Here we are and performing “Johnny’s theme“ and “What Is Hip” on a fat neck five string bass.
What Is Hip is one of those songs that a person could spend a really long time perfecting. I did not and on top of that it was written on an instrument using open strings. That would’ve been much more difficult without a five string. The original song is a cherished classic. The original song is one of those songs that I don’t think people should try to perform anymore. Let it rest, we don’t dig up the people we love either.
The song is in the key of E and the original bass part is detailed and intricate… lots of opportunities to utilize open strings in the key of E.
We are doing it in F because I’m surrounded by a bunch of horn players. They’d rather have my hand inefficiently scrambling around the front board then play a half step off.
The bass part requires a player to jump over two strings repeatedly. I should be looking at this as a good opportunity to build finger dexterity. However, it’s actually a pain in the ass. It’s OK to lack motivation when people want free music everywhere you look.
Spend your life perusing a culinary education and then see how you like it when everyone expects you to feed them for free.
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Look forward to video 2 and video 3.
Cool!
That's a real workout. The band is sounding great and the drummer is doing a good job. I need to learn to swing like that.
Thank you very much.
Oh yeah, it’s easy. Practice your rhythms against a metronome/click while feeling triplets behind/under the quarter notes.
Count in time and out loud, “one and a, two and a, three and a, four, and a” until you can bury the metronome or until you can fiddle with the small 10th/sec amount of space before and after that metronome’s click.
The drummer in the video has never done this. It’s not easy at first, but once you get it… “it separates the men from the boys.”
Thanks for watching. I got two more to post ASAP.
Cheers. I'll keep working on it.