Of course you could go about copying cellists, violinists, singers also, but I think you may get more out if copying bassists because you can get closer to the original. You can understand it better, cause you play the same instrument.
I think much of bass playing is at a decent musical level now too, and worthy of imitation. I'm thinking for example of bassists like Furtok, who also have numourus YouTube recordings with which you can actually see which fingers, strings, the contact point and type of vibrato and so on he uses. It helps to see that stuff as well as to hear it.
It makes the process easier and perhaps more rewarding than, lets say, trying to copy Maria Callas.. where you'll basically have to figure it all out on your own and however hard you try, it still won't sound the same as the original, and at some point you will have to admit 'it's a double bass'. Problem is, you might say that too early on and not learn a lot.. Or too late, after much frustration!
If you copy a bassist, you can't say that.. there are no excuses. You just have to push yourself..
I think much of bass playing is at a decent musical level now too, and worthy of imitation. I'm thinking for example of bassists like Furtok, who also have numourus YouTube recordings with which you can actually see which fingers, strings, the contact point and type of vibrato and so on he uses. It helps to see that stuff as well as to hear it.
It makes the process easier and perhaps more rewarding than, lets say, trying to copy Maria Callas.. where you'll basically have to figure it all out on your own and however hard you try, it still won't sound the same as the original, and at some point you will have to admit 'it's a double bass'. Problem is, you might say that too early on and not learn a lot.. Or too late, after much frustration!
If you copy a bassist, you can't say that.. there are no excuses. You just have to push yourself..
