Major / Happy Birthday

Unit 2 Minor / Koenig in Thule

Unit 3 Jingle Bells

Unit 4 Wide positions

Unit 5 Mixed positions

Unit 6 Miss Daisy A

Unit 7 Miss Daisy B

Unit 8 Miss Daisy Theme

Unit 9 Desperados A

Unit 10 Desperados B

Unit 11 Turm Babel

Unit 12 Rain, Rain, Rain

Unit 13 Captain Milkbeard 1

Unit 14 Captain Milkbeard 2

 

  By my workshops, shows and performances I have met a lot of people, telling me many things, like for example :”I hear that bass just how you are playing on it”, “I always wanted to play on the bass just like you, but I had no idea how to do it” or “I don’t know how to play in such  a way, I have no idea how to start”. Since that moment, I have started thinking about creating an useful material, which would help every bass player to develop this style and approach to music. One of the first tracks, which I had learned before I started creating my own music was a composition of a band called : “Wishbone Ash”. Fully fascinated with this piece I taught myself to play it and exercised as good as I only could. Then I turned into Jaco and his music. I also had a book with Bach suits, which was translated for cello. By the use of  this book I had an opportunity to improve my technique and develop soloing skills.                                                                                                                            Another great influence was also Krzysztof Ścierański, whose whole solo concert I heard with amazement. Also great bass players like : Dave Holland, Dominique Di Piazza and Carles Benavent are true masters of that style of playing on the electric bass guitar.                                                                                                                           In this workshop I would like to show some ways of approaching to bass guitar. Musicians shouldn’t follow and copy other musicians blindly, but follow own paths, searching for own creativity. By the use of these examples I would like to show how to create and harmonize solo bass compositions. Nowadays, I am creating lessons, which are published in German “Bass Professor” and Dutch “Bass Magazine”. Also I organize many workshops in that field.                                                           I am also available for private lessons in playing electric bass, arrangements, techniques, different styles of playing, complete theory and preparing for Conservatory entrance exams.

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