FUSE NIGHT evaluation.

Me, Tom, Fran and Jacob planned to play 'Awful things' by Lil Peep.


Choices of repertoire

Jacob, the day before the concert, asked me and Tom to play guitar and bass to back up his singing for a performance of 'Awful things' by the late Lil Peep.

Rehearsal process

I rehearsed alone over night, as I had only known I was performing that song the day before the concert. On the morning of the performance, Tom, Jacob, Fran (who was now doing drums) and I got together in the theater to practice the song. We only had time to go over the track a few times, but we were able to get the timings for the song right and work out how we wanted to start and finish the song. We were ready.

Evaluation of performance

The actual performance ended up being very challenging. Without any warning, our singer didn't turn up for the performance. Pulling the plug on the song was heavily considered at this point. However, the show must go on, and with the help of my friends Rhiana and Lucy, who volunteered to sing, we were able to play the song to the best of our ability.
I feel my performance was overall very consistent, something that reflects the simplistic nature of the song which only requires the same three notes to be played at any time, with their being only two different note patterns to play. However, I stopped playing bass a little bit to early at the end of the song.

Relate it to your target tracker and the progress it demonstrates

I  have shown progress in my live performance skill as, as a musician, I have had very little experience with performing on stage in front of an audience. I feel that this showcase certainly helped me build my confidence. The piece was not very complicated, so acts as a good starting point for my goal to learn more complected, higher grade songs on bass.

Chords and roman numerals.

General chords and chords on bass guitar.


In music, an augmented triad is a triad, or chord, consisting of two major thirds (an augmented fifth). The term augmented triad arises from anaugmented triad being considered a major chordwhose top note (fifth) is raised, or augmented. It can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8}.


In music, a diminished triad ( Play (help. · info)), also known as the minor flatted fifth (m^♭5), is a triadconsisting of two minor thirds above the root — if built on C, a diminished triad would have a C, an E♭ and a G♭. It resembles a minor triad with a lowered (flattened) fifth.

In music theory, a major chord ( Play (help. · info)) is achord that has a root note, a major third above this root, and a perfect fifth above this root note. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a major triad.

In music theory, a minor chord ( play D minor chord(help. · info)) is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad. Some minortriads with additional notes, such as the minorseventh chord, may also be called minor chords.

The I–V–vi–IV progression is a common chord progression popular across several genres of music. It involves the I, V, vi, and IV chords; for example, in the key of C major, this would be: C–G–Am–F. Uses based on a different starting point but with the same order of chords, include: I–V–vi–IV, C-G-Am-F (optimistic)

Evaluation of first class solo performance

I was given the task of preparing a solo performance to prepare and perform in front of my class. I was given the time over half term to prepare. 

The song I chose to perform was 'Snow (Hey Ho)' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. 

The baselines for the song primarily focused on fingering techniques which Is something I feel I am comfortable with in my own bass playing. 

I would not regard the song as a particularly high level song as it did not use more advanced techniques such as slap. 

Performing as a soloist was something I found very uncomfortable. I have perform in groups on stage, but never as a soloist so the aspect was very new to me. Having the pressure of being the entire focus of everybody's attention defiantly had a negative affect on my playing and as a result I made a few mistakes during my performance, 

Overall, I feel I could massively improve my solo performance skills through more practice and by getting more confident with the idea of being the focus of attention on stage.