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10-05-2006, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, Tx | | | Arguing the validity of tuning in fiths is retarted. It takes about 30 seconds to hear how awesome Red Mitchell plays.
The argument myself and others are making is that is just adds unnessesary difficulty in the early learning process ( the OP has been playing a year) for the teacher and student if the teacher is not also experienced in tuning in fifths.
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10-05-2006, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hamburg, Germany | | | I don't want to carry this on because of the sake of the argument, but your last post comes off a little harsh. It was not clear that the OP was just playing for a year from this thread and I didn't research his whole posting history. I still have a different opinion but I also think we probably won't settle this, so I'm out. |
10-05-2006, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jheise I don't want to carry this on because of the sake of the argument, but your last post comes off a little harsh. It was not clear that the OP was just playing for a year from this thread and I didn't research his whole posting history. I still have a different opinion but I also think we probably won't settle this, so I'm out. | - I am not sure what is harsh about it. I am just clarifying that we are not agruing about the musical choice of tuning in fiths, but about the viabilty of LEARNING in fiths. |
10-05-2006, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by damonsmith Arguing the validity of tuning in fiths is retarted. | came of as harsh, because it was unnecessary in the context of the discussion. But I probably read too much into it. My misunderstanding. |
10-05-2006, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jheise came of as harsh, because it was unnecessary in the context of the discussion. But I probably read too much into it. My misunderstanding. | Meaning that the artistic decision to tune is fifths is tottally valid. |
05-04-2010, 01:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tomball, Tx | | | I found this thread on google searching for the "best bass teachers in houston." I play electric 6 string, so I'm from a different world (I'm so jealous of you guys with your uprights!). But I believe the same basic principal applies to both. Once you feel comfortable with the basic technique, if you want to do something different, do it! If your going to use it forever, I don't see the disadvantages. I don't know if y'all have heard of gary willis, but you should check out his technique. Its a right hand thing, but I've always found that that is harder to change than tuning differently. I'm pissed that I started out with the traditional right hand technique. If one technique gives you more options, why not start with it so you don't have to deal with the hassle of re-learning. I'm in 2 bands, one plays in a standard so I just tune to b standard and use my 3rd string as their bottom string, which give me awesome options, and my other band tunes in drop a so I tune to drop a as well. I feel that switching tuning early makes the theory of left hand fingering easier. But I could be totally wrong. I don't think so though, cause we ARE both playing string instruments, and my neck is just as wide.
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05-04-2010, 02:11 PM
| | | | Since you dug up this ancient thread, I took a look. Electric bass is in fourths, as is guitar save one string (which seems like an arbitrary thing looking back at it). What would be the point to tuning in 5ths? Same notes available. It seems like just another way to take something that has become standardized and make a mess of it.
Am I missing something?
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05-04-2010, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tomball, Tx | | | i HATE it when i forget to check the thread date. if you tune in 5ths, you get more range, i.e. the range of a 5 string with only 4 strings. basically dropped tuning but for every string. the arguement seems to have been over whether it was a good idea or not. my opinion is, if you want to do something different, DO IT! if you want to keep that kind of tuning forever, start early, after you have a basic grasp of the "standard" way of doing it. well, i believe this about the left hand. i believe that if you already know which right hand technique you want to use (this may not apply as much to upright) then you should start as soon as you realize that that is the way you want to do it
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