Mike Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hi all - my work on double continues. Carrying on through Simandl up to III position and trying to play as much music (apart from scales and exercise) as I can to keep things musical. I'm fairly sure I can walk a jazz blues "correctly" (in terms of fingering that my classical teacher would approve of!) but I was wondering if anyone had a double bass fingering blues transcription. If so would much appreciate it. My teacher is £50 p/hr and money is a little tight for me right now so would appreciate the help! Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 FWIW I am confident playing jazz and blues on electric bass and am more concerned with correct finger work than the actual approach to walking - not saying of course that there's not much more to learn, more that I am interested in how players are fingering certain shapes and ideas. I do a lot of transcribing but of course that doesn't help with the fingering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I have no such transcriptions (dots but no fingerings) but wanted to raise something that Neil Tarlton mentions in his beginning scales books, something I found really useful. IIRC, he calls it 'preparation'. In a nutshell, it relates to the movement of the relevant finger to the appropriate position [i]before[/i] it is needed not when it is needed. So, if you are in half positon and playing an Eb on the D string and the next note you require is a G on the E string, you should move your thrid/little finger to above the G so it is ready to play it as soon as possible. I found this concept resulted in a firmer time feel to my lines and phrases. In terms of the OP, I find the actual [i]search[/i] for fingerings to be one of the more substantial learning activities available and am not sure I would want to be shown the way. Each to his own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Hughes Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Check this out - it's not so much a walking transcription with fingerings but melodies with fingerings instead, working up from simple to advanced. For about £6 plus postage it's well worth it. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-Top-Left-Hand-Technique/dp/1423489535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304420269&sr=8-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-Top-Left...0269&sr=8-1[/url] (it did make me laugh (in desperation) when Andy writes that 'Teen Town' is a 'Great example of a line that is well suited to the instrument'. He may well be right, but he may well also be Superman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Just bought the book Gareth recommended for £7.78 at the Book Depository, bizarrely it seems to have went up in price to £8.07 immediately after I bought it! [url="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-on-Top-Andy-McKee/9781423489535"]http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-...e/9781423489535[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Thanks very much - looks like a good book, I'll buy it now. Cheers again! If anyone still has what I'm after I'd be grateful too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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