Travis Schilling Bass Lessons

02/09/2023

08/04/2021

Avoid stuff like this at all cost! Pedal tuners and clip on tuners have a time and place regarding performance situations but tools like this will ultimately cripple your ears. Your first experience with ear training should be learning to tune by ear.

03/12/2021

Complex=Simple+Simple

03/08/2021

Learning music is and always will be series of failures and successes. Don't dwell on your mistakes, just fix them when you make them. Don't obsess about successes to the point you become afraid to make mistakes.

03/03/2021

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02/22/2021

"There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs"-Zig Ziglar

02/18/2021

Working out on my new G.Gould GGi5.

03/06/2020

Free Lesson Friday
Reading in the key B major, like last weeks lesson involves a dense key signature with only the tonic and the 4th degree (B and E) played as naturals. Like last week focusing on the non affected notes may be easier than focusing on the 5 remaining accidentals.

Many times when we read as bassist we deal with repetitious rhythms per the nature of our job of holding the groove down. When reading if we identify rhythmic repetition we can be allow ourselves to relax a bit and give more energy to focus on our note accuracy. This approach does come with a responsibility and you need to be careful that you don't get lulled into a false sense of security because when that rhythm does change you have to be ready for it. I myself and many of my students have had this problem and the only solution is counting, and looking ahead.

The exercise focuses on several specific rhythmic cadences that change almost every four measures. Try feeling each as a simple groove for the first several measures and begin your count on the measure that directly precedes a rhythmic change.

Happy practicing!

03/01/2020

Wow, look at that key signature!

F # Major is the second most dense sharp key signature regarding accidentals.

CHOOSE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE!

In many instances regarding dense key signatures it will be easier to focus on the note(s) that are not affected, rather than all the notes that are. A quick examination of the key of F # will reveal that all the notes of the key have a sharp designation with the exception of B (4th degree), keeping in mind this one note may be easier than trying to deal with the six notes that have accidentals.

Happy practicing!