{"id":1071,"date":"2016-02-08T23:44:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T23:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2016-04-19T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:53:00","slug":"a-journey-of-a-bassist-under-my-tuition-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/08\/a-journey-of-a-bassist-under-my-tuition-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"A Journey of a bassist under my Tuition (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><strong>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1067 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bass-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bass\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bass-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pyramidhead.forgot.his.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bass.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>A nondescript<\/strong> overcast morning in the dull old \r\nWest Midlands....was completely\r\ntransformed by a new interpretation of \"To be over\" by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yesworld.com\" target=\"_blank\">Yes<\/a> (Relayer 1974)<\/span> on the bass guitar.\r\n\r\nWhilst, in part, elevated once more by the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Roger \r\nDean<\/span> artwork on the CD cover (with a scene of ancient Oriental riders trekking through\r\n the harsh, wind-eroded landscape), I was <strong>challenged by Gavin<\/strong> to work through the more demanding C and A\r\nscales first so that I would recapitulate on existing skills which <a href=\"http:\/\/stevehowe.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Steve Howe<\/span><\/a>, the songs principal composer, would have used when constructing the overriding theme. Gavin<strong> doesn't<\/strong> just give it away: through worked understanding and practice, the reasoning comes to the fore, prior to the metamorphosis and the release.\r\n\r\nThe metamorphosis comes in the form of seeing and hearing the shape of the theme trying to emerge from \r\nthe aforementioned scales from the guitar and the fledgling guitarist; certain recognisable <strong>notes<\/strong> which, in time, pitch and volume, are just beginning, like planetary fragments, to coalesce into gradually recognisable <em>melodic <\/em>repeats and refrains.\r\n\r\nThe release occurs when the apprentice finally traces over the notes with accurate\r\ntiming and pronunciation (given the guidance and motivation from the composer, the band recording and \r\nimparted experience of the craftsman), finally enabling the enunciation of the theme in unison with the \r\nrecording and the mentor...and he, the novice, gasps in momentary gleeful achievement.\r\n \r\nFrom the stone egg, lying dormant on the grey earth of the Relayer cover, has\r\nemerged the performance, replete with the kaleidoscope of atmospheres, gleaned on\r\nthe first hearings some 42 years ago, now re expressed in person and a once\r\nforgotten song rises again on the warm wings of remembering.<\/pre>\n<p>For part 2 click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/02\/the-journey-of-a-bassist-under-my-tuition\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nondescript overcast morning in the dull old West Midlands&#8230;.was completely transformed by a new interpretation of &#8220;To be over&#8221; by Yes (Relayer 1974) on the bass guitar. Whilst, in part, elevated once more by the Roger Dean artwork on the CD cover (with a scene of ancient Oriental riders trekking through the harsh, wind-eroded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,6,5,180,22,52,108,13,179,40,12,83,178],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","tag-4-string","tag-achievement","tag-bass","tag-bassist","tag-beginner","tag-confidence-gain","tag-discover","tag-experience","tag-journey","tag-learn-to-play","tag-learning-bass","tag-notes","tag-tuition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1748,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitargav.writesthisblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}