A Public Musical Fluency Experiment
The Great Bass Vocabulary Project
I’m on a mission to build a vocabulary of 1,000 musical phrases and become truly fluent on bass.
How I’m building the vocabulary
I use Music Phrase Pyramids to capture musical ideas, break them into chunks, and practice them progressively until they become playable vocabulary.
13 / 1000
phrases documented
1.3% complete
The Living Archive
Giant Phrase Wall
Each card links to the post where I play or might break down ideas from the phrase.
Phrase #001
Brothers Johnson – “Get The Funk Out Ma Face”
Phrase #002
Kevin Mahogany – “Still Swingin'”
Phrase #003
Bill Evans – Rehearsal Tape (1966)
Phrase #004
Joey Calderazzo – “The Oracle”
Phrase #005
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – “Moanin'”
Phrase #006
Maceo Parker – “Chicken'”
Phrase #007
Herbie Hancock – “Thrust”
Phrase #008
George Benson – “Billie’s Bounce – Bonus Track”
Phrase #009
Ray Brown Trio – “Teach Me Tonight”
Phrase #010
The Staple Singers – “I’ll Take You There”
Phrase #011
Etienne Mbappe – “Ye Bobe”
Phrase #012
Tigran Martikyan – “Straight No Chaser”
Phrase #013
Anthony Branker – “Sketches of Selim”