How do you practice?
Hi, I've been playing bass for almost 10 years now, studying jazz for 4-5 years, I feel like I understand most of the theory if not all of it, but I've never really understood how to practice any of it. All of the good practice I've had has come from playing in school for 3 hours a dayas I had double ensembles, really forcing me to come up with new stuff.
I don't have that pressure now and I don't have a practice regiment. I didn't think of altered scales or anything back then, it was just knowing the regular modes and following my ear.
Most practicing I did ahead of time was just making sure I understood the harmony and playing through the songs once or twice and learning the melodies.
I'm not a big fan of writing solos or licks for a tune and practicing them, I prefer to make things up as I come across them, or maybe transcribing a part of a solo I really enjoy, and I know how to internalize that.
Right now I'm working on a song that has a lot of vamping on Am E7, two chords over one bar, 100 BPM, I know different scales I can play over this, but how do I practice them to the tune?
And moreover, how do you practice in general?