B Week – Tenor Madness– Creating with the material, Rhythm: Pulse, Groove and Microbeat

Upright Bass: 1 Simandl exercise, Classical Solo

Rhythm:

-Syncopation: One hand taps quarter notes, other hand taps the rhythm. Switch hands. Read with good reading technique. Define the bar.

-Complex Sight Reading: Chant rhythm from Syncopation while playing a bassline

-Rhythms Complete, 2nd page. Chant the Rhythm pattern, Define the Rhythm. Play the exercise while knowing the rhythm.

Ear Training: Scale Qualities, Call and response recording (see bottom of page)

The TUNE: Tenor Madness

Listen to

-Tenor Madness (spotify below)

-2 other tunes from list

Compose:

–Write bassline – Write out a bassline for Tenor Madness. Make sure it is great. Work out any questionable notes.

–Write harmony: Write out 2,3 or 4 note comping, Counter line, any thing that isn’t a bassline or melody but pays attention to the chords or melody.

–Simple, new blues Melody over Tenor Madness or tune from the list

Improvise:

–Melody/Solo (with intention) using a theme (Two note rhythmic them, De – Di) , pattern or device over Tenor madness or tune from the list.

–Harmony (Pick one): Counter melody, harmonic line, comp, harmonize melody

–Bassline

Advanced:

-play in a Different Key

-play in a Different Meter

-play in a Different Tonality/Mode

-play in a Different Style

*Scale Qualities (from ear training assignment above):

scale-qualities-1

BASS LESSON –Tenor Madness B Week