Double Bass One Finger / Lyrical Technique

[Chris Fitzgerald]

^^^This. And in slow motion, you would hear the drunken slide involved. At performance speed, it would be hidden. These are the parts of the technique I've been working on for the past number of years that I call "perpetual vomit" and "hide the vomit".

 

[Don Kasper]

To improv the shift you would gliss with 2 going from C to the D, just as you arrive at D you replace 2 with 1.

I would gliss on "1" , land on D - this is how I was taught and how I would execute this shift.
More than 1 way to skin a cat...
IME.
Thanks.

 

[Dogfightgiggle]

I would gliss on "1" , land on D - this is how I was taught and how I would execute this shift.
More than 1 way to skin a cat...
IME.
Thanks.

Don, I’ve tried both ways and I found that gliss’ing with 1 wasn’t as comfortable for me. Basically because it turned all whole step shifts into minor third shifts. At least the way I mentally work with these.

 

[Don Kasper]

Don, I’ve tried both ways and I found that gliss’ing with 1 wasn’t as comfortable for me. Basically because it turned all whole step shifts into minor third shifts. At least the way I mentally work with these.

Understood.
ME-OUCH!

 

[damonsmith]

Or that following Karr's path is a "tough sell" to any single listener, partly because it wouldn't be your own path, it is his.
At the same time, if you hear it and feel strongly about it, that is probably the only hope in getting it to work at all! I felt like this whole thing was getting presented as a practice concept, as such, it is great.
In terms of performance, it was great when Karr did it. If you want it to be great, I am sure a context can be made.

As far as being a classical soloist with playing like Karr as your shtick, I doubt it will have more impact in that world than the Edicson Ruizs and Lauren Pierces out there not to mention who is coming up next!

Or maybe, what I quoted from Damon's post did sound to me like (far fetched analogy coming up):
In the car market where Toyota and VW and others are clearly "having success and making it" there is the manufacturer of submersible cars that tells the manufacturer of flying cars that his suspension is outdated and he won't sell many cars like that. Because the "not selling many cars" was obvious right from the beginning.

 

[jheise]

As far as being a classical soloist with playing like Karr as your shtick, I doubt it will have more impact in that world than the Edicson Ruizs and Lauren Pierces out there not to mention who is coming up next!

The times are always changing. What was hip one day is outdated the next - but might come back for another round later. Videos on Youtube is what it's about today, not necessarily your performances in the real world.

You mentioned two great younger players that I like listening to very much. So this might be more a "splitting hair" criticism on a high level than anything else, it is not meant to degrade their achievements at all.
A couple of years ago, I talked to a german luthier. He just came from a solo concert Ruiz played in the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall because he built a bass for him. He said it was too bad that you could hear practically nothing in the hall except you sat right in front of him. So we talked about projection and me being a big Karr fan. He mentioned that during the time of his apprenticeship in London he heard Karr play on several occasions and there was never a lack of projection. Karr could always be heard.

And Pierce, for my personal taste, takes all pieces I've seen on Youtube too fast. She shows her brilliant technique that way but I find it suffers in places where I would like to have the line and notes shaped a little more musically. You might not like the way Karr plays, but he always shapes the pieces and makes them his own. (just compare both recordings of Suite No.1)

Again, this is meant with the greatest respect for the players.

Edit: fixed some words (bad English)