Bass & Creativity: Melodic Development

Today we’ll be having a boot camp on melodic development with three concepts: repetition & modification, question & answer, and creating a path in your solo.

Utilizing these tools, you’ll be able to come up with tons of ideas to explore. Have fun with it!

Here’s a breakdown for the topics we’ll cover in the video below:

  • 0:00 – Intro
  • 0:24 – Concepts & Ideas
  • 01:35 – Repetition & Modification of Ideas (Dm)
  • 04:10 – Simplifying Ideas (Cm)
  • 05:50 – Questions & Answers (Am)
  • 09:06 – Pursuing the Inner Conversation (E7sus)
  • 11:00 – Starting from an Ending Element of the Previous Fragment (Cm)
  • 15:00 – Zooming on the Common Fragment
  • 16:20 – Wrap up of the Concepts and Practice Directions

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