Get Your Jazz Bass Solo Started with a Simple Idea

[@luiselguera7056]

To date this is the best channel on jazz bass playing lessons I've came to.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for your kind words - it means a lot to be able to offer help. Thanks for watching - spread the word, if you would!

[@MrBrainsquash]

Agree.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@MrBrainsquash thanks!

[@jkcymbal]

In 4/4 with 16ths playing one note you have “just” 65536 different rhythmic possibilities. Thank you for another great video and merry xmas! 🙂

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

It's crazy, right? Merry xmas! Thanks for watching and your well wishes

[@adambartone9193]

Thanks for doing some soloing content. I'm being asked to solo more often and I am very intimidated.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@@adambartone9193 You got it! And..you’ve got this!

[@ryanhughes88629]

Soloing is the last thing I typically practice and as such, it's the thing I'm the least comfortable doing. Thank you for this video!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

You're welcome! Stay tuned for more and thanks for watching

[@abara887]

You such a treasure mate. Explaining stuff eloquently, clear and to the point. ❤

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

How kind! Thank you!

[@7thlevelohell]

This is a great video thank you very much for doing this

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

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[@Patrick_Bruno]

Thank you so much Matt. This is really inspiring!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

My pleasure!

[@Ken-rb7gq]

Thanks so much, Matt!! ☺️

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

You’re very welcome!

[@MrDanilop45]

My soloing is at the moment really awkward, I feel always like I don’t have direction nor ideas. So thank you a lot for this approach to it. I’m going to go through this as a beginner student. I am studying a lot on harmony and rhythm, and I’m not owning all the fingerboard yet. But sometimes my Jazz ensemble’s teacher ask for soloing and I am always take by surprise. I find it easier if I have already written down the theme by ear, and sometimes as you said some good idea is there. Otherwise is a continuous pattern of being too late and trying to catch the time or playing out of context ideas or notes. Counterpoint is something that I think will help. Let’s see. I have a question thought: What makes a solo a decent solo? What makes it a good solo? What makes it amazing?

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Hey Danilo - your question is an excellent one and I’m sorry but I don’t have a good answer right now. I have some ideas of how to respond but I’d like to think about it more before answering. I’ll email you

[@MrDanilop45]

@ thank you 🙏🏻.

[@googlehoadley]

It seems the exercise is to serially create simple ideas (motifs) but not develop them. Is that right? Because you intend to release a later video where you will cover the "development" part of motivic development. It seems that is what you are saying, that after resting/listening try to play something contrasting/new/different, as opposed to developing the previous idea. Could you confirm? 🤠

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

That’s it exactly! 100% accurate