Gregori Hofmann

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 [...]

In this Lesson we focus on the A section of Rhythm Changes and look at ways of outlining the changes. In part 1 and 2 of the video lesson we work on practice methods that enable us to solo over the first 2 bars: ||Bb G7 | Cmin7 F7 ||  or  ||BbMaj7 G7alt | Cmin7 [...]

These video lessons focus on the Minor 2 5 1. Here we are looking at E half diminished – A7b9 – D Minor 7

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  

The first question in the Ask Greg Anything Section comes from Vian. Hey Greg I’m trying to train my ears to recognize root movements because it’s often hard for me to know where I am in a tune if I’m not counting all the time. I know bassists are especially good at this so please [...]

‘‘One Thought Can Produce A Million Vibrations’’ Concept #4: Practice Scales One Note At A Time   When we first start learning scales and arpeggios we are told to practice them ascending and descending. After a while we realise this method doesn’t truly lend itself to opening up our playing melodically and does nothing to [...]

”One thought can produce a million vibrations” CONCEPT #2 So I hope you checked out my first post in this new ”One thought can produce a million vibrations” lesson series. I explained my thought process behind this new set of lessons and the way you can apply simple concepts, thoughts and ideas into your music [...]

  ‘ 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 [...]

Whether we like to admit it or not, Most of us have got gaps in our playing. We lack the strong base we truly need to understand and explain what we are doing during improvisation and even fills and bass lines. By putting in at least 10 minutes a day of the following exercises into [...]

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 [...]