Hey y’all!
Does anyone else play jazz with a DSX primary motion like me? I’ve come to understand it may be a bit atypical. I’ve been working on my USX with down stroke rest strokes to make my right hand more adaptable, but it’s been a bit of a slog since my left hand vocab is all centered around DSX string skips. It’s been interesting recently to explore how central that coordination is to the difficulties I’m experiencing in adopting a new approach.
Here’s a lick over C7 that I play sometimes. It’s actually not a great lick! The b3 and 4 happen on strong beats, but it’s a great example of something that’s in my vocabulary because it “lays well” on the fretboard and not because it’s super musical. Of course at high tempos like this it’s kind of tough to tell, but you can still get the feeling that it’s not “strong” musically.
Anyway, it’s a process! Sorry for the slight clicking in the audio, working on that.