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Post 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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Post 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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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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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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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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