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Afternoon all! So I watched a video early today that Scott Devine did trying to enlighten some players who have kinda stagnated or plateaued...
So i have a few questions about my muting technique. I just started playing the bass a month ago and my muting technique seems to be not that...
Alright, so I started playing bass a just a while ago, after coming from ukulele. I tried to find someone else who asked a similar question to...
I'm experiencing a little strange Arco/Bass behaviour. I am a 90% pizz jazz player, but i practice all the time with the bow, classical and jazz....
I've seen quite a few videos on-line recently where practice bass sitting down. This seems strange to me, for even when I practice alone I tend to...
well, I tried a 5-er for about 3 months, now i've gone back to my 4 string p-bass and it just feels like ive improved massively - my hands handle...
I use this technique from time to time and I really like it. Where you grab the body and neck and bend the neck slightly to lower the pitch, like...
I watch players soloing some jazz sounding chops, I solo but never can create the sound, what scales are being used in a jazz solo. Thanks
As I'm practicing my technique I can feel that my right hand plucking was not as consistently right on the money as I'd like. As I focused on the...
with friends like this who needs to practice? [MEDIA]
Curious for your thoughts on how you manage practice time between exercises for technique and playing actual music. Part of this is the question...
Does anybody know if weight lifting significantly affects one's ability to play? Rabbath says to avoid weight lifting because it hardens the...
Hi all, Been playing bass for about two months now. I'm having the best time of my life. But. I'm also in a bit (read: more than a bit) of pain....
I am 47 years old and started to music playing. Should I use my 4 string fretless like a DB and play like NHOP right hand technique for - using...
I started playing bass few weeks ago and I tried jaco right hand technic which placing thumb on jazz magnetic but my fingers are short and it...
Many of you will have seen this legendary video with Christian McBride and his trio a few years back on Fried Pies. It's a sublime video with...
I have a solid grasp on the floating thumb and finger strumming techniques and I'm interested in learning/trying out more techniques for both...
I'm looking for some suggestion to practice my arpeggios I've heard that Dr. Morton's books about arpeggio and scales are pretty good, but I...
Like some other bass players, I'm also the sound guy for our band. The others help out, but perhaps since they're all acoustic musicians...
I've been getting into old time clawhammer style banjo and guitar playing recently and was wondering how it would sound on a bass. Has anyone...
When i use a pick on a bass guitar theres always this annoying clicking sound whenever i play. What can i do to minimize pick noise? My picks are...
I've been playing the electric bass for about seven months and I started to use a plectrum for tonal purposes. The thing is, whenever i use a...
Hi everyone, I'm getting back into playing my double bass. All of the scale, technique and etude books I had from college are either lost or are...
I have a simple question. When I started playing bass years ago (before dropping it for the drums), I learned the strings as EADG and visualizing...
I developed a technique in my right hand on a 5 string bass that I call the "anchor" technique, because it anchors your right hand in place. It's...
have any of you used these two books and/or have any good suggestions? these LOOKED like the most useful booklets on info regarding theory and...
I am fairly new to the Austin area, and I'm looking for the best Double Bass teacher I can find, for upright technique, mostly focused on Jazz...
Does anyone incorporate the claw technique? This is a right hand technique where you use your thumb and fingers to slap and pluck but it's not as...
Hi guys, first post here, I hope you can help me (I bet you can). I saw NERVE in Berlin some months ago and was overwhelmed by the sound of John...
Hey guys. I've improved so much at finger style over the past year. But one thing I still struggle with is this: say I'm playing 3 notes on one...
Hello all! I'm new to the world of bass. I just got my first EUB for the specific purpose of learning to play salsa. I started lessons with a...
I'm normally on the BG side but I did play DB a few years during my music degree in college. I always cringe a little when I see a BG player put...
[MEDIA] The ULTIMATE bass string Shootout... tapes vs rounds vs flats - Scott'sBassLessons YouTube channel At 4:45 he demonstrates on a...
Hi guys! I wasn't sure where to post this, so I chose miscellaneous. I've been playing double bass for about 5 months, and I'm currently attending...
So I have a sort of odd technique for slapping, basically I put my armpit over my bass so my forearm is perpendicular to the strings. This is how...
Hi! I’ve been trying to find out why I keep having my wrist in the wrong angle and it seems that is because I put the neck too far away from my...
Possible upcoming audition with progressive/fusion band, and THIS is one of the songs I've been 'saddled' with... never heard of it, until...
The presiding myth is that we are stamped with our timbal fingerprint. We can only sound as we sound. That seems to be true. But I am wondering if...
Interesting technique [MEDIA]
When I’m plucking with my right hand I always slap the strings agains the fretboard and sometimes it is audible through the amp. What are some...
