Double Bass verdi- new technique!

[Bijoux]

I was working on Giuseppe Verdi Requiem today, and there is this chromatic passage on "sanctus" that I was cleaning it up. Then I saw a youtube video by a colleague showing how it's done.
this is real funny!
it happens at 1:46

 

[MDEbass]

That's hilarious.

 

[Les Fret]

why is that called advanced Stanley Clarke fingering?

 

[JoeyNaeger]

Cheaters...I suppose it worked though.

 

[derob]

Probably the best thing I've ever seen on talkbass.

 

[Bijoux]

Cheaters...I suppose it worked though.

It's an interesting subject...
I like to go see orchestral music as much as I can. And a lot of times I sit ridiculously close to the basses. lol And it's funny that I hear about auditions and such, strings, intonation, and also about the instruments that the guys are playing. But often times when I hear the guys real close It's very hard to tell if I am hearing their articulation. In fact my teacher sometimes, tells me that it's Ok in certain places to go for the "sound", although you should always strive to gets things right. But, the truth is that he'll play a passage in the most legit sort of way, an then he'll play the same passage again right in front of me, sort of like faking it, or cheating as you say, and it sounds very close to the right way of doing it.
So far, I personally like to get things right for my own sake. I practice with the metronome for hours trying to speed things up and clean them up nicely.
I guess, I play other styles of music for a living and i do the Community orchestra thing just for pleasure. So I wouldn't wanna fake that, I guess... unless i have some real issues with technique and such, and maybe need more time to fix those problems.

 

[bejoyous]

Man...all those hours of practicing chromatic scales for nothing!

 

[Bruce Jackson]

I love it!

 

[SAlcott]

Now we need some footage of the "storm" in Beethoven 6.

 

[Mike Saville]

LOL As I thought, you need to play much better to get in the orchestra than when you are already in it!!!

 

[Bijoux]

LOL As I thought, you need to play much better to get in the orchestra than when you are already in it!!!

+1

 

[MonetBass]

That is hilarious. Can't say I've never pulled something similar, though...

 

[Bruce Jackson]

You've got to admire the guy who turned on the camera during a concert for our benefit. I have trouble making page turns and this guy's shooting video.

 

[Square Bear]

i just played gliere 4 pieces on a solo recital a couple weeks ago. there's some chromatic descending scales in the tarantella that i used a similar technique for. i practiced it though and made every attempt to play each note perfectly in tune still. half of these guys aren't even close in this video, but it doesn't really matter too much since you can't hear them anyways. they're just not trying. chromatic scales are pretty easy compared to a lot of other things, and i don't know why you would bother to use this technique in this instance. it's just sloppy and senseless.

 

[MonkeyBass]

That's not cheating at all!! I used to do that same thing in my orchestra days.

By the way Bijoux, say 'hi' to Donna, Brian, and Eric for me.