Right Hand Pizzicato Technique Perspectives

[@kevinellis8947]

I notice that in every one of these examples, quarter notes are being played. Let me see sixteenth notes being played, or musical turns. You are very limited when using that one finger technique when playing melodies or when soloing. Ron Carter, for example: I love Ron, but I cannot watch him play. His fingers look as if they're tied together, as if he has arthritis. It's actually painful to look at.

[@jameswasil8961]

Thanks to everybody who demonstrated their technique. There was something I took away from each person! I wish I could thank everybody in person!

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

All of these folks are great. Thanks for watching!

[@pibroch]

Poor old Rufus' plucking technique comparison at the start of his segment was flawed. He was using the side of his finger to demonstrate his favoured technique and the tip of his finger to make the weaker sound. That's mostly what created the contrasting sounds, not his arm movements! lol

[@FrancoGrimoldi]

so great to see marco here!

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Amen to that! I was thrilled that he was generous enough to join the series!

[@lawrencelevinson]

Amazing video! The world needed this one. Huge thanks @Chris

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Thanks, and please share!

[@fruitypebbles803]

When I saw the name Lynn I got all excited you featured a female bass player. 😢 At least there is a woman coming up at the end.

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Yes, but Emma plays great! Natalie Boeyink is also featured in another of the compilation videos.

[@fruitypebbles803]

@@chrisfitzgerald8356 Yes I really enjoyed seeing Emma‘s take on things. She had a different way of approaching fingering and tone evenness I’ve not seen before in the last few days that I’ve been watching upright bass videos on KZbin. I’ll take a look at the other compilation videos. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@fruitypebbles803]

@@chrisfitzgerald8356 Also, it’s just nice seeing a woman playing bass well. Representation matters. I think the upright bass is the coolest instrument ever and want to start learning it, but I start to get a little worried when I see only big burly guys playing it. I used to play jazz/classical trumpet in high school, back in the 90s, and I got a lot of shit from guys who wouldn’t let me play with them because “you need to have cojones to play the trumpet“. I was also told that if I showed up at the jazz club where they were playing someone would smash my mouthpiece in a door to permanently bend the shaft because they don’t like women (or white people) playing there. That was their way of keeping out outsiders. I hope the upright bass world is not like that. So far all the upright bass people I have seen online seem pretty cool, but I always have a little bit of doubt lurking in the back of my mind after my experiences with playing trumpet. Thanks for being a pretty cool guy yourself!

[@fruitypebbles803]

@@chrisfitzgerald8356 Also, it’s just nice seeing a woman playing bass well. Representation matters. I think the upright bass is the coolest instrument ever and want to start learning it, but I start to get a little worried when I see only big burly guys playing it. I used to play jazz/classical trumpet in high school, back in the 90s, and I got a lot of shit from guys who wouldn’t let me play with them because “you need to have cojones to play the trumpet“. I was also told that if I showed up at the jazz club where they were playing someone would smash my mouthpiece in a door to permanently bend the shaft because they don’t like women (or white people) playing there. They’d also beaten people up who didn’t belong there in the alley behind the club. That was their way of keeping out outsiders. I hope the upright bass world is not like that. So far all the upright bass people I have seen online seem pretty cool, but I always have a little bit of doubt lurking in the back of my mind after my experiences with playing trumpet. Thanks for being a pretty cool guy yourself!

[@davidfreel1451]

Terrific document you have produced here Chris. I am a classical guitarist and really enjoying these insights from a related instrument and technique. I am particularly enjoying the bass players perspectives on 'downstrokes'. We classical guitarists tend to tire very quickly during two finger alternation. We are so desperate to maintain a 'correct' hand position that our wrists can become inflexible and we tire easily. The forearm rest stroke is a great place allow 'tension breaking'. The other tremendous advantage of conscious forearm rest stroking is that it quickly teaches us that accuracy and stability are not functions of stillness but instead of a flexibility. I am loving this series as I am trying to move towards improvised unaccompanied playing and there is a gaping whole where my bass lines should be through which the entire twentieth century might fall (as you can see kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYKvfKODgaulh9U ) so I really appreciate all of the terrifically structured advice and practice approaches that you have worked with such discipline and humility to refine and deliver on this channel. Cheers !

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Thanks, David. I completely understand, since my early training some 35 years ago was on classical guitar. I was taught a very stiff sort of technique with a bent wrist and have been trying to correct ever since.

[@cpaterso28]

cool beginning!!!!!

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Thanks! As I told someone earlier today, the moment I thought of doing the "Jacob Collier" style intro, I knew it be cool, and also knew it would be a total time vampire to edit together with my meager video editing chops. I was right on both counts!

[@srikanthnarayanan]

Hi, what software did you use to do that on your Mac?

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Hi Sriknath, I used Final Cut Pro X for the videos. It's really intuitive and easy - even a technodummy like me can figure it out!

[@ozgurbezgin6200]

Great video Chris. Thank you.

[@chrisfitzgerald8356]

Thank you!