https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/ Research Hugo en-us Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:20:29 +0100 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/02melodicmaterial/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:20:29 +0100 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/02melodicmaterial/ Scales and Arpeggios This part is dedicated to aspects of scale practice and usage in improvisation. https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/03rhythm/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:20:29 +0100 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/03rhythm/ Groove, Rhythm, Time Feel This part is dedicated to aspects of rhythmic accuracy, groove, and performing complex rhythms. Time is most likely the key element to master for every jazz and pop musician, but it is also one of the most elusive parameters. Pianist Fred Hersch, referring to a performance, puts it this way: “There should be ten, fifteen different kinds of time. There’s a kind of time that has an edge on it for a while and then lays back for a while. Sometimes it rolls over the bar, and sometimes it sits more on the beats. That’s what makes it interesting. you can set a metronome here and, by playing with an edge of playing behind it or right at the center, you can get all kinds of different feelings. That’s what makes it come alive. People are human, and rhythmic energy has an ebb and flow.”1 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/04intonation/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:20:29 +0100 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/04intonation/ Intonation on the Upright and Fretless Bass There is a wide range of techniques and approaches to intonation exercises on the double bass. Some rely on play-along software, reference tones, or backing tracks. Relying on a drone-like instrument or synthesizer sound can help you feel the distance between notes. In Karnatic and Hindustani music, a drone—tambura (or tanpura in North India)—is used to lay the groundwork1 for the melodic instruments: https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/05form/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:20:29 +0100 https://serendip.peckels.com/zats/40research/05form/ Form