Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 136
From Jazz, I love the Interaction;
first called musicians, especially
it’s like talking with your band-
places like here in USA, time
mates with notes, and you have
is golden, and there is usually
to respect and support each
no time to rehearse, as you go
other.
directly to the gig.
On the Afro-Peruvian music
Of course reading and studying
style, I’m best know because
music theory is an important tool,
of my work with Susana Baca.
but you always have to use your
I developed my own special
ears and eyes to pay attention
technique, listening to the lower
to cues. Music is a professional
notes (bordoneos).
career, sometimes more difficult
than others (I studied engineering
From the acoustic guitar
and can testify to this).
masters: Vicente Vasquez; Félix
Casaverde and Carlos Hayre;
I learned to play chords on
The three of them RIP now.
the bass and to hear what is
From master Cajon players:
happening harmonically, and
Chocolate Algendones, Juan
see the structure of the song,
Medrano Cotito, Caitro Soto,
not only the note that is written.
Eusebio ‘Pititi’ Sirio.
Sometimes it isn’t the root, it
could be the third, the fifth, flat
BMM How important is reading
five, etc. You have to know this to
and studying music theory?
create bass lines over the chord.
Doing this helps you to compose
DP You can communicate faster;
and arrange, of course.
If you want to build a career as
a sidemen and be one of the
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BMM What do you consider the