30.3.11

The Pace Report: "A Show of Hands 15" The Victor Wooten Interview

Victor sat down with Brian Pace and did an interview when he was playing at BB King, in NYC recently. Check it out.

More of Jeff Berlin's Valse Nobles

Here are some additional resources for getting Jeff Berlin's Valse Nobles et Sentimentales together. Well, maybe not together but at least playable.

The full thing is here - http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com/2011/03/daily-licking-036-jeff-berlin-part-on.html, however that is only a pdf. The reason is because when I started figuring it out, well, lets just say there was some initial confusion in the rhythmic interpretation department of the thing and someone was under the mistaken impression there was more than one time signature involved. And it does not appear as though that is the case.

So, now you can hear just the bass part of the A section (via the always excellent bopland.org) and maybe get a handle on what the hell is going on.

There are two versions, one at Berlin-tempo-ridiculoso and one at a much more slow pace, around 60 bpm.

Then there are just the triplet licks broken out as well. They are not a paralyzingly frightening when they get slowed down and you can hear them by themselves a few times. And by few I mean about 700 or so.
Valse Nobles @ 200 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 200 | Dbmaj db4. ab+8 f+4~| f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |Bb7 bb--4. ab+8 d4~| d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 | Eb eb-4. eb+8 b+4~ | b8 bb-8 f+4. g-8 | Dbmaj ab4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] |[f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] |db-4. ab+8 f+4~ | f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |bb--4. ab+8 d4~ | d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 |eb-4. eb+8 (g4~ b~) | (g8 b) bb-8 db+4. g--8 | c4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] |c2 r4 |

Valse Nobles @ 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj db4. ab+8 f+4~| f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |Bb7 bb--4. ab+8 d4~| d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 | Eb eb-4. eb+8 b+4~ | b8 bb-8 f+4. g-8 | Dbmaj ab4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] |[f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] |db-4. ab+8 f+4~ | f8 e8 bb+4. f8 |bb--4. ab+8 d4~ | d8 b8 g+4. bb-8 |eb-4. eb+8 (g4~ b~) | (g8 b) bb-8 db+4. g--8 | c4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] |c2 r4 |

First Triplet Catastrophe 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj ab+4 [d-8 ab+ c] [f ab c-] | [f d ab] [c f d] [ab c f] | r2 r4 | r4 r2 | r4 r2 |

Second Triplet Catastrophe 60 bpm
bass lick swing 0 3/4 tempo 60 | Dbmaj c+4 [eb8 e8 g-] [c eb gb] | c2 r4 | r2 r4 | r2 r4 |

Fodera Tour by Janek Gwizdala

The boys at Fodera are putting together a new bass for Janek, and so he took his camera over there to show the process and craftsmanship that goes into the highest end handmade bass guitars around. Look for special guests making appearances during the factory tour. (hint: they are bass players.)

Good luck getting your mitts on a Fodera for less than 5 grand and a new custom one is gonna set you back easy 10+ and you are going to have to wait for several months, if not a year to get it. But, there is a reason they are used by some of the monster players out there, including Janek.

He has just put a new design on his lesson site, so take a look at that by checking out the video of his trip back to NYC to see his new baby being put together by Vinnie and the other guys at Fodera.

Drool.

http://members.videobasslessons.tv/documentaries/fodera-documentary/