Housekeeping

For those who may be confused, here's a mini glossary to site terms:

Walkin' the dog:
While there are other, less savory, definitions, I've always thought of this phrase as a shout of encouragement from an audience member when a bandmate is performing a walking bass line or something similar, i.e. someone shouts out "Walk that dog!  Walk it now!"

Which leads to this definition of walking bass lines courtesy of Wikipedia:
"A walking bass line is the most common approach to jazz bass playing. The term 'walking' is used to describe the moving feeling that quarter notes create in the bass part. Just like walking with your feet, the walking bass line is one step after the other that takes you somewhere. This is an important concept to remember, the walking bass line is movement." (p.4)
Quote from Friedland, Ed (1995). Building Walking Bass Lines.

 Doghouse: a slang term for an upright bass, otherwise know as a double bass.












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Woodshed/Woodshedding/Shedding:
Courtesy of the Urban Dictionary:

"meaning to practice or hone skills, particularly musical skills. The origin is from the fact that for purposes of privacy people would go to their woodshed to practice without being overheard."