by Mischa Marcks | Oct 29, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
How to play arpeggios efficiently over three octaves?Arpeggios are great vocabulary to have for extreme metal and jazz. Not that they're not of use in other genres, but these two use them to quite an extent. If you don't own a five or six string bass, you might have...
by Mischa Marcks | Oct 22, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
How to accompany your own soloAs bass players we often run into the situation of being left alone when we finally get to take a solo. Back in the days when the electric bass was not yet a thing, there was a good reason that the whole band stopped playing during a bass...
by Mischa Marcks | Oct 15, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
Can You Play Quarter Notes With A Swing Feel? Although this might seem counterintuitive, there is a difference between swinging quarter notes and straight quarter notes. Generally speaking there is not much to playing a walking bassline, right? You learn your...
by Mischa Marcks | Oct 8, 2019 | MMEducation Blog, News
Why You Don't Follow ThroughDid you ever listen to a piece of music that knocked your sox off? Something so inspiring that you were willing to do anything to learn how to do it yourself? But then once you started and realized how much work you'd have to put it,...
by Mischa Marcks | Sep 24, 2019 | Education, MMEducation Blog, News
The Augmented Triad StruggleThe first time that I heard of the augmented triad was when I studied jazz in Arnhem (NL). But I lost interest pretty quickly, because I just couldn't seem to make it work. It always sounded like I was playing random notes.The Secret...
