But during this time, focus entirely on the piece. Taking 30- 60 mins a day is more than enough. – organized, focused and regular practise routine – you’ll have to do this daily.
Anyway, I basically found two crazy guys on Youtube who nailed this perfectly – only watch these guys if you grabbed your seat: Rob Gourlay and Mike Pope. I have recently acquired a 6 string Yamaha and I cannot even imagine how difficult it can be not to make strings make noise while hitting every note of this. So, back to Got a Match – it is extremely hard stuff.
You’ll definitely know John’s Bach arrangement but his latest album Remembrance is definitely a must-listen, you’ll hear beautiful space and gravity played with a trio featuring Brian Blade and Joe Lovano. I am excited to hear John’s new album which he currently records but until that you fortunately have a lot of albums to listen to going from Fusion to Free Jazz. John is the one who will always play what he feels and you’ll hear new experiences coming from his music and solos every time you listen to him. His dedication and humility always amazes me – it is always refreshing to see and hear someone continuously grow even though he has been at the top of his game for several decades. What I really like about him that he is always about music wherever and whenever he plays. When I was looking for bass players doing this tune, I have seen bass players suffer from this tune live – sometimes even John himself who played on this track for Chick on the record… John himself is a Master – as a teacher, as an artist, musically, theoretically…on many levels.
I had to watch my every step and become conscious of every move in order to go beyond my barriers. But really, this is a disclaimer, Got a Match is useful and fun stuff, but it is crazy sh*t as well, so be patient with it and with yourself.įor me, learning this theme in its original recorded tempo was the most profitable experience in a long time. So after one and a half month of practising this daily at least for 15 mins (but usually 30-60, sometimes 60-120), I would say i am currently pretty comfortable with this at around 280 bpm any time, can cut it at 304 if warmed up and relaxed, but would probably throw my bass at Chick if this tune was an opening track played slightly above the usual tempo at an outdoor gig in late September 🙂 not quite my tempo, would i probably say. Wow, it took me some time to learn this – sometimes it is surprising even for myself how long it can take to master a piece, even with focused practising – okay, maybe around Christmas, and middle of January, practice time was not really effective nor focused but at least I gained some pounds instead of speed. Bass Line From John Patitucci’s ‘Got a Match’…
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