Improvisation Basics For Bass [TalkingBass Live Lounge]

It's 10th Anniversary month here at Talkingbass and today I'll be looking at improvisation. Bass players often find it incredibly difficult to move into the realm of solo improvisation because we generally spend 99% of our time playing grooves. So today I'm going to give you a little guidance in moving into the absolute basics of improvisation. Timestamps 0:00 Why bass players suck at soloing! 6:10 Speaking Through The Instrument 8:45 Consonance & Dissonance 10:08 Melodic Phrasing 14:58 Chord Tones and Non Chord Tones 21:50 The Sound Of Chord Tones 35:27 Adding Scales and NON Chord Tones 45:46 The Next Step - Vocabulary 48:22 Minor 7 and More 59:08 Lydian 1:00:41 Q&A The Music Of Speech (book idea) 1:16:20 Q&A Four 7th Chord Types 1:19:45 Q&A Slash Chords 1:22:18 Another Mark Story: 'The Guy Upstairs' 1:26:56 Q&A Pentatonic Soloing Check out the 10th Anniversary sale over at the website: 💻 TalkingBass Website: https://bit.ly/3840VJl #live #talkingbass #basslesson