Alternate picking should be used throughout the entire solo. The solo contains a few stock blues licks, but features a 16th note run that plays changes over the chord progression. Try to memorize the hits and ‘feel’ the beat. The trickiest part of the melody is the timing. You can always simplify the chords to ‘stock’ shapes instead of the ones used in the arrangement. I would recommend starting with the chords and learning the 16 bar form. One for rhythm playing, the other for lead. This arrangement features two backing tracks. “The Chicken” is a Jazz-Funk based groove with a catchy melody and a great bass line. Examples include "Come On, Come Over" from the album Jaco Pastorius and "The Chicken" from The Birthday Concert.Below is the lesson for “The Chicken” by Jaco Pastorius. He played these with a floating thumb technique on the right hand, anchoring on the bridge pickup while playing on the E and A strings and muting the E string with his thumb while playing on higher strings.
Pastorius was noted for his virtuosic bass lines which combined Afro-Cuban rhythms, inspired by the likes of Cachao Lopez, with R&B to create 16th-note funk lines syncopated with ghost notes. An often cited example is the introduction to "Birdland". Artificial harmonics, also called false harmonics, involve lightly touching a string with one finger, then using another finger to play the note, simultaneously playing and stopping the note.
Natural harmonics, also known as open string harmonics, are played by lightly touching the string at a fret without pressing it to the fretboard, resulting in a note that rings somewhat like a bell. After being taught about artificial harmonics, he began adding them to his technique. He was tall, lean, and strong, and for someone who played sports the name "Jocko" fit. A self-described Florida beach bum, he often went barefoot and shirtless. He played fast and loud, danced, sang, and did flips. On stage, he was charismatic and athletic, with an aggressive style that put him in the spotlight. His thumbs were double-jointed and his fingers were long and thin. bass guitar, though he removed the frets and thus some of its metallic sound. Bassists remained in the background with the drummer, forming the rhythm section, while the saxophones, trumpeter, or vocalist handled the melody and led the band. Until about 1970, most jazz musicians played the acoustic, upright bass known as a double bass. He was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only seven bassists so honored (and the only electric bass guitarist). His bass playing employed funk, lyrical solos, bass chords, and innovative harmonics. He worked with Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, and recorded albums as a solo artist and bandleader. September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bass guitarist who was a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981. John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (B.
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