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Taming Your Fretting Hand, Part 1
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IF YOU’RE AT ALL SERIOUS ABOUT
cultivating good bass technique, you’ve
probably thought about re-examining how
you use your fretting hand. Finger-to-finger
exercises can help you develop the
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The Bass In Brazil Beyond Samba
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Nilson MattaNILSON MATTA, ONE OF THE TOP JAZZ
upright players to come out of Brazil, considers
himself a lucky man. “I’m very privileged
to be born in Brazil,” he says. “Our
music is very rich,
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Tree Or Slab? The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 2
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Reggie WashingtonLAST MONTH, WE HEARD THE WORD
about doubling on acoustic and electric
bass—the gospel according to Reggie Washington,
Brian Bromberg, Tim Lefebrve, and
Reggie Hamilton. This
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Dog House & Pork Chop: The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 1
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EVERY BASSIST HAS A STORY.
Doubling bassists tell two stories—how they
came to play the slab, and how they learned
to play the tree. The slab (the electric bass
guitar) is the kissing cousin of
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The Man With The Golden Thumb
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The following is an excerpt from BASS PLAYER
Presents: Slap Masters, a special issue on newsstands
for a limited time. It’s packed with tons
of tips from intrepid thumpers like
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Doubling: Multi-Bass-Tasking
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IT’S NOT MULTITASKING—IT’S MULTI bass-
tasking. Playing both upright bass and
bass guitar is rewarding, but the two instruments
have as many differences as similarities.
Switching between
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Double The Fun!
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IN THE YEAR 1542, THE ITALIAN
instrument maker Silvestro Ganassi was
looking for a bass player, but there weren’t
any to be found—the profession “bassist” did
not yet exist. Ganassi had created a
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Style Study: Mark Adams Of Slave
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BY E. E. BRADMAN WITH BRIAN FOX
Mark Adams (third from right) and Slave.
BACK IN THE DAY, FEW REGIONS COULD
top the state of Ohio’s groove-a-licious contributions
to the
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Bass Odd-ity
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IN THIS COLUMN WE WILL BEGIN TO
unlock the mystery of playing in odd meters—
time signatures outside conventional “Western”
meters of 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, etc. To start,
we’ll look at one of the more
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How to Spell Right ... er, Write Correctly
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“A SYNONYM IS A WORD YOU USE WHEN
you can’t spell the word you first thought
of,” said Burt Bacharach. The hugely successful
songwriter knows what he is talking
about when it comes to music,
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Transcribe!
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“I USED TO TAKE A BASS HOME FROM
school and practice with those records every
day. That’s where I got my style,” said Ray
Brown. The year was 1976, and I was listening
to Ray on an educational
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Instant Impression Mick Karn, Part 2
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BY STEVIE GLASGOW
LAST MONTH, WE CELEBRATED THE
life and legacy of Mick Karn—who passed
away earlier this year—by examining his
tenure with Japan and looking at Mick’s
considerable solo
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The Bass In Latin America Peruvian Grooves
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From left: Joscha Oetz, Edward Perez, and Oscar Stagnaro BY MARLON BISHOP
BORED OF PLAYING IN 4/4? NEVER mind modern jazz and its crazy meters. For a real mind-bending rhythm
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Stu Hamm's Counter-Sliding Harmonic Chords
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“Windsor Mews” contains a technique you call “counter-sliding harmonic chords.” Can you explain that concept? This is something I have been working on for some time, and both “Windsor Mews” and
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Masters Of Illusion
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NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T.
Great magicians have a way of making the
impossible seem real. At the turn of the last
century, Harry Houdini toured the world,
challenging local authorities to
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