Gregori Hofmann

Here I look at ways to improve your time feel when playing swing and ways to practice arpeggios while working on common rhythmic subdivisions. I then let you into how I practice these ideas as well as all the ideas I have spoken about in my videos by playing through the A Section of the [...]

Here I look at ways to add percussion and bounce to your lines by using ghost notes and raking. Both these techniques were used extensively by Jaco Pastorious so I suggest you check out the tunes ‘Come on Come Over’ off his album Jaco Pastorius and check out the track ‘Havona’ by Weather Report.

Here we look at ways to solo over two unrelated chords and different ways of creating phrases that develop and progress through the chords in a constantly evolving and logical way.

Here I discuss applying chords to grooves as well as some thoughts on a chordal approach when soloing.

We continue Expanding our knowledge and voicings of Diatonic chords found in the key of G Major.As well as that we look at ways to play 7th chords using 3 note voicings on the bass.

When I first started transcribing and getting into playing Standards I bought the Omnibook. Its a reccomendation that so many teachers/musicians tell you to check out. The book is a collection of solos and melodies from Charlie Parker’s compositions. The book is quite a piece of work. To have transcribed all those amazing solos is [...]

Here’s a technique I use quite often to play faster lines with less effort. It also gives me a different tone and allows me to play lines I wouldn’t normally play with the Index and Middle fingers  

  ‘ One thought can produce a million vibrations’ #1   My posts have been few and far between as of late as I have been super busy recording my first album as a leader. More on that later.   I have decided to upload my thoughts on practicing that I stumble upon during my [...]

If you haven’t already checked out Matthew Garrison then you NEED to! He is an amazing composer and bassist who I greatly admire. Through wanting to learn more about his music I really started checking out videos of him playing live and realized there were certain sounds he was creating that I physically could not [...]