Very nice playing. I'm not sure that he's using 1-3-4 fingering, per se. He definitely makes liberal use of the 3rd finger, in some places where it's fairly conventional for 1-2-4'ers, such as around the neck heel and up and also for string crossings; and in some places where it doesn't exactly make sense to me but it evidently does for him. But he is also generally using the 2nd finger where I would expect it.
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Double Bass 1-2-4? 1-3-4?
- Thread starter Bruce Calin
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Very nice playing. I'm not sure that he's using 1-3-4 fingering, per se. He definitely makes liberal use of the 3rd finger, in some places where it's fairly conventional for 1-2-4'ers, such as around the neck heel and up and also for string crossings; and in some places where it doesn't exactly make sense to me but it evidently does for him. But he is also generally using the 2nd finger where I would expect it.
In doing research on this topic I've noticed that several of the classical solo bassists use 1-3-4 at least in some situations as I mentioned before. I'm getting more and more tempted to try it myself, although trying a new technique in practicing and doing it in a professional situation has always been an issue for me.
Forgive me if someone mentioned already but it seems nobody has mentioned Eugene Levinson’s “School of Agility” yet, which gives a lot of 1-3-4 fingerings. I am pretty set on 1-2-4 myself but it’s work trying both. I am interested in the 1-3-2-4 idea, too, that’s new to me.
Isn't that a four finger method? I see that as a different approach than the Italian 1,2,3 (where 3 replaces 4 in the lower positions.)
