Leading finger for right hand?

BoulderBrow · #1 11-22-2006, 05:06 PM

Hello

I'm an electric bass player whose recently bought a double bass.
I've been watching a few vids of various bass players and notice that many use their index fingers dominantly over their 1st.
Do you upright players usually lead with your indexs?

When I play electric I lead with my 1st finger e.g if im playing steady 8ths I accent the 1st note of a bar with my 1st.
If you do the same thing on an upright do you accent with your index?

bassist1962 · #2 11-23-2006, 09:10 AM

I am also a BG player relatively new to the DB world. What I have found is that using the entire side of my index finger up to my 2nd knuckle gets a really good deep and projected sound. I have seen people that use the index and middle together as there is more meat to hit the string with. There is a video on You Tube that I watched for right hand technique. This helped me a bit. Good luck.

Bass · #3 11-23-2006, 10:34 AM

What is the link to the you-tube video? The knuckle on my ring finger hurts a little for some reason.

I'm switching from e-bass to upright as well, and I've been struggling a little. I've been playing about 2 weeks now, I suppose.

bassist1962 · #4 11-23-2006, 11:18 AM

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

Here is the link to the video.

BoulderBrow · #5 11-23-2006, 11:48 AM

Thanks for the reply,

Yeah that vids pretty helpful, its still hard to tell which fingers more dominant especially when he plays fast. I find it hard to get that shape as well, kind of limp wrist like.

I'm gonna give the two fingers together technique a go and maybe use my middle finger to lead when going down the strings.