Right. For some reason I never thought to much about actually adjusting my bridge. I may check into that. As far as bluegrass slap goes its super easy. You abandon the idea of "picking a note". I create an inadvertent note when I release the strings with my slapping hand. Almost an uppick if you will It's easy to keep time in that manner. I think it sounds very good. It may not. I notice bluegrass players seem to not like my approach. Oh well. I don't play bluegrass anyway. I play punkgrass. I'm not sure what the aesthetic protocol is for bluegrass bass. I'm just making my own for punkgrass bass. Chaz Worm - singer, bass, banjo Earth, Worm, &, Fire and Electric Light Opry
Do you mean like the rhythmic bluegrass slapping technique? I've always wanted to learn how to play like that one of these days.
Have you ever thought about bridge adjusters so you can have the best of both worlds? Only takes a few secs for me to change my string height. On Dec 19, 2011, at 9:51 AM, chaz worm wrote: Thanx. I play my upright in a very rhythmic capacity and in order to do so my strings are extremely tall. There are many trade offs to this setup. It's good for a nice percussive tone. The scale is shorter. My favorite is that guitar players and other bass players only attempt to play bass for a few seconds and abandon it disgusted. I like that.
The problem is its very hard to play past the 5th position. Chaz Worm - singer, bass, banjo Earth, Worm, &, Fire and Electric Light Opry
Thanks Chaz! As bassists we do have to deal with a higher action then we'd like to…. especially playing orchestral bass because you don't want the strings to buzz on the fingerboard when your pounding out some spiccato.
My advice in the upper register is to learn to use your relaxed left arm weight to your advantage to help you really make sure that string is closed down but in a relaxed state. The right arm advice is to experiment with your bow placement, bow speed, and bow weight to get the sound you want. For the high register I like to bow pretty close to the bridge, faster bow speed, with enough weight to pull out a complex tone(from partials) It's hard to describe this stuff by typing an email but I hope it helps with the double bass practice!
Merry Christmas Looping Brethren On Dec 18, 2011, at 2:06 AM, chaz worm wrote: That was amazing. So inspiring I may practice my upright bass. To bow such a nice high register how high is your action? Sounded very cello-like. Chaz Worm - singer, bass, banjo Earth, Worm, &, Fire and Electric Light Opry
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