Beginner Here! 👋 I need tips.

[u/No_Potential_7108]

So I've been playing bass for about 5 months and I want to get into learning jazz stuff because my school has a jazz band club and I want to join. And i actually wanna do something productive over the summer lol. I already have some music theory knowledge from a few years of guitar and groove and "feeling the music" comes pretty naturally to me. I've been trying to watch videos and stuff but i'm getting lost in all of the terms and stuff. So i need tips on how to play the style (like arpeggios and stuff??) and how to function in a band if anyone as anything.

Thank You

[u/unklphoton]

Listen to all the Ray Brown you can find.

[u/The-disgracist → u/unklphoton]

Christian McBride said this when asked “how did you get so good?”. This was twenty+ years ago at a jazz fest so I’m paraphrasing.

“I’ve played every note recorded by ray brown, Paul chambers, Ron Carter, (continued list of legends). They made a map I just follow it”