by @JMaster440 | Apr 11, 2021 | Books, News
Ron Carter, the icon of how to write jazz bass lines, has now re-invented the way transcriptions are written. The method is called “Chartography” and musicians will be in awe of how much they can learn when studying this completely new innovation. This is...
by @JMaster440 | Jul 24, 2020 | Books
This book is the answer to the question the Maestro is asked over and over by adult beginning bass players and private and public school music teachers of young students. Simply put, “how do I help my students (or myself) write good bass lines? Where to...
by @JMaster440 | Feb 25, 2020 | Books
Ron Carter discusses How His Connect the Dots System Helps to Empower Bassists. DownBeat Magazine recently caught up with Carter and asked him to discuss how his Connect the Dots system helps to empower bassists and keeps them from becoming “stuck.” Carter dedicates a...
by @JMaster440 | Apr 5, 2019 | Books
Ron Carter’s Behind the Changes For the first time, Ron Carter puts down on paper what he has been doing instinctively for over 50 years. How he comes up with all those famous walking bass lines. Charlie Parker changed the melody – with this book you are...
