Bart Funk Bass Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what perfect two handed damping sounds like ! The guy must have locked himself in a darkened room for five years to get that accurate. 🥺 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandypjb Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Very impressive- so accurate, musical and with loads of ‘feel’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 3 hours ago, musicbassman said: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what perfect two handed damping sounds like ! The guy must have locked himself in a darkened room for five years to get that accurate. 🥺 👍 I think I understand what you mean by two a hand damping......but would you mind explaining all the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) OK, by that I mean : (assuming you're playing with two fingers and you're a right handed player) Damping with the right hand by immediately muting the string with the other finger than that which has just 'plucked' the string. - and also, at the same time immediately muting the string with the left hand by lifitng the finger slightly away from the fretboard as soon as the note has started to sound. I'm no expert at this, I do my best, but when it's done correctly (Joe Dart, indeed) then you get a very, very short percussive note - almost like a synth bass note would be if it had a very short decay. Doing either of these techniques in isolation doesn't produce quite the same 'bite' or 'crunch' to the note, methinks. I'm not suggesting that our Mr Dart is playing every single note like this, but certain phrases there are very clipped. He chooses his note lengths with great precision and that's partly why it sounds so good. (Other opinions about his technique are available) 🙂 Edited October 17, 2021 by musicbassman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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