Great lessons Yuri! My question is how hard do you pluck the strings when playing. I find it very hard to hear myself a lot of times. At some point it can't get any louder and suffer from fatigue ,bad intonation and speed. The way bass was designed it projects outward the player himself doesn't hear himself. With amplifications sometimes its so boomy there's no definition in the notes. Would love to hear how you deal with this common problems.Thank you!
Thank you, and thanks for a great question re the “force” one may need to apply! The immediate answer: as little as possible :) But... When you comp, it’s wise to use as much of the arm’s weight (so to speak) as possible, therefore not forcing fingers, but rather helping them with your arm (avoiding deliberate excess movements though), using its weight. When soloing - this can be different, especially for faster runs when you need to place your RH differently and use quite a light touch - except if when you need to play some slower and expressive melodies and can use a method fairy similar to that of comping. I’ll be doing a video on the RH solo technique very shortly, hope to shed some light onto this! And I don’t think there’s a need to be “louder”: nearly all gigs are amped anyway, so it is rather the question of amplification, and when you solo, it’s always great to have sensitive enough partners on stage that’d lower their own volumes to make sure you can cut through clearly. Should you be unhappy with their “response”, it is something you could work at in rehearsals!
Hello Yuri. A request for a future video or series of videos: would you please talk about/demonstrate how you use counterpoint and other harmonic tools(e.g. voice leading, double stops, etc.) to play standards in a solo bass performance? Or even on simpler progressions, like I IV V or I VI II V? Thanks!
Hi Mark, thank you for this interesting thought. The original aim of my tutorials was merely to cover some basics as sometimes, I get to see students (and not only...) lacking some essential fundamentals of playing technique which, seemingly, just haven't been really explained to them when they should have been. What you are suggesting would be quite an advanced "musical" talk... but I am glad you brought this up, as there are, indeed, a few things I feel are worth sharing - especially those that concern phrasing, sound and dynamics vs time, so your request gives me even more inclination to do bring this all up! Will hopefully do that during the summer!
You mean, smth like Bb-Eb-Ab in the thumb position (bottom to top)? Fingering: 1-2-3 :) Although this isn’t a great piece of an advice as to answer it properly, I’d need to see the context. Se vuoi, puoi inviarmi quell’esempio in PDF, così potrò darne un’occhiata.... yuriobass @ gmail.com
Thanks, Yuri, much appreciated!
Please keep posting!
Guess I also gotta get a double bass now that I know your channel exists 😂😂😂
@ 1:03 This one? Henry Eccless - Sonata in G minor ?
Yes, correct!
Great lessons Yuri! My question is how hard do you pluck the strings when playing. I find it very hard to hear myself a lot of times.
At some point it can't get any louder and suffer from fatigue ,bad intonation and speed. The way bass was designed it projects outward the player himself doesn't hear himself.
With amplifications sometimes its so boomy there's no definition in the notes. Would love to hear how you deal with this common problems.Thank you!
Thank you, and thanks for a great question re the “force” one may need to apply!
The immediate answer: as little as possible :) But...
When you comp, it’s wise to use as much of the arm’s weight (so to speak) as possible, therefore not forcing fingers, but rather helping them with your arm (avoiding deliberate excess movements though), using its weight.
When soloing - this can be different, especially for faster runs when you need to place your RH differently and use quite a light touch - except if when you need to play some slower and expressive melodies and can use a method fairy similar to that of comping. I’ll be doing a video on the RH solo technique very shortly, hope to shed some light onto this!
And I don’t think there’s a need to be “louder”: nearly all gigs are amped anyway, so it is rather the question of amplification, and when you solo, it’s always great to have sensitive enough partners on stage that’d lower their own volumes to make sure you can cut through clearly. Should you be unhappy with their “response”, it is something you could work at in rehearsals!
Thank you so much Yuri for your answers!
Hello Yuri. A request for a future video or series of videos: would you please talk about/demonstrate how you use counterpoint and other harmonic tools(e.g. voice leading, double stops, etc.) to play standards in a solo bass performance? Or even on simpler progressions, like I IV V or I VI II V? Thanks!
Hi Mark, thank you for this interesting thought.
The original aim of my tutorials was merely to cover some basics as sometimes, I get to see students (and not only...) lacking some essential fundamentals of playing technique which, seemingly, just haven't been really explained to them when they should have been.
What you are suggesting would be quite an advanced "musical" talk... but I am glad you brought this up, as there are, indeed, a few things I feel are worth sharing - especially those that concern phrasing, sound and dynamics vs time, so your request gives me even more inclination to do bring this all up! Will hopefully do that during the summer!
@@yuriobass Excellent! I enjoy the posts on basics. Looking forward to checking out whatever you end up sharing...
What about stacked fourths on 3 strings? I'm dealing with such situation right these days... heeelp!
You mean, smth like Bb-Eb-Ab in the thumb position (bottom to top)? Fingering: 1-2-3 :) Although this isn’t a great piece of an advice as to answer it properly, I’d need to see the context.
Se vuoi, puoi inviarmi quell’esempio in PDF, così potrò darne un’occhiata.... yuriobass @ gmail.com
@@yuriobass sent to yuriobass@gmail.com! Just checking, is the ''o'' a typo?