Lesson #18 // John Patitucci - Got a Match theme & bass part descargar videos gratis

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Your survival kit for learning this one:

- organized, focused and regular practise routine - you'll have to do this daily. Taking 30- 60 mins a day is more than enough. But during this time, focus entirely on the piece. If you do too much, you can become tired and usually that causes you playing bad, then you become frustrated that you haven't progressed, Small focused steps.

- working out the runs and figuring out fingerings REAL slow, then practising difficult segments seperately - my method was to begin with half speed, play it for 2-4 mins, then increase tempo by 2-4 metronome clicks. Make sure that practise the segment correctly. At higher tempos, sometimes it is better to to increase the tempo only 2-3 times daily. In that way, you'll feel the progress. You can make yourself weekly tempo goals. If it takes slower to progress, don't hurt yourself. I have over-strained myself a bit at one time. Resting and recovering your injured hand will take more time. Believe me.

- play light, watch your hand positions and do as little movements with fingers as possible Besides being slow and conscious of your every move, you'll have to lighten your touch on both hands. As you will see on the video, I play VERY lightly with my right hand - i am resting my thumb on the E string, but when i play with my index and middle, the E string barely moves - when you play hared, it will touch the pickup. You'll have to avoid that. You can also record yourself, and check the sound waves - where it is louder, you become stiff, you play louder - you'll have to even that out for yourself. You'll have to experiment with right hand positions and angles, curving. If you play closer to the bridge and above the pickup, you won't dig in between the strings too much but there will be more string tension as well. If you move way in the direction of the neck, the strings will move that way you cannot be precise in your motion. Usually you can find a sweet spot for yourself, but sometimes different sections will need slightly different positions as well. Here, I photographed some positions I have experimented with and worked. First one is basically Jacoesque - playing above the pickup and with your very tips of your fingers allows you to play fast and precisely and not dig in too much in between the pickups - yet for some people it strains the hands. Second is modernish-rampish-Willisish hand position - again, while i don't have a ramp, the goal is to lightly play the strings with the tips of your fingers - this is a more relaxed position, however, it is not convenient for some, since plucking comes not from the root of your fingers, but from the lower joints. The third is a bit inward turned position, you won't see that much often, nevertheless it is very useful - people whose middle finger is much longer than the pointing finger, will find that with this position they can play more easily and fluidly due to the fingers length aligned with the strings with the angle change. Experiment with these and combine them to find your best position! (for picture, check digthatbass.com!)

- immense drive and persistence. If you become discouraged at any point, let it rest a bit - this stuff is definitely challenging. Relaxing and coming back to it later can be refreshing - when you begin with again, you'll have a fresh perspective and you might notice things that have kept you from progressing. Also, it is useful to practice other stuff as well in order to relax yourself. Or as a different kind of motivation, you can watch a video of a pro bassist suffering from this tune :)

- patience - sometimes it is difficult to acknowledge that even though you are working hard, results are coming slowly. Don't worry - due to the practice you have done, you have probably developed more speed and accuracy than before. You don't have to hurry either since you don't have a gig next week with Chick. (do you?)

So, all in all, have a safe journey fellow bass player and post videos of your Match ;)