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Out of my own curiousity, once you do learn how to
play a part on your bass, what do you do with it then? How does it improve your
improvisation skills? I'm assuming you don't copy what you learn, as that isn't
actually improvising. In short, if you are not actually copying anthing,
notes, approach, etc, what is it that you learn that helps you be a better
improvisor?
I'll have to be careful here, because we may also
be confusing two types of improvisation, which Bailey and others have discussed.
I just have done this a long time ago in this thread. I apologize. One
type of improv is totally free and spontaneous improvisation; the other is where
players memorize morifs, cliches, phrases, etc - all a part of their bag of
tools and tricks - and then they re-apply those bits and pieces in an
improvisational setting. But there is no "creatio ad nihilo" in this latter
context; rather the improv is in the application of the pre-learned tools, not
creating completely new things on the fly. I am more interested in the
spontaneous form of improv.
Kris
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I've been improvising for about 6 years now and I'll concur with the
'transfered transposing' approach as a worthwhile.
I listen to a record (being a bassist, I'm partial to that instrument) of
William Parker, Peter Kowald, Wilbert De Joode or non-bassists like Eddie
Prevost, Steve Lacy, Derek Bailey, etc. and when I hear something interesting,
I wonder 'how did they make that sound and how can I make it on my
bass.'
I don't usually end up even close to that sound but I
usually discover something interesting along the way.
Ted Harms.
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