anatomy of more songs

the second, and just as important, is the way musicians shape their phrases.

Hein has his students pick a single sound within a song, listen for it, and tune out everything else. Maybe it’s the bass; maybe it’s the vocal. Or maybe this means zeroing in on the chorus and identifying each sound within that. Hein makes his students create lists and diagrams of their conclusions. What instrument or piece of gear produced that s

In many instances, they will play on every beat, bar after bar—the so-called walking bass line—