Ornithology

Me playing the jazz standard "Ornithology". I start out with a funky slap line in G Major. I played this for my audition to Berklee and I just got accepted!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ornithology
• Jazz
• Standard
• Charlie
• Parker
• Bass
• Slap
• Rickenbacker
• Dave
• Kahn
• Berklee
• Audition

[xbandgeekx21]

yo this ownsss! im 16 and play bass in my high school jazz band! this is our audition piece. any pointers? this rocks!

[Primus1321]

Well if your playing it with your school's jazz band then you are probably just going to be doing the walking bass lines. I'm still working on walking like a true jazz musician, but the best way to practice is to have a backing track of the chords and try walking using as many variations of the chords as you can; play using different octaves, maybe use some inversions too and just make sure you hit the right note on the downbeat of each chord.

[Primus1321]

Also try playing in all the keys to so you get used to using open strings. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed my video!

[AJest3r]

This is really good! I'm glad you got accepted, maybe we can jam sometime. I'm applying Next year or the year after.

[Primus1321]

Thank you! I am always down to jam, so let me know how your audition and stuff goes

[TheCharlesLennon]

Rikenbaker <3



[TheCharlesLennon]

@EdenRockSA The real book p 317

[ahaaaaaaaaah]

Play with a metronome on the afterbeat for the right feel!

And what's the purpose of that funkbit...

[EdenRockSA]

Where can I find the sheet music for this?

[Zombbg4]

Were you accepting in the summer workshop thing or the actualy school? Either way congrats man!

[bongobass666]

kool

[AJest3r]

And you play the violin..