What's your right hand technique? - Page 3

musicman5string · #41 08-09-2006, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by janekbass

I'm also doing a master class in NYC on the 26th of September if anyone is around. All the details are on my myspace page below.

I'll be there.

Bassist4Life · #42 08-09-2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by janekbass

sound clip.......

that would be cool huh?

I'll see what I can do.

Things are stupid busy right now with the studio and the most stupid month of gigs and travelling coming, but keep on at me about it and I'll knock it out I'm sure.

Thanks man!

Joe

**WillPlay4Food** · #43 08-19-2006, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Thanks, Dave! The last one appears dead, just so you know.

Just noticed your post. All the Hannon (Hanon?) files are on my PC at work so I'll try to upload part 3 on Monday.

[Edit]
Part 3 has been uploaded, the link works now.

Bassist4Life · #44 08-19-2006, 02:56 PM

Janek,

Just curious, how many of the Hanon exercises did you/do you do? There are a lot of them and some of then don't transfer to bass very well.

Joe

janekbass · #45 08-21-2006, 11:25 AM

I think I used about 3 or 4 of them some years back when I was shedding more technique stuff.

It's probably the ones that don'es transfer to bass very well that will do you the most good. Anything that gets you thinking unlike anything that has gone before is a good thing. It'll lead to innovation with the music and the instrument.

Easy,

Janek

Bassist4Life · #46 08-21-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by janekbass

I think I used about 3 or 4 of them some years back when I was shedding more technique stuff.

It's probably the ones that don'es transfer to bass very well that will do you the most good. Anything that gets you thinking unlike anything that has gone before is a good thing. It'll lead to innovation with the music and the instrument.

Easy,

Janek

Thanks for the reply. I don't think you could really do these etudes on the bass, but I guess anything is possible. The etudes I'm talking about are the ones with 3 and 4 note chords played in 16th notes. I guess it could happen. We'll have to get Michael Manring to show us those.

Joe

Faithless · #47 01-18-2010, 11:41 AM

Hey, Janek,

First of all, I must admit, I haven't dug into your music a lot (yet!), but all your thoughts and advices towards music, bass, NYC and stuff, make a lot of sense to me.

I wanted to ask about Hanon's book - do you (did you) experiment much with different keys, when playing those exercises?

Faithless · #48 03-23-2010, 01:03 PM

Hey, Janek,

Any chance of answering to my previous question about keys?

Take care,
Faith

SteveC · #49 03-23-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by janekbass

No need to hang a poster on your bedroom ceiling though..... first of all you should have a poster of Carmen Electra, Selma Hayek or Jenna Jamison..... someone REALLY inspiring.

Gotta go Selma - she's soooo curvy.

devine · #50 12-13-2011, 06:04 AM

Hey guys just came across this thread...

Right hand technique (or plucking hand) is something I cover with my students all the time. It seems it's almost forgotten about sometimes... everybody's worrying about what notes they're playing and now how they're playing them lol.

I put this tutorial together to show a couple of different methods you can use, and a couple of different exercises too.

Click here to check out the lesson...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNAYIfITgpw

Ez,

Scott.

ScottsBassLessons.com | Free Online Bass Lessons
Scott Devine's Bass Blog

Buxtehude · #51 12-13-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jzucker

I think some of you are confused. Janek's not talking about 200bpm at 16ths (metronome on 2 & 4). He's talking about 8ths at 400bpm.

Hang on. Aren't 8ths at 400 the same as 16ths at 200? If you didn't have the metronome on the note speed would sound the same.

ras1983 · #52 12-13-2011, 10:58 PM

Janek,

I think you sound fine and, to be perfectly honest, you're music is a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of the stuff that's out there. By that I mean that I love Marcus and Victor's music and what these two artists have contributed to bass playing, but it gets old when almost everyone else in the jazz/improv scene sounds the same as them. Ultimately I'm a believer in playing however one feels comfortable and natural without regard to whether others think (unless they're mentors or teachers who's role is to instruct). If that means you sound like Matt Garrison to someone else then so be it - sounding like someone is subjective in any case; I don't think you sound too much like Matt.

Getting back on topic, I bought the Hanon book a while ago and have done a few of the exercises. I usually played the bass part of the exercises, even if there were two or more notes played at the same time (e.g. the exercises with firsts and thirds played at the same time), and having a 5 string helped because I had two octaves under my fingers in any given position. I also found them useful for working on sight reading to an extent (I'm not an expert but hey, some practice is better than no practice right?). Having said that, they're great exercises for building technique, dexterity and facility, but they won't build musicality.

What I like about the Hanon exercises is that they get you to practice finger movements, patterns and intervals that you wouldn't normally use. I find this GREATLY improves technical facility to the point where doing these exercises will at least ensure a player has the technical prowess to pull off ideas in most situations. However, having the musicality to pull off the ideas is a whole different story...

ras1983 · #53 12-13-2011, 11:03 PM

And I just realised what an epic thread revival this was!!! 2010!!!

Lorenzini · #54 12-14-2011, 03:39 PM

Janek Gwizdala and Matthew Garrison don't sound the same AT ALL to me -- I'm talking about as musicians.

As far as equipment, they sound similar due to similar basses, but that's all I hear.

Time for listeners to open their ears -- how about every young popular pianist sounding just like Brad Mehldau these days? And I'm not even complaining. It's like saying all jazz bassists try to sound like Ray Brown, PC and Ron Carter. Of course they want to! To me, Janek is one of the pioneers of this new electric bass sound, and he is right there next to Matthew Garrison, Richard Bona and Hadried Feraud.

cire113 · #55 12-15-2011, 08:27 PM

Id say Janeks biggest solo influence is most def metheny i think.....

I think its impossible to sound like someone else just like talking in real life..

We all use the same dam words all the time but each sound unique...

henry2513 · #56 12-17-2011, 07:54 AM

I've got the Gary Willis collection with full transcriptions of his solo's on a bunch of tunes, I've been using those to work on my chops and damn some of those lines are hard to play, especially if you're playing them at the tempo that he does in the recordings, they're killing me right now - easily the toughest material I've tried, makes the heads to Donna Lee and Confirmation seem easy in comparison.

janekbass · #57 12-22-2011, 09:44 PM

wow, this is an old thread...! holy crap. And I must apologize for my late reply on this, been absolutely jammed through the end of this year.

I appreciate the comments and the kind words as always, and I appreciate that people hear differences between my playing and other people's bass playing. And like I always say, I'm a musician who just happens to play the bass. The instrument is really second to the music, and the more people who start to think like that the better I think. It's time for less bass and more music.

it's kind of hard to answer all the post individually so I'll try and get it all in in one go...

The hanon has been great for me, I'm still using that material 15 years later... anything you can get your hands on to play is great. Just spending time with the instrument is really important. Having said that though... I would stay as far away from transcription books as possible. The more you read out of a book, and the less you learn by ear from the record, the more of a disservice you're doing to yourself and your time. Train your ear by working on that material without a book, and you're going to find you're remembering more of it, digesting more of it, and that it eventually comes out in a more natural and organic way when you least expect it.

Janek

janekbass · #58 12-22-2011, 09:45 PM

and for anyone who didn't see this yet, I just posted a show from NYC this week for free!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Janek...04974879526524

it features Jojo Mayer, Mark Guiliana, John Ellis, and Oz Noy.

You can preview all the tracks online, download it for free, or name a price you would like to pay for it if you think it's worth paying for.

Enjoy,

Janek

andresrot · #59 01-14-2012, 11:06 PM

Have you guys seen Matt Garrison latest video lesson about his 4-finger technique?!

I helped producing it - it is part of a series that is coming up in his Youtube Channel and his website. Enjoy: Matthew Garrison 4 Finger Technique - Groove Applications - YouTube

brorbjoern · #60 01-22-2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jzucker

Think about it. 200 is a medium tempo.

I don't know what kind of music you normally play, but in classical music a tempo beyond 200bpm is termed as Prestissimo (Fastest)...

And Janek, if you play 8ths at 400bpm you're hitting 800 notes a minute equalling 13.3 notes a second.. that's a lot o.O...