I TRIED TO LEARN THE UPRIGHT BASS IN A WEEK 🎶 I THING INSIDE THE BOX
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2019
- This month's box from Thomann for #THINGINSIDETHEBOX was filled with an instrument, I've never really paid much attention to before. Find out how my week went. #AD
(I'm also bringing you along to my songwriting session)
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WHAT IS "THING INSIDE THE BOX"?
Thomann is going to send me a mystery box every month and challenge me with whatever’s inside. It could be an instrument, new equipment or anything else music related.
I’m going to take you along with me and capture my progress each and every day and if there’s anything else exciting happening that week, you’ll get to see that as well.
I will then incorporate the instrument/equipment etc. into one of my videos where I sing and play the guitar, which you'll get to see two weeks after the first challenge video goes up.
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What I would give to be sent instruments.
money
@@zacharytarnow7290 oof, if only I had any
Think you have to be blonde, blue eyed, and pretty. 😕
She is a goddess everything she does is so perfect. Thats why she deserves to get her instruments for free.
@@bustabass9025 and a female. Don't forget that part.
There's no point with moisturiser. Sadly, the aim is to develop a tough layer of skin and calouses.
After playing everyday for 30+ years.... No calouses. It's all in the technique.
@@tikabass It depends on the person's skin, sometimes it's thick enough, sometimes you need to build up some more
@@tikabass SO after 30 years you can hover over the strings and not touch them, that's awesome. I don't think skin cares if you are using a technique, when one spot is demanded more than others.
@@ranbymonkeys2384 I have do have 1 calouse, on my right thumb. On the spot where I rest it on a pick-up housing. I play at least an hour everyday, sometimes 4. I use nickel wound strings, I have one bass mounted with flatwounds, but it's not the only one I play. That's just the way it is. I lift my fingers of my left hand when changing position to avoid string noise. Right hand engage the string near thge tip of the bone to reduce friction to a minimum, and most of the time, I pluck right above the . I had to double check that, since I don't even pay much attention to that hand anymore.
I've found that you will get calluses whether or not you use moisturiser. Also, moisturising your callused fingers will keep them in better condition and avoid rough edges around the edges of the calluses which can catch and tear.
Man.. I really want an upright bass. Like, a nice big acoustic one. But man are they expensive. Even a cheaper descent one is probably gonna run you about $1000
But its worth it. I have one and I love my bass
I love my bass
Rent a Bass
When I talk about ‘decent’ I mean a non plywood bass. Yes you can get $1000 Basses made of plywood. I’m sorry if I came across rude. In my experience double basses made of other woods they are usually way more. When begging a $1000 - $3000 is good but I prefer to use Basses not made with plywood. I just think they sound better.
Agent9 go basses are expensive, I’m getting a new one in October running around $4,500, but I will use it in college.
"I wanna play Bass because its easier than guitar". -Every noob, ever.
Norm MacDonald Rules I only read the first part for a second and I was mad and then I read the rest and I was like how he is right lol
I tell people like that to get on a fretless precision bass and then tell me how easy it is.
actually it is harder
drums are the easiest instrument to learn
Drums are even harder lol
Your English is incredible!
Thank you!!!
Her Germany is incredible 😅😅😅
Until I read this I just assumed it was her first language. She barely even has an accent
That isn’t her first language?
I thought she was British until I read this.
Where is your bow?
I am a electric bassist and I have been saving for yrs now to buy an EUB bass. Here someone gets its for free.Dang
Are you a blond-haired blue eyed beautiful girl that in adtion is able to sing wonderfuly and play guitar decently? Not to be taken as an offense. But it is just the way it works. IMHO.
@@juanjavierm Nope. I am one ugly mafacker.
Uh are you talking about the guitar bass. Because either way you should get a wooden one they sound better (no hate)
This product costs 500€, I doubt it would require years of saving up for 😅
Mega cooles Format! Bin absoluter Thomann Fan und finde es super, dass ihr so eine originelle Idee durchzieht. Respekt, dass du die Challenge mit einem fretless (!) Instrument gemeistert hast!
I just switched to bass from violin yesterday, and my fingers are already killing me haha. Also to help with the slipping, use a rock stop!
Interesting! I was trained in classical bass and I always thought we had it easy in the department. It makes your hand sore maybe, but we don’t develop the calluses you need for finer strings. I remember I tried to pick up guitar and in the beginning my fingers would end up bleeding, even though I had been playing bass for years.
Unless your playing jazz bass of corse… then say goodbye to the skin on the outside on your right index finger
@@annielynn8730 For me thumb position was pretty painful when I first started double bass, but yeah the thinner strings can hurt.
Play through the pain. Its worth it! I can dig right in because I pushed through it. I started with 15 mins sessions 4 times a day and now I do a single 2 to 4 hour session every day and my fingers don't hurt at all. Must protect your calluses.
A new thing inside the box video always makes me happy. Very well done! I'm already excited for part II 😊
Aww thank you so much Merle! Means a lot ♥️
I’ve been playing bass for almost 2 years and I never remember it hurting so much when I first started playing😂
sarah spelled backwards is haras. An electric bass guitar is very different than an upright bass but an electric upright bass is very close to it.
Yeah same here, I always thought people were exaggerating, then my friends fingers started bleeding so…
Love anything music this was amazing
2:20 I can’t even, I’m so annoyed 😂
So sacreligious
7:30 don’t worry keep playing and the pain will go away in about 10 or so............years ;)
Nicole, Du bist einfach die BESTE!!!!! Vielen Dank für Deine Videos.
DANKE ♥️♥️♥️
Imagine just being sent an upright bass??? Like I’ve played for almost 10 years and I’ve never been able to afford my own, I’ve constantly had to use a school provided instrument. I wish I could live this life...
You just need to be as awesome as she is.
If you've played for 10 years and you can't afford one, what are you actually doing with your money?
I love this double bass wow it's very cool!!!
"It sounds really nice..."
Me: " yeh right🤨"
Hahaha
Hi Nicole what did you do with the drum kit after that video
Ich liebe diese Videos! Du bist so mega musikalisch. Super cool mit Uwe Bossert am Ende!
Diese Reihe passt perfekt zu Dir und ist meiner Meinung nach das beste Sponsering, das ich jemals auf CZcams gesehen habe! #ThingInsideTheBox
Das ist ein unglaublich großes Kompliment! Danke ♥️♥️♥️
SO EIN GRANDIOSES FORMAT EINFACH und man bekommt richtig Lust, all die Instrumente auch auszuprobieren xD
Danke meine Liebe 🙏🏻
I'm currently playing in electric Bass and upright is different. I wanted to give the upright bass a try but in the music room at my local school, there is only one Upright bass. It is not the electric upright, but it is the acoustic orchestral instrument with a pickup.
Dunno if you still practicing the instrument (or keep it), but i have some annotations that can be helpful for you or for people beginners in the instrument too, they're:
1._ In terms of possitioning the instrument the most common way it's the one with the nut aside your eyes horizontal axis, but for some people that won't be the ideal because there's another way that is getting the contrabass in terms of your bowing angle on your down hand (more for classicals but if you only use fingers, using the bow it's a great way to see your digitation/accents flaws).
2._ A lot of people who has instruments with a nut (guitar, bass, etc) are used to lubricate the nut (that thing close to the tunning machines where the strings laid) with some grapite from pencils (the cheapest way) for reducing the actual fricton of the strings with the nut and with that, improving the way it holds in tune and lasts (it's very notorious if the nut are cheap).
3._ Watch out with the hand you use to mark the notes, be sure that you have it in the angle where it's the most relaxed one for stretching your fingers, some people likes to use it forming a triangle but other ones consider the tone out of it it's too sharp and rather have the arm in almost the horizontal axis of the head.
4._ Do some short excercises to warm up the tendons and nerves in your hands (it helps very much with shortening the pain, really xD).
5._ A normal thing to do it's plucking the strings with one finger because of the electric bass habit but you'll only get a lot more stress and pain in your hand, make the pizzicato (pluck) with your index and middle finger, cause with one you'll sound just thin, low punch, volume, etc. So if you use the 2 fingers also use the pinky and ring finger to support the 2 you use to pluck, also try to not use only the finger movement, with the upright bass it's more of a balance between the wrist and finger movement, that will improve very much your tone.
6._ Something from personal experience it's that for me, i want to have my hands not so dry, a little bit, a very tiny, almost imperceptible... wet haha. Then apply some cream (not much, enough on the tips and the sides) before playing and wait it dried, then play with your hands just this little bit of wet because if it is very wet you would get such a sloppy, strange moving hands to play (with gigs and practice across the time you won't have this issue), after the practice put your fingers in some nice warm water (not cold, not hot) and then apply some cream your taste and, oh geez feel some of that stress out of your hand, if you want massage them or something I just had this routine at the beginning because of the practicing every single day.
7._ I've experienced that with electric upright basses, when you play around with a nice compressor pedal before going into the amplification you use, and some very precise and spot on digitation, and most importantly, NO VIBRATO, you can make an upright sound KIND OF an fretted bass but you can't make a fretted sound like an upright (Yes, sad but true, I'm also affected :C ).
8._ Practice with the acoustic sound of the upright ONLY, and hear tons of live performances, because with a lot of the electrical ones, while going cheaper they are suited with less dynamic and like... quality? electric pickups (not all the cases, just saying for general) and maybe you'll think it just sounds harsh, you rolled off the tone knob and still doesn't sound well bla bla bla and get frustrated ot of something that should be nothing, just practice acoustic, if your technique AND sound it's right, then all the rest it's just the electrical ambit problem, don't panic, don't buy another upright, don't waste so much money so quickly, if you don't like it, you can replace it with a better one.
9._ Enjoy it, it's very beautiful and very entertaining, thanks for reading 'til here, have a nice day :)
OMG thank you! I just started on the upright bass and this helps me a lot
Du kannst es einfach! ❤️😉
♥️
Flat wound strings are great! Lovely with short scale electric bass
Yes upright bass is not boring. It is very challenging and very satisfying. With the right bass player you can get by without a drummer because of upright's percussive abilities. Then you become the engine.
I didn't even realise the video was 18 minutes long! Really interesting stuff you showed us Nicole, also congrats on your quick learning!
That’s such a lovely comment! Thank you so much!! :)
Gave you a ‘thumbs up‘ the second I started watching the video. I am always highly anticipating your Thomann videos. You once again outdid yourself! Absolutely love it ❤️
Aww thank you so much! ♥️
The glossy piano black looks amazing on that.
Loved it. Everything, your tips (not those that hurt😂), the energy, the story telling and your singing too!
Very well done!
Nicely done.
Ahhh wie cool, ich hab bis jetzt glaube vorher auf Instagram immer richtig geraten. Es macht immer so viel Spaß dir zu zuschauen, da bekommt man immer selbst richtig Lust etwas Neues auszuprobieren 🥰
Oh wie cool und sehr bemerkenswert 😎
Danke schön! Welches Instrument würdest du denn gerne mal ausprobieren?
Nicole Milik Kontrabass und Saxophon stehen schon länger ganz oben auf der Liste und werden demnächst (hoffentlich) umgesetzt :)
Ich fände es übrigens auch mal richtig cool, wenn du einen Song aufnehmen würdest, in dem du alle deine #insidethebox Instrumente benutzt.
I think she did well. I plan both fretted and fretless bass guitar and many decades ago I tried the upright for it year. It's hard and her appetite of learning just a few positions we)l was a good choice. Any kind of bass gives one hand problems and on needs to work through them. She didn't waste time playing around with me tone and volume wrx. She also didn't try bowing, which can be very hard on the upright. Nice video.
I Have An Acoustic One And The Hardest Thing Is The Bowing. I've Been Thinking About Getting And Electric One Like That To Play Latin And Jazz. A Sound Effect Pedal Is Essential.
omg that breakfast looks yum! Have you ever thought about doing a What I Eat in a Day?
Aw thank you! Actually never thought about that, cause I don’t think anyone would be interested?! 🙈
I’ve owned a few uprights plus an eminence, an Ibanez UB804 and one of these. I really like the Ibanez as the best compromise. It’s on a stand easy to play and bows quite well. Only a few choices when it comes to strings. I like that you are using German technique.
What exactly did you use to learn upright bass?
I was so proud of you when you sang and played a bit of "Stand By Me"! Well done!
hey, are you from koln? i was there last year, so good to see the city again!
All my thumbs ups are for your sweet smile, cutest actions, Nicole.🤠🤩😍
That bass looks sacrilegious
I’ve been playing Bass for 3 years and my fingers hurts to much after every lesson, but it was totally worth it
What amp did you use to plug it in.
Sehr nice! :D
Danke Philippe :)
Cool
I want one of these bad boy.
You are nice I love your songs ....... I want you to continue to provide a sophisticated art ...... from Egypt ... I love you 💞💞
Thank you ☺️
Nice work 👍
Nicole Milik How about you use these strings on the Electric Upright Bass:www.thomastik-infeld.com/en/products/orchestral-strings/double-bass/spirocore-tuning-in-5th (4/4 Size Light Tension 5ths Tuning Strings) & what they do is they tune the Bass like a Cello (C, G, D, A) down an Octave which enhances the sound of the Bass. The great thing about 5ths Tuning is you can now play Cello pieces an Octave lower as well as Violin and Viola pieces 2 Octaves lower. With this tuning you can use all 4 fingers, big plus.
I want to start learning upright bass. The part where you said it needs to be at the top of your head though... I'm over 7' tall. Im gonna have to make a custom leg for it, aren't I?
94XJ you have different sizes of basses
The bass size she got was a 3/4 scale. Thats the most common, traditionally. You may want to look into a full size bass.
You need a full 4/4 upright bass.
This video just got recommended to me, It's great. I wonder if she still play's the bass from time to time.
These electric uprights look cool as! - Atleast i think its an electric upright? Always wanted to play one and see how it feels compared to my regular upright.
I play bass🖤
What's the name of the song that you played for your producer?
How about you use Spirocore 4/4 Size Light Tension 5ths Tuned Bass Strings? It'll broaden your range. Why not play Autumn leaves on your instruments? The Roland Accordion Synth would Rock & even a Keytar.
ok so when you play the bass, as a beginner, your fingers are bound to hurt. there’s just no denying that they will hurt. i learned that the hard way as well 😅
Nice one but can you play snow by RHCP in the snow?
Very impressive! But can u
Wait.... Wrong bassist
Can you send the link where did you buy the Harley Benton?.
Es ist so schön Dich so unglaublich glücklich zu sehen. Die Challenge, die Sonne und das Songwriting lassen Dich strahlen. Deine Black Beauty steht Dir super gut. Ich freue mich für Dich, dass Du wieder in Berlin warst, um in deiner Kreativität zusammen mit deinem Produzenten aufzugehen. Mach weiter so!
Boah, ich hab deinen Kommentar total übersehen!! Danke für deine lieben Worte, die bedeuten mir sehr viel ♥️♥️♥️
seven nation army von the white stripes ist zwar ziemlich naheliegend, wäre aber ziemlich cool ne version von dir zu hören
Danke für deinen Vorschlag! Da hab ich natürlich auch direkt dran gedacht, aber es ist mir eventuell wirklich zu naheliegend..vielleicht krieg ich es trotzdem irgendwie eingebaut 🙈🤔
I love these videos you should try cello
I think it's funny that I know shes watching Jazz at Lincoln Center Videos to learn the bass because I recognize the techniques they're showing her because it's what I'm using to learn😂
Hey, richtig tolles Video!!! Eine Frage: bist du gebürtige Deutsche oder hast du deutsche und englische Wurzeln? Weil beide Sprachen hören sich bei dir komplett muttersprachlich an 😊
she did good. i play acoustic bass
I play electric bass guitar and regular bass I’m only 4,9
Hey, echt cooles Video von dir👍👍🎻
if i were to guess which instrument fits you personally i'd have to say Harp....maybe try that next (or not...it will wear out your fingers)...i can play anything (just not particularly well) but guitars and pianos are easiest to learn...and compose with.
Nicole Milik
It's an electric upright bass
Ohne scheiß, bis dass du Deutsch gesprochen hast, war ich der festen Überzeugung du kommst aus Großbritannien. Respekt o.o
Fretellss. Gosto. Esse. Som.
You live in Cologne as well? :D
Oh...she's german...i didn't knew that. The sign on the shelf says Home in German
13:19 I spy the book of wonders 😁 🎶
Ellen Wilson hahaha 😂 yep! It’s the second generation though! But I finally found the black one too :)
Those strings are loose you need to tighten them but what do I know I play double bass and not upright bass
>I play double bass and not upright bass
That's like saying "I play the electric bass not the bass guitar"
I would love have a double bass like that, but here in mexico they're so very expensive, keep practice, is very common feel werid whit the instrument :)
If it hurts your finger you can try it with a bow
German is such an odd language... I like it.
😂 glad you like it!
Que ojos más bellos
Who is that guy? Just looking at how he holds his electric bass, both his hand positions on the bass as well as his "terrible" right-hand technique (single finger picking way up near the neck), who are you to teach bass?
Ich finde es so klasse von Thomann dass sie dir dass ermöglichen. Einfach nur talentiert und witzig^^
Berlin looks like Los Angeles skid row.
He Nicole! Ich liebte dieses Video und das Trommelvideo! Ich bin bei dem Lernen von Deutsch als meine Zweitsprache, so traurig, wenn dieses nicht sehr gut strukturiert wird! 😂 dein Englisch ist fast perfekt, wenn nicht perfekt. Du hast mich angespornt, mich weiter in der Musik zu drücken und ich kann nicht warten, um deine zukünftigen Videos zu sehen! Mach weiter so!
Jave you ever tried to play bass gitara?
Request please: i tried to play an electric bass guitar in a week..
9:37 wtf did I just watch
Her trying to use the bass without frets
The issue isn't learning to play it, it's not super difficult considering most bass lines you're going to use it for are only 12 bars and bluegrass doubles... the issue is playing it for longer than 5 minutes without getting tired.
Since you tried the upright bass nicole, have you ever tried the chicken wing technique
I play double bass
That is the bridge
Well the next challenge is to fall in love with me and spend all my money on fab trips playing music . I'll play Double Bass and treble recorder (best thing ever made ) and you just stay beautiful and play anything and everything everywhere. xx Peace Jonny
U can use tape on ur fingers!!!!! A lot of musicians use that
Das ist echt ein cooles Projekt, das Du da mit Thomann gestartet hast. Ich hätte mal eine Frage... dein Englisch ist echt soooo gut. Bist du native speaker? Ich mag deine Musik sehr gern! Weiter so!!,
Danke schön! Freut mich sehr, wenn es dir gefällt! Und danke für die vielen Komplimente :)
Ich bin kein native speaker, habe mich aber schon vor sehr langer Zeit in die englische Sprache verliebt und mich viel damit befasst und dann auch englisch studiert! 🥰
Schade Nicole, das du das nur in Englisch machst, aber ich verstehe, mit Englisch hast du ein weites Publikum. Bin gespannt auf deinen "Bass-Lauf" Und die Hornhaut kommt von ganz salleine! 😍😊😘👍
Naja ich hätte erst mal weiter gucken sollen, du hast ja schon den ersten "Bass-Lauf" gespielt, ein Roch`n`Roll Lauf! Great Nicole weiter so...😮👍
Ja, es sprechen „leider“ mehr deutsche Englisch als meine internationalen Zuschauer deutsch sprechen, aber ich liebe diese Sprache auch einfach zu sehr :) und zum Glück gibt es ja deutsche Untertitel ☺️
Danke für deinen Kommentar!!
Haha, Danke ☺️
Good that I'm German
Ich auch
HELLO NICOLE MILIK. YOU KNOW MARK FROM "LEVEL 42" ? HE USES TAPE TO PROTECT HIS FINGERS. AND NOT BOTH HANDS.
You’re seem really nice. Wish I could meet you someday.
Guitar player says playing upright bass hurts the fingers... you're obviously not committed to one of your many musical hobbies...
Pain tolerance. Some people can tolerate pain, some can't. Just because I can play through the pain of open blisters doesn't mean everyone can. I'm not sure what you're complaining about here.
CuddlesWithSatan just pierce the blisters and keep on playing helps allot with fast build up of calluses. Works everytime for me when I’ve been away from playing guitar for a while.
I love you 😘