Your Sound Is Your Signature - Christian McBride | 2 Minute Jazz

Christian McBride breaks down the keys to developing your
signature sound on the acoustic bass. 


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Your sound is your signature. Lot of things you can do to get a
good sound.


I'll tell you a few things you don't need to do. You don't need
to raise you strings way high off the fingerboard. You don't have
to pull the strings so far back like you're about to shoot off an
arrow. You don't need to do any of that.


Keep your strings at a nice height, maybe .9, one whole
centimeter off the fingerboard. Play without an amp, especially
when you practice. Don't move your right hand around too much
while you play. You dont wanna... See the guys doing the bird
when they play? Start flapping their hands, almost like a
chicken. They think somehow physically it makes them swing
harder. It just makes you tired, that's all. You don't need all
that movement, just right in there. And keep your thumb locked.
See my right thumb? Whoops! It's not going all in here. Keep
it locked.


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Check out Christian's "Fundamentals of Jazz Bass and Beyond"
available from Open Studio:
https://www.openstudionetwork.com/project/fjb-overview/


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