Creating Melodic Bass Solos
Creating Improvised Solos by Katie Thiroux
Our incredible jazz bass specialist, Katie Thiroux, joins us to learn how to get started with improvised soloing. Using just a few notes, Katie teaches you how to create beautiful melodic bass solos and develop your skills as a jazz bassist. The approach is simple to understand, highly effective and will help you create interesting improvised solos in under ten minutes. Use this approach to get started with bass soloing!
If you're a fan of Katie's lessons and want to learn more, please check out her full-length course on the fundamentals of jazz bass, From Beginner to Bandstand. Or, her course for advancing jazz bassists, Bandstand and Beyond.
TIMECODES
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Soloing using one note
01:44 Adding chromaticism
02:29 Developing two-note melodies
03:38 Demonstration
06:00 Using existing basslines
07:05 Outro
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