Jazz double bass scales DEMYSTIFIED!

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[@andrewprzybyla8871]

I looked through Cole Davis's Scales and Arpeggios (after I paid and downloaded them) and immediately realized, except for the open strings, that many of the notes in these scales are in (what Michael Klinghoffer calls) Block Position. Apparently, it's a Rabbath "thing" too. I highly recommend Klinghoffer' s, "Mr. Karr (Gary Karr) Would You Teach Me How to Drive a Double Bass?" It is a highly informative treatise, and it's funny too! Klinghoffer writes about Block Position in Chapter V, at page 36. (Gary Karr wrote the Preface.) Thank you, Mr. Davis, for writing out these scales. Very cool video, it makes me want to practice! Thank you, Jason Heath. Cheers, ap

[@doublebasshq]

Definitely a neck block focus, right? They have been fun for me to work through-thanks for checking them out!
For folks that aren’t familiar with him, Michael Klinghoffer is awesome. This link has the interview I did with him back in the day plus links to his book, YT, etc:
contrabassconversations.com/2016/03/02/cbc-192-michael-klinghoffer-on-driving-a-double-bass-how-not-to-hold-the-bow-and-directions-in-education/

[@FaithInHisBloodOrg]

Thank you for the video!

[@doublebasshq]

You bet - - thanks for watching!

[@dominicduvalbass]

Hey, I know those guys! Great video! 🙏

[@doublebasshq]

Thanks, dude!

[@eduardoelizondo3487]

I wish I could like this content twice :)

[@doublebasshq]

Aww-thank you! 😃

[@albertotravagli]

Fantastico Cole!
Grazie mille Jason!

[@doublebasshq]

You bet-thanks for checking this out!

[@worldline7147]

Greg Lake often used open strings to move quickly between arpeggiated guitar chords.

[@russelldougherty3054]

So did James Jamerson. Don't know Greg Lake's background but Jamerson was a pretty accomplished upright player before Motown.

[@drjazzproject]

Thank You !!!

[@doublebasshq]

You bet!

[@Radowitzki]

Awesome!

[@doublebasshq]

Thanks!