Recent content by ~M.o.M~

Funny that you mention it, I've been giving a try on "Teen Town" myself these days. Here's my current progress, accordingly named "Sloppy Town". I hope it'll serve as an inspiration to practice! If there's interest, I could create another video with a slower tempo to showcase the fingerings...

Start transposing material you already know to the new tuning. This way you will learn how the common phrases that you've learned in fourths work now in fifths. Furthermore, you'll have additional motivation to stay in the new tuning, rather than change between them every now and then. If you...

Very much so! I have included some examples on this YouTube video I've posted here before. I hope you don't mind the dead strings! Quite correct. You shouldn't have a problem when popping the G string. I personally do it pretty frequently. Since you'd like to study Oppenheim's "Slap It"...

A good guide for that Cello Suite would be the following performance by Jannick Top: The usage of open strings on the Cello Suite seems normal to me. Since it was written for the cello, it's quite rational to take advantage of the instrument's tuning. Regarding the timbre of notes, I find...

48lbs seems way too much for me! You may be damaging your instrument at such high tension. Not only that, your strings could break at any moment. I'd personally choose .130 .086 .057 .037 .024/.023, averaging at 40lbs. I'm not sure if the .024 can sustain 40lbs of tension, so send an email at...

Hello xatja, and welcome to TalkBass! Choosing the right gauges is, as with all things strings, a matter of personal taste. Here's how I'd search for the right strings for me. Since fifths is a non-standard tuning, I'd look out for a string company that provides single strings in a great range...

Hey there, Matthew! I made a quick, dirty video in response to your questions. It contains a few scale runs, as well as some songs to see how things work when playing in fifths. Now, to get into details: Hopefully that's covered adequately in the video. Hit me up if you have more questions...

+1! You'll find that chords played this way have a very open sound that you don't encounter frequently in a standard tuned bass. That's because there are no clashing overtones to make your chords "muddy". If you like muddy though, then yes, you'll need to invest into some tapping to get those...

You have my attention! :woot: I'm very interested to know how your girls are tuned. Especially that 7 string one...

This guy here rocks a GDAE tuning on a dual-course 8 string bass. It could be just what you'd want. ;)

Glad to be of help! :) Continuing the recordings series, here's one more containing both slap and harmonics. The slap part was recorded using my Yamaha RBX170 (tuned in CGDA). For the harmonics, my Warwick was used once more, this time though tuned in BbFCGD. Both were directly plugged into...

Thanks a lot for your compliment! I still believe though that the timing's off at times. :) Now for the clarity of the harmonics... Technique-wise; make sure that the fingers of your fretting hand touch the strings at the right points for the harmonics to come out, as lightly as possible, and...

In order to keep things a little interesting, I put my sloppy playing in use to showcase the beauty of harmonics in fifths tuning. Hopefully this will encourage some more recordings to come in our club. ;) For those interested in technical info, this one was recorded using my AEBF#C# tuned...

Don't give those away yet! Try retuning them to all fifths first. You might be surprised by the extended range and the chordal abilities that'll show up, and explore sounds that you never thought your basses had. If it's all for the funding of a wonderful fretless purchase though, I totally...

If you're a high tension lover, you'll be just fine! ;) My fiver's just a step lower tension wise. I'm using .130 .086 .057 .035 .021p.