Getting around the Grand Stick.
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piratebruce
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Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:28 am Posts: 1055 Location: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
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Getting around the Grand Stick.
I'm shifting some of the stuff I do on the ALTO over to the Grand, its a big stretch, literally. Here's one I tried on the Grand for the first time last night. A little loose , but it will come together in a few days. Part arranged , part improv possibly because I'm a bit lazy and dont have much time. Tacked on at the end is something I'm getting together as part of a piece I call Steve's Trick Bag, for obvious reasons. Cheers , B [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSwICbNHM-g[/youtube]
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Fri May 27, 2016 10:50 pm |
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Captain Strings
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Joined: Thu May 30, 2013 2:45 pm Posts: 792 Location: Sylmar, California
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
A grand stick is comparable to a tenor sax. It covers about the same ground and is a good overall range that covers a very usable musical average. it has enough penetration into the bass realm to be quite useful in most modern music plus high register too.
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Sat May 28, 2016 1:14 am |
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Jayesskerr
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Awesome stuff, Bruce. You can definitely recognize the SA bass compass, and the slaps and slides. Cool. I love the overall feel you have, really nice playing!
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Sat May 28, 2016 7:05 am |
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Alain
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Like it!!!
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bachdois
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Bruce is an amazing player regardless of which Stick he is using. I'm a huge fan, plus he is a very funny man. On top of it, he's one of those guys that says something in 30 seconds that take you a hole day to fully understand. as I said: I'm a fan Sent by Tapatalk
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Stickrad
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
I loved watching this today Bruuuuuuuuce.
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rclere
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Joined: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:53 am Posts: 1518 Location: Seattle, WAq
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Nice Bruce.... really like your left hand and your tone!! And who said pirates couldn't hold a tune.
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Sun May 29, 2016 8:57 am |
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mike kemp
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Hi Bruce. Total agreement with others on the Bass side tone. Mine only sounds like that with brand new strings! Am I understanding correctly that this was originally played on an alto Stick? Very fun playing you are doing there!
Mike
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Mon May 30, 2016 6:06 am |
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Lee Vatip
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Good work Mr. Pirate. Looking forward to hearing the evolution of your explorations. Keep in touch.
Steve A
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Mon May 30, 2016 7:29 am |
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piratebruce
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Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:28 am Posts: 1055 Location: Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
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Re: Getting around the Grand Stick.
Hi Mike, yep , almost brand new those strings, so that probably explains it. Signal path was into a Radial JDI passive DI & then straight to ProTools. Originally this evolved on the Alto Stick & out at open Mics I always do it on the Alto , at a slightly quicker tempo than in the video. I think it will go well on the Grand now with some fine tuning .
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