Intonation - Christian McBride | 2 Minute Jazz

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Having trouble with intonation? Christian McBride breaks down the keys to playing in tune.
Christian McBride is a six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning bassist/composer who, since the early ‘90s, has recorded over 300 dates as a sideman and released albums as a leader since ’95. Aside from various stints with Sting, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, John McLaughlin, and George Duke, among others, McBride has been artist-in-residence and artistic director with organizations such as Jazz Aspen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Jazz Museum in Harlem, Jazz House Kids, and NJPAC (New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark). McBride tours consistently with his bands New Jawn and Tip City. He also fronts the Christian McBride Big Band, whose Mack Avenue Records recording, The Good Feeling, won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2012-his third win overall. On September 22, 2017, Christian McBride’s Big Band will release their sophomore album, Bringin’ It. While he continues his role as Artistic Director for the Montclair Jazz Festival, 2017 also marked his first year in the same role for the critically acclaimed Newport Jazz Festival.
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Intonation! Here's one tool that will really help you develop your intonation. These guys: Your ears! Your ears tell you when you're in tune and when you're out of tune.
Actually, there's another tool that will help you discover that. Just using your body. When you're out of tune on your
instrument, you can actually feel a vibration that's a little fast. It's a, it's an uncomfortable vibration.
Listen to this. You don't feel much of a vibration there. It's pretty in tune right? Now watch this. Feel that wave? It's like gibberish like the air kind of jacks up, you know? Like your bass almost starts shaking. It almost starts wobbling. But when it's in tune, physically your bass goes "*sigh* thank you."
So make sure you pay attention and make the adjustments and use this. It can always uncover all of the weaknesses. The bow always uncovers the weaknesses.
Don't use any vibrato either.
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