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I should actually add that I'm practising this stuff with two alternating fingers. I've never been one to use more than one finger very often in the past. For swing stuff (excluding supersonic tempi) I've always found one finger to be more effective in producing a nice even tone and volume for...

Thanks for the responses guys. I'll check out that other thread. (Apologies, I should've put in a search before I made a new thread.) I guess I just find that I have a lot less control over that string than the others. Reasons being the ones listed above, that there is no other string behind...

I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for right hand technique while playing pizz on the E string? I've been trying to practice it lately because I never felt like I had a proper technique down. Now I'm discovering that I can't play anywhere near as well on that string. Other than just...

Thanks alot! I'll check it out.

Actually another thing which I'd be interested in is some recommendations for classical listening. I'd really like to listen to more classical bass playing but I have no idea where to start. Can someone recommend me a few entry level seminal works for the double bass? Concertos would be great...

Hi guys. I'm mainly a jazz player, I've been playing for about 4 years or so but I've never dedicated much time to practising arco. Just recently I've really knuckled down to work on my bowed stuff and I'm really pleased with the amount of progress I've made even though I'm really still a...

That sounds like a really interesting exercise Maksim. I'll have to try it out. Doing this kinda stuff can be very brain draining I find. I think doing it for too long at a time may be not as effective as doing short amounts of work on it with full attention. I've been practising this stuff for...

Hi guys. Recently I've been getting into practising tuplet rhythms. Trying to play minim triplets and pentuplets (5:2 and 5:4). Just the last couple of days I've been venturing as far as septuplets (7:4) which are cool cause they sound almost like slowed down quavers. This isn't really a...

I can't really see No Greater Love, There Will Never Be.. or A Train working with this. Beautiful Love might work. What's the intended benefit from doing this stuff by the way? Is it for intonation work?

I find I'm always at a loss when soloing over sus7 chords. What do you guys generally do? I always just play them as if they were normal dominants but it never sounds any good.

Thanks for all the great responses guys! I didn't expect this thread to be so popular. I just need to clarify a few things. Firstly, I knew I shouldn't have said "guilty pleasures". I was really just at a loss for a better term. I really should have said "non jazz". Trust me I am in no way a...

Just creating this thread out of curiosity really. I'm interested to hear how many jazzers on here ever tire of jazz. I figure it's normal to go through phases where your enthusiasm for something may waver. I seem to be going through a stage of lessened appreciation for jazz at the moment. I...

Did this recording with a new band I'm in yesterday. Jazz with a reggae vibe. We got a lot of inspiration from a group called The Vampires who play this kind of music. Interested to see what people here think about it. It's only really demo quality but I'd be keen to hear some feedback about the...

Really? Do you remember the name of the person who did it? I may very well know/know of them. I'd also be interested in reading that if it's still around. Do you know if it's still available for download.

Not sure how many gamers there are here but I just finished playing L.A Noire the other day. I was reading the credits and I noticed that Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard recorded the music for it along with some other names I didn't recognise. Pretty amazing. They really splashed out with that...