One fingering for all harmonic minor scales on the double bass

[@josesegura5340]

Hi Chris, are you considering posting any new videos soon? I love your approach

[@chriswestbass]

Hi Jose, thanks for your kind comment. I hope you saw my recent video about bowing exercises and I certainly plan to do more when I have a moment. I’ve been so busy! So many orchestras in the UK seem to need a guest principal double bass right now. Good luck with your playing!

[@jonnyalbino69]

This series of videos, is by far, the best double bass technique series on KZbin! thanks for sharing all your knowledge and expertise Chris! As a jazz player we have to sometimes encounter the unusual 'Harmonic Major' scale, a major scale with a lowered 6th, if you were going to devise a good fingering for this scale how would you approach it? many thanks

[@chriswestbass]

Thanks Jonny, that's very kind of you! I'll give your question some thought and get back to you.

[@chriswestbass]

After thinking about this scale, which I’d not come across before, my first approach was to modify the major scale, fingering 1424 1224 124 1224. But if it doesn’t take you too high up the string you might want to end an octave 2412 rather than repeat the 2.

[@jonnyalbino69]

@@chriswestbass Hi Chris, thanks very much for taking the time to think about this, that makes perfect sense! Welcome to the strange world of the fourth forgotten scale..

[@8r0ck]

Hello, for the C scale it looks like for the G harmonic note you use a thumb going up, but the 2nd finger going down, is this correct and could you please explain why? I didn't notice that on other scales

[@chriswestbass]

No, on the way up I am playing the G on 2 also. (The thumb is over the F I have just played.) All these fingerings are the same on the way up as on the way down.

[@8r0ck]

@@chriswestbassAh gotcha, thanks very much

[@ericweultjes9281]

The E scale you start with is a major.....

[@chriswestbass]

No it’s not. EF#GABCD#E is E harmonic minor.