SUMMARY
Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM
CLASSROOM
Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)
Write notes of topics you want to remember. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM
LAB
Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on chromatic scale)
Step 2: Watch 3 ways to use Hookpad’s MIDI drag-drop feature (you can create basslines and more and export to Soundtrap and other DAW – digital audio workstations)
Step 3: Try making a bassline to a chord progression or melody line.
This activity was interesting because I learned how to put chords in my music and do other things with my music. Even how to make it better and do other things with my music.
PRACTICE ROOM
Step 1: Watch How To Add Bass Notes Guitar Strumming Lessons by Tomas Michaud
Step 2: Download the guitar TABS for his exercise (PDF)
Step 3: Practice one of the exercises
Write a brief reflection on how both of these exercises are working. one of these exercises are working because ur not just exercises the top of your finger but also the entire finger so that your fingers won’t get stiff or or the place you were playing on the bass won’t get rested and the strings won’t break off the bass.
Profile in Excellence
- Check out these two videos about amazing bass player Carol Kaye
Profile in Excellence
- Check out these videos about the best bass player, ever, James Jamerson
- What really made James Jamerson so great. What made james jamerson so great was that he played the bass with only one hand and he played the bass with all of these other amazing aritis while playing the bass with only one hand.
- Visual of James Jamerson’s bass line for the Stevie Wonder song –For Once In My LifeScreenshot from Vulf at YouTube
OUTSIDE / JOURNAL / IDEAS
Choice 1: Explore Carol Kaye and James Jamerson’s Profiles in Excellent. These are two bass players are credited with creating some of the best bass lines! Then go for a walk and think of the funky work they created.
Choice 2: Flip through the Quizlet on Bass Composition Techniques flashcards a couple times.
After playing with Quizlet, go for a walk and think about bass lines. Think of songs that have great basslines. When you are back from your walk, you might want to research more about the notes that make those basslines stand out?
Write a brief reflection on your mental meanderings. This helps with my mental meanderings is that I can remember things really well but when it comes to find definitions to their words I need a bit more practice when it comes to that type of thing.
STUDIO
Play around with playing the low E string (6th string on the top of the neck) on your guitar. Create a simple three note-ish bassline. Get funky with it. Try different plucking tempos to great the groove. You can even try playing Smoke on the Water
What did you compose. What I composed is that the way he played the guitar is that he had some good tips and some good ways to play the guitar but I liked the beat that he was playing is that I could make a little melody with what he played on the guitar. Write a reflection on what he did on the guitar.
CONTROL ROOM
Record the bass line you developed in the studio.
How did the recording go. It went good because it worked like i wanted it to so that i can hear the difference between the recording and the og.
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
What I learned is that a person named james jamerson he played the bass with only one hand and helped with so many other artist with there music when it came to the bass. What I enjoyed today is that I enjoyed making my hooktheory music more flavorful when it came to my music.
DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION
- Give feedback on the class Content and Process
- Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
- Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation