C to d to e on g string advice

[julietgreen]

I'm keen to do the melody for j'attendrai on double bass for the Hot Club style band that I play in. As I'm newish to dB and I've not been doing melodies so far, I'm seeking advice on which fingering you would use moving from c to d to e and back on the g string as happens in this tune. 

[Burns-bass]

I’d go:

 

First finger (C)

First finger (D)

Fourth finger (E)

Fourth finger (D)

first finger (C)

 

Some great players on here, see what they say!

[Owen]

I would play C with my 4th finger on the D string, D 1st finger on the G string, E 3rd finger on the G, D 1st on G strings and C 4th on the D string. I am FULLY aware this is controversial, but at that position it is very doable.

[NickA]

it depends where you're going after that 2nd C... if you're working back down the neck I'd go 4, 1, 4, 4, 1 all on the G string.  But if you're already up at the neck or planning to stay there, then Owen's fingering is good ( though due to small hands and a big bass, I'd put my 4th not 3rd on that E ).  Also if you have a trendy modern D neck then reaching E with 3  or C with 4 is a stretch ( my bass has an Eb neck, so 5th position is very easy ... hitting an in tune D less so).

 

In the end, there is no one way ..it depends too much on what came before, what follows, how long your fingers are and what kind of bass you have.  Try several fingerings, then stick with the best one for you.

 

 

[philparker]

I think it also depends where you are coming from for the first C and where you are going to after the last C?

 

As a general rule, try to get two notes in for one hand movement or at least eliminate an awkward shift by placing your hand in the best place to reduce the length of shift (to a half-step or whole-step), or the number of shifts for any particular phrase, for the most efficient movement.

 

My bass is a 'D' neck (I didn't know this was trendy-modern!) - if I was coming from down the neck, LH half-position or one-position, and going back down the neck after that phrase: I would play all on the G-string, C-4, shift to position 4 on the neck, D-1, E-4, D-1, and finally C-4 (providing I'm going back down the neck).

 

If I was already high up the neck (position 4 or 5), I would play D String, C-4, half-step shift down, then G-string, D-1, E-4, D-1, if staying in that position, half-step shift up for C-4 on the D-String; or going back down C-4 on the G-String.

 

All the above sounds more complicated written down than I can visualise playing the phrase. Please let us know the notes before and after the start/finish C as that will make a difference.

[philparker]

 

Curiosity got the better of me!

 

Starting at bar 22 with open G, to B to A, then a half-step shift with C-4, D-1, E-4, then as fingerings up to bar 29 G-1 on the 2nd string for better control, reverting back to open G on Bar 30.

 

I have tried it a couple of ways, and each way works, but this one I'm more comfortable with it.

 

Now it can be seen it context, perhaps there will be some other suggestions, but as Nick A says - whatever you're comfortable with!

[NickA]

4 hours ago, philparker said:

My bass is a 'D' neck (I didn't know this was trendy-modern!)

 

Trendy yup. Modern, probs not entirely.

 

Anyway we talked this to bits 4 years ago 😂