Double Bass vomit?

[CTakacs]

hi all - i just returned from the KarrKamp in Victoria BC. if you get a chance, go!! esp. if you are an arco player.

i talked to Gary Karr and he said to say: "Gary Karr says the vomit exercise is a right hand bowing exercise."

which is true. we did it every morning for 45 minutes, 5 days a week. it works you on slow bowing, close to the bridge, and using your shoulder/arm.

it also - works on your left arm and your familiarity with the fingerboard, etc.

BUT the main drive behind it is working on the right hand.

yes, you start on Bb (or Ab if you are in solo tuning). start with first finger, go up and back down through two octaves.
then first finger to second finger, up 2 octaves.
then first finger to third ....

then first to fourth, up onlhy one octave and back

then start on second finger, go up and back to first, then second .....

then third ...

then fourth..

do it slowly. should take you about 45 minutes. and you should feel the muscles around and below your shoulder blade.

Craig

craig is 100% right, except he left out super vomit . the main focus of vomit is the right arm. as gary says, "every note has its own speed limit" and this is what vomit is all about. on the shift up, the bow does not chang to the speed of the highest note untill it finally reaches that note. on the shift down, the bow changes to the speed of the lowest note as soon as the shift begins. and it does not matter which note you start on. this exercise is about the bow, not the notes, and also as a stretch for the back muscles.

and i would also recommend Karr Kamp to anyone who enjoys playing bass (which i assume is most of you).

craig, i wish you slow bow, flat hair, and a very raised bass.

 

[THE SAW]

Vomit?

See the thread on the Mahler solo.