This is a repost so people can see it here instead of having to use a link.
Btw, I tried to edit the audio to make it sound crisp and like it was in a concert hall, since I filmed it on Iphone. It was really muddy from the normal audio, but I definitely overdid the reverb here. STILL EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS THOUGH!
Hey guys, I've been playing bass for 5 months, and I feel like there are a lot of things I need to improve. I'd like to find some videos or recommendations to help me get better—a YouTube channel, a specific video, anything I can do regularly to improve.
Also, I don't know if I should learn a song by heart, since everything I play is by watching a YouTube video while I play along. For example, I play "How Deep Is Your Love" while watching a video, so I don't know if I need to memorize it or learn something more. I know scales in theory, but I haven't gone into much more detail. I can barely identify the notes on the bass and play the scale in different positions, mostly C major.
I hope you can help me!
I'm a violist and I've been playing bass for about 20 hours total. Is it normal for my left hand to hurt this much (from squeezing the neck so hard) at first, or am I doing something severely wrong? Right arm and hand isn't too bad but the technique is very different than what I'm used to
So I just picked up the upright bass and I'm planning to learn it this summer. I'm looking for advice or any resources I can go to in order to help me properly learn the basic scales and finger positions. I know a a little bit as I've played a few other instruments in the past, but I don't know enough to really get me started on the bass. Any tips, tricks, or sources that may help? Any gegneral advice is very helpful as well.
I have been looking for something pickups for my stand up bass and a pre amp for it. My research has not been helpful so I need help. I’m looking for pickups and a pre amp for my stand up bass which is a 3/4. I am currently renting it so I want it so I can take it out and put I my on a different bass later in life. I love to mess around with pedals on my bass guitar and recently got to do that with a stand up so that’s why I’m trying to figure out how to do this. I am also limited to around $300.
Hello! I played professionally, my friend is a professional violinist and budding bluegrass bassist. Her boyfriend wants to buy her a pickup for her birthday- but, unfortunately, her bridge doesn't have risers so I can't recommend the Full Circle or the New Realist. I use the Full Circle as well as the Revolution Solo II; I love them both but I can't recommend the Revolution Solo II because it is incredibly particular, especially fitting it in the wing, and I feel like I got lucky.
She wants a darker sound so I would recommend the copper Realist but surely there is something better, I find the copper Realist to be so lacking in highs and mids that you can't get clarity and articulation no matter how many EQ pedals you stack together. Is there anything else that anybody would recommend for a darker, thumpy double bass pickup that works for pizz and arco that does not require an adjustable bridge?
EDIT: budget is $300, $400 max
Classically trained in high school, I grew up with the founding member of Spyrogyra back in Smithtown, N.Y. and play a lot of jazz. I was invited into the band, but decided to finish college and go another way in my life. Did not see touring as fun.
So, at 23, I sold my upright, bought a P-bass and kind of/sorta played over the years, but nothing serious.
About 13 years ago, I got a call from a friend saying, "I hear you used to play the bass. My son played the bass, but he stopped and his is sitting in the basement. Why don't you take it for as long as you would like and have some fun". YEAH! Changed my life. I am now in a very large group of jammers and am the bassist for a Country/Bluegrass band for 12 of those years.
The point is, you can always get back to it, even though your hands are going to hurt for a year!
Hey, I just got the score for my all state nyssma audition. I got a 99… what are the chances of me getting into NY All-State?
For context, I come from a very nyssma popular zone, and played the second movement of the Bottesini Concerto no. 2 (a relatively harder, but beautiful piece)
Specifically five strings with a high c. I feel like tuning with a f# b e a d would be really nice for solo playing and hitting insane notes no one would expect from basses
My bass needs a top replacement and I’m curious where to find a top. I’ve looked all over the internet to try and find one and I can’t. There’s replacements for necks/fingerboards/tuning pegs/tailpiece and just about anything else but a top. Where can I find one? Or is it something luthiers and techs usually need to make by hand for an instrument? Thanks guys
Howdy!
What would be the best bass stand for live use? Does not need to be light. Has to be stable and sturdy enough to withstand the rigors of the road and easy enough to use when bass is placed on it and taken off several times during a gig.
Thanks!
Hi everyone, today I found this bass in a shop and I wanted to know what is it. Can anyone help me?
The brand is "Impegnativo" and the pick up are "Wilkinson".
I've played the cello for 2 years, and I am getting bored of it. When I first started with my cello, I knew that I would eventually transition to bass, I just wanted to learn how to read bass clef. I just got fitted for a bass, and I found out that the strings are diffrent. Any tips on how to get used to bass and how to put my cello skills to good use on my bass?
I’m a jazz bass player trying to learn orchestral bass, and I’m struggling with the Playful Pizzicato mvt. of Britten’s simple symphony. Any advice besides slow practice?
I’m getting into jazz bass. I’ve noticed there’s a ton of material on walking basslines everywhere : books, videos, online resources. But when I listen to more advanced jazz, especially later periods up to current contemporary music, walking bass is much less prominent compared to early jazz. What are they doing instead when supporting the soloist?
I totally respect the tradition of learning to walk, but it seems like most educational material stops there. There’s not much discussion about the more evolved ways of playing jazz bass in later periods up till today.
Can anyone recommend sources (books, videos, artists to transcribe, etc.) or explain what players from later eras to today are actually doing on the bass? Thanks.
the sound of an octobass in this piece and this church is sending me to a different plane of being. lol
Wasn’t looking at a tuner but I tried. Can’t reliably find the notes yet but the instruments very satisfying
Just to clarify, I wanted to start playing double basses and there are no local shops that offer renting, plus if I did get one I’d want to be able to keep it going on to college cause I’m currently in my sophomore year and I’m not looking for anything temporary . My budget is around $2.5k and I’m fairly interested in both classical and jazz, but I’m more jazz-sided. I’ve looked at a few like the Frans Hoffmann Amadeus at Shar Music and the Shen SB88 at various places, but I want to make sure before buying one I don’t make a mistake that’ll hurt me in the future. Does anyone have any upright bass recommendations that’ll accommodate my $2500 budget? I really need help on this and any recommendations would be deeply appreciated. Thank you.
From a Google search I could find the first publication in french on IMSLP, and later extremely edited editions that might as well be different methods altogether.
I understand there is an English translation of the original. Does anyone have it?
