From other instruments to double bass

[The Guitar Weasel]

6 minutes ago, hpc364 said:

Well, about theory I'm classical trained, jazz theory is easier.

Terms are different between the two worlds, sometimes jazzers call tonal what is modal in classical music.

When jazzers talk about harmony they overthink what it's supposed to be simple and it's actually simple.

They sometimes play inversions or substitutions thinking they are genius and overthink them with a lot of esoteric and philosophical feelings. Some don't even understand them and hate them, and want the rhythmic section to work like a karaoke tape.

With classical players, you don't have to explain, they know what's happening.

Since nothing is really written, ears are wild open (in a trio context).

Real bass players : they bow.

 

A you mentioned the B word ... the 'horse's bum hair of brilliance stick' 

 

I hear bass players took to using it after hearing Jimmi Page playing his Les Paul with one ...  

Edited 23 hours ago by The Guitar Weasel

[Beer of the Bass]

1 hour ago, hpc364 said:

They say that Scott LaFaro was the first to use low action with gut strings.

I've always been into sax, trumpet and guitar players so I wasn't so interested in piano players so I didn't listened to Bill Evans.

The name of LaFaro sounded so obscure to me because of Ornette Coleman.

Now I can say, I enjoy him more than before, and much more when I knew he started to play the double bass seven years before he died.

 

This is entirely conjecture, but with the melodic approach and dexterity around the instrument that La Faro was going for, I suspect that if he hadn't been sadly lost so early he might have been an enthusiastic convert to light gauge flexible steels like Spiro lights or Lycons through the 60s. You can kind of hear that he's pushing beyond the older type of gut sound, I feel. 

[hpc364]

OK, I put other strings...

 

[Beer of the Bass]

2 hours ago, hpc364 said:

OK, I put other strings...

 

 

Sounds good to me, how are you liking them? 

I feel like there's some more midrange presence compared to the previous video with the black nylons, the attack is nice and the pitch is clearer. 

[hpc364]

9 minutes ago, Beer of the Bass said:

 

Sounds good to me, how are you liking them? 

I feel like there's some more midrange presence compared to the previous video with the black nylons, the attack is nice and the pitch is clearer. 

Thanks and they can be bowed !