Gregori Hofmann

Day 2 of the JB Challenge. 1 tune a day! Today we check out Bewildered. (Bernard Odum on the Bass!) (Wear headphones for best results!) Heres the Spotify Playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/dilek21/playlist/5SChw8T4t46OwWVZIwn1Bb Working through the tunes in alphabetical order. Time to get funky. This is where Funk’s roots are so if you want to play bass then [...]

Day 1 of the JB Challenge. 1 tune a day! Today we check out Aint it Funky Now. (Wear headphones for best results!) Heres the Spotify Playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/dilek21/playlist/5SChw8T4t46OwWVZIwn1Bb Working through the tunes in alphabetical order. Time to get funky. This is where Funk’s roots are so if you want to play bass then you got [...]

Heres a warts and all first jam on my new Schecter Diamond P 5 string bass.Still getting used to it! So grateful to the guys at Schecter for helping me out after I fell in love with this bass. Was so stoked about it so I thought I would share my first few moments with [...]

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 [...]

This is just a start. I mean I’m starting with the dessert here because most of these albums are recent and I truly believe it’s good to go back to understand where all this beautiful music’s roots lie. After you listen to this then maybe you will be keen to check out guys like Charlie [...]

Here are my thoughts on beginning to play walking bass lines and how what I was taught by many teachers and books didn’t help me. The answers are all in the music!

Here is the debut album ”An Offering” from The Gregori Hofmann Trio in its entireity. This album is dedicated to all those who have influenced us musically and in our lives. It is on Youtube right now for free and it will be on iTunes and Spotify in a few weeks, released on my new [...]

In this lesson we learn the F Major and Bb Major scales in half position and I talk about making scale practice musical

In this lesson we carry on where we left off with more open string exercises as well as looking at left hand technique