Golchen Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I don't know if this has shown up here before, but .............. Solo bass playing often seems to descend into un-melodic indulgence that is best saved for behind closed doors, but I just saw this video on YouTube and I thought that it was a beautifully rhythmic and melodic bit of solo bass playing: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3V2Tl4g3s"]LINK HERE[/url] Nice stuff! Quote
thisnameistaken Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 I think we've had a thread on him before. He's a busker in Barcelona, I saw him last year and bunged him a bunch of money, he's a really great player. Quote
silverfoxnik Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 That's the sort of stuff I can hear in my head but can never play.. He has a charm about his playing style; it looks technically challenging to do but he doesn't make it feel or sound like that, which is really cool.. Quote
Golchen Posted November 19, 2008 Author Posted November 19, 2008 Anyone with a better ear/eye than me know roughly what he's doing here technique wise? I can't make out how he's getting so much out of his right hand - I'm something of a newb with the whole slapping thing? Quote
KevB Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) I suspect he's probably played flamenco guitar at some stage, seems to be doing a fair bit of downward finger strumming in association with a busy thumbing slap style. It's actually the thumb stuff I like least, if that was taken out it would probably sound much more musical. Edited November 19, 2008 by KevB Quote
Tracer Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 I had a bit of a search around when I first came across this video and as far as I can tell the guy is called Gustavo Dalfarra, or maybe Gustavo Dal Farra. I really love this piece. Most bass solos are just masturbation, but that's actually music. Quote
Faithless Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Somehow it left me cold. It's probably because he didn't look that concerned about music.. What's that tune, btw, Kiwi? Quote
Bassassin Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='331413' date='Nov 18 2008, 12:37 PM']I think we've had a thread on him before. He's a busker in Barcelona, I saw him last year and bunged him a bunch of money, he's a really great player.[/quote] Saw him too last year - I really don't like this sort of thing ordinarily but he was just mesmerising - lovely fluid technique & superb sense of melody. Jon. Quote
lee4 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Great vid.Type in 12 string bass in the YT search engine...... Quote
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