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grozoeil
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Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:49 am Posts: 1664
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Gary Willis tip
As a former bass player, I used to be a huge fan of Gary Willis. I just found this video with a very funny and useful tip to work upon dynamics. I wonder if this tip could be applied to the Stick.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGLq60U_VM[/youtube]
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Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:41 pm |
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Alain
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Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:02 am Posts: 2586 Location: Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
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Re: Gary Willis tip
If you play your stronger attack on the "and" you're really close to the jazz feeling of the 8th notes swing understanding...
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and weak stong weak strong weak strong weak strong
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Thu Mar 05, 2015 1:54 pm |
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Tatsu
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Joined: Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:35 am Posts: 1210 Location: Indonesia
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Re: Gary Willis tip
Playing stronger "ands" is more modern than traditional swing. Coltrane took it a step further and could play short, long. That's more difficult.
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Alain
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Re: Gary Willis tip
Tatsu wrote: Playing stronger "ands" is more modern than traditional swing. Coltrane took it a step further and could play short, long. That's more difficult. Not too long Tatsu...that is exactly where I can hear a "simili jazz swing"...in fact I don't like it when it's too long. Many schools try to explain this swing in 2 different ways...The first 8th note is played with a dot (longer) and of course the second one is shorter...or...the 2 first notes of a triplet are tied and the last is played appart. The way I hear it, it's a combination of these 2 techniques without exageration combined with what we see in this video.
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Luc
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Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:59 am Posts: 2593 Location: Maine
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Re: Gary Willis tip
Yeah, that "dotted eighth with sixteenth" swing ... I do not dig it, except in very rare cases. Sounds very clumsy and awkward to me (again, most of the time). Or maybe I just need to hear it done well more often... Meanwhile, give me that beautiful, lush, rolling triplet-feel swing.
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