Re: Dixieland


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Posted by Chuck on May 22, 2001 at 12:12:01:

In Reply to: Dixieland posted by Cathy on May 22, 2001 at 11:41:15:

Listen to lots of Dixie! Get a fake book and start learning charts. Get recordings and try to play along. Find a Dixie player whose playing you like and ask him/her to teach you. When you feel comfortable with a few charts, get some players together and jam. Nothing takes the place of the experience you get playing in a combo. In a style of music that is as free-form as Dixie is, there is only so much that you can learn in a "practice room" type setting. You might benefit from an Abersold type program for bass players. Can anyone recommend a particular book/cd set?

There is nothing keeping a tuba player from playing a good walking bass line "in 4" except that particular player dragging. There may be more likelihood of a tuba player "bogging down" than a bass player (because it is physically more difficult to play tuba than bass), but it's just as possible that a good tuba player can keep a good steady rhythm while a bass player could drag. Being a doubler, I will admit that playing walking bass on tuba is more tiring than on bass, but I can keep time either way. There are plenty of recordings out there of tuba players walking 4 and they keep great time.


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