PATITUCCI JOHN, 60 MELODIC ETUDES.
About 60 Melodic Etudes
(for Acoustic and Electric Bass) By John Patitucci. Instructional book for string bass. 128 pages.
With fingerings. Instructional, Etudes and Scales. 9x12 inches.
This new book from one of the most popular bass players in the business brings players great tools to improve their skills. Bass players can advance their knowledge of the fingerboard, improve intonation and time, develop flexibility and work though modes and scales presented in the book. This work combines music and technique in one powerful package!
Contents:
John Patitucci Biography
Foreword
PART I:
PART II:
This book is designed for acoustic bassists, electric bassists and cellists who want to:
• Improve their knowledge of the fingerboard.
• Practice interpreting and phrasing melodies.
• Improve their intonation and time.
• Learn to play with more flexible time by practicing rubato passages.
• Strengthen their ears to hear the five basic chord sounds within the diatonic
major scale: major, minor 7, dominant 7,minor 7b5and major 7#11.
• Learn to hear and use various diatonic modes and scales against these five
basic chords: Major, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and
Locrian.
• Gain valuable experience on the use of the melodic-minor scale over the
minor-seventh b5chord.
As far as I know, this is the first book to have a separate melodic etude for each
of these five chord sounds in all twelve keys. I also left room on a few occasions
for you to try your hand at improvising for a few measures within an etude. The
etudes have tempo markings, but should be practiced at different tempos and
even rubato (i.e., elastic and flexible time with room for speeding up and
slowing down to enhance the freedom of the artist's expression). These etudes
also help the bassist and cellist tackle the common technical problems that all
must deal with, such as shifting on one string, string crossing and alternating
right-hand plucking and bowing. For acoustic bassists and cellists, every etude
can be played pizzicato and/or arco. I deliberately shied away from providing
fingerings and bowings because I would rather you explore many alternatives
for each passage.
In Part II of the book (pp. 69-128), I have included a complete fingering chart
for both acoustic and electric bass for all the scales. The scale examples are
given in two ways: 1) Starting on the root note and 2) starting on the lowest
note available on the fingerboard. The second example is provided to foster a
more comprehensive knowledge of the instrument.
If you have a teacher-which I feel is extremely important-s/he may want to
write down ideas for you as well. Also, as you vary the tempo of each etude, you
may have to alter fingerings and bowings.
In closing, I sincerely hope and believe that this book will help you grow as a
musician and be a useful tool for many years to come.
-John Patitucci
John Patitucci has been at the forefront of the jazz world for the last twenty
years and active in all styles of music. He is a two-time Grammy award winner
and has been nominated eleven times. He has won many magazine polls and
awards as a double bassist and bass guitarist, most recently as a member of
the Wayne Shorter Quartet which won the 2003 Downbeat critics' poll for Best
Acoustic Jazz Group and Best Jazz Recoding for Footprints - Live!. He has
performed and/or recorded with jazz giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne
Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Roy
Haynes, Wymon Marsalis, Michael Brecker, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Kenny
Garrett, Victor Feldman and countless others.
John has been active as a composer with eleven solo recordings of his own. He
has also been commissioned to write for various chamber music groups, most
recently the New York-based string quartet Elements. John was nominated for
a Grammy in 2003 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocal
for his arrangement of In the Bleak Midwinter from his CD Song, Stories and
Spirituals. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 for Best Instrumental
Composition for a piece entitled Communion that featured Branford Marsalis,
Brad Mehldau and violist Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet.
Mr. Patitucci has been involved in education for many years, writing books,
making instructional videos and giving master classes around the world. He
was formerly the Artistic Director of The Bass Collective, a specialized school
in New York. In 2002, he began teaching at The City College of New York
(CUNY) and was named Associate Professor of Music there in 2003.
I would like to thank God, my wife Sachi, and my daughters-Gracie
and Bella, and all the other members of my family especially my
brother Thomas, my Mom and Dad, and sisters. Thanks are also
due to Chris Poehler, David Baker and all of the other teachers I
have had in my musical journey to this point (whose names could
take up as many pages as this book). Thanks also to the many
musicians I have worked with who have inspired me and taught me
(another very long list) and to Sandy Feldstein and John Castellano
for urging me to write this book.
Special Thanks to Mindy Sax, for the preliminary music copying.
Finally, thanks also to all the folks at Carl Fischer for the fine work
and support, especiallyAlexTeploff.
Cover photo by Bill Bytsura.
John Patitucci Biography .
Foreword
Part I: 60 Melodic Etudes
C Major Scale
F Major Scale
Bb Major Scale
Eb Major Scale
Ab Major Scale
Db Major Scale
Gb Major Scale
B Major Scale
E Major Scale
A Major Scale
D Major Scale
G Major Scale
C Aeolian Scale (Ballad) (Cm7)
F Dorian Scale (Ballad) (Fm7)
Db Aeolian Scale (Bbm7)
Eb Dorian Scale (Ebm7)
G# Phrygian Scale (G#m7)
C# Phrygian Scale (C#m7)
F# Phrygian Scale (F#m7)
B Phrygian Scale (Bm7)
E Dorian Scale (Em 7)
Aeolian Scale (Am 7)
D Dorian Scale (Dm7)
G Phrygian Scale (Gm7)
C Lydian Scale (Cmaj7# 11)
F Lydian Scale (Fmaj7#l1)
Bp Lydian Scale (Bbmaj7# 11)
Eb Lydian Scale (Ebmaj7# 11)
b Lydian Scale (Abmaj7#11)
Db Lydian Scale (Dbmaj7# 11)
Gb Lydian Scale (Gbmaj7#l1) .
B Lydian Scale (Bmaj7# 11) .
E Lydian Scale (Emaj7# 11) .
A Lydian Scale (Amaj7# 11) .
D Lydian Scale (Dmaj7# 11) .
G Lydian Scale (Gmaj7#11) .
C Mixolydian Scale (C7)
F Mixolydian Scale (F7) .
Bb Mixolydian Scale (Bb7)
Eb Mixolydian Scale (Eb7)
Ab Mixolydian Scale (Ab7) .
Db Mixolydian Scale (Db7)
Gb Mixolydian Scale (Gb7)
B Mixolydian Scale (B7)
E Mixolydian Scale (E7) .
A Mixolydian Scale (A7)
D Mixolydian Scale (D7)
G Mixolydian Scale (G 7)
C Loerian Scale (Cm7b5) .
Ab Melodic-minor Scale (Fm7b5)
Db Melodic-minor Scale (Bbm7b5)
Gb Melodic-minor Scale (Ebm7b5) .
G# Loerian Scale (G#m7b5) .
C# Loerian Scale (C#m7b5) .
F# Loerian Scale (F#m7b5) .
B Loerian Scale (Bm7b5) .
G Melodic-minor Scale (Em7b5) .
C Melodic-minor Scale (Am7b5) .
F Melodic-minor Scale (Dm7b5) .
G Loerian Scale (Gm7b5) .
Part II: 60 Melodic Scales
C Major Scale
F Major Scale
Bb Major Scale
Eb Major Scale
Ab Major Scale
Db Major Scale
Gb Major Scale
B Major Scale
E Major Scale
A Major Scale
D Major Scale
G Major Scale
C Aeolian Scale (Ballad) (Cm7)
F Dorian Scale (Ballad) (Fm7)
Db Aeolian Scale (Bbm7)
Eb Dorian Scale (Ebm7)
G# Phrygian Scale (G#m7)
C# Phrygian Scale (C#m 7)
F# Phrygian Scale (F#m7)
B Phrygian Scale (Bm7)
E Dorian Scale (Em7)
Aeolian Scale (Am 7)
D Dorian Scale (Dm7)
G Phrygian Scale (Gm 7)
C Lydian Scale (Cmaj7h1)
F Lydian Scale (Fmaj7# 11)
Bb Lydian Scale (Bbmaj7# 11)
Eb Lydian Scale (Ebmaj7# 11)
Ab Lydian Scale (Abmaj7# 11)
Db Lydian Scale (Dbmaj7#1)
Gb Lydian Scale (Gbmaj7#11) .
B Lydian Scale (Bmaj7#11) .
E Lydian Scale (Emaj7# 11) .
A Lydian Scale (Amaj7# 11) .
D Lydian Scale (Dmaj7# 11) .
G Lydian Scale (Gmaj7#11) .
C Mixolydian Scale (C7) .
F Mixolydian Scale (F7) .
Bb Mixolydian Scale (Bb7) .
Eb Mixolydian Scale (Eb7) .
Ab Mixolydian Scale (Ab7) .
Db Mixolydian Scale (Db7) .
Gb Mixolydian Scale (Gb7) .
B Mixolydian Scale (B7) .
E Mixolydian Scale (E7) .
A Mixolydian Scale (A7)
D Mixolydian Scale (D7) .
G Mixolydian Scale (G7) .
C Locrian Scale (Cm7b5) .
Ab Melodic-minor Scale (Fm7b5) .
Db Melodic-minor Scale (Bbm7b5) .
Gb Melodic-minor Scale (Ebm7b5) .
G# Locrian Scale (G#m7b5) .
C# Locrian Scale (C#m7b5) .
F# Locrian Scale (F#m7b5) .
B Locrian Scale (Bm7b5) .
G Melodic-minor Scale (Em7b5) .
C Melodic-minor Scale (Am7b5) .
F Melodic-minor Scale (Dm7b5) .
G Locrian Scale (Gm7b5) .
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