Bassists' Guide to Groove |
Welcome to Groove Mastery |
The Groove! Your Most
Passionate Expression of Feeling Time Through Playing Your Instrument. What is being in the groove? Though individual rhythm instruments have
individual jobs to perform, when each is in the groove, they sound and feel
like one instrument; It’s that place in a musical performance where every
note, every lick, of every instrument, just fits perfectly in that
performance. It’s the ability of a musician to be a team player and
create the best feel for that a particular piece of music.
Here’s one way to look it. Think about the vinyl recordings that
hip-hop DJs use. When you set the stylus onto the vinyl, it settles down
perfectly into the “Groove” of that vinyl recording in order to play the
contents. The only way the contents on the vinyl will be heard is if
the stylus sits perfectly in this Groove. If the arm holding the
stylus is too light, the arm will skip all the way across the record and the
music will not play. If the stylus is to heavy, it will damage the
vinyl recording; there has to be a perfect fit to
create the desired result. Think of your playing
as the stylus and the music you are to perform as the vinyl recording. When your playing fits perfectly into the music that is being played, consider yourself “In The Groove.”
Does your playing measure up?
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