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Playing with a guitar pick consists of moving the pick alternately upwards and downwards. With this technique, generally used by guitarists, the bassist can gain speed and endurance. But be careful! You must use your wrist and not your arm to play upwards and downwards moves. Here are 3 exercises to help you with training:
Exercise 1
Start with an easy exercise in eighth notes. Make down and up moves on each string. Keep your left hand flat to get dead notes. Work slowly.
Exercise 2
It is quite the same exercise but in triplet eighth notes.
Exercise 3
C major scale, ascending and descending.
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Bruno Tauzin has written 15 articles in BMM.
French bassist born in 1981, Bruno Tauzin is also a composer, percussionist, guitarist and pianist.
He began studying the organ when he was 10 then turned to music more electric at the age of 15 starting bass and guitar. First musical revelation, Jaco Pastorius and his eponymous album. A long period of intensive work will begin.
Second revelation, Johann Sebastian Bach. It is thanks to this great composer Bruno began studying harmony, counterpoint and partitions of the great masters of style.
He played in several bands of various styles but got specialized over the years in the acoustic bass. He developped a melodic style, harmonic result of research, chords and percussive techniques to play solo.
More than acoustic bass, he spends the most of his time teaching it. He wrote a method on chords "Etude progressive des accords," available soon in English, and a transcript of the first two Cello Suites of Bach.
Bruno is also the author of one of the largest educational site about bass in France, www.bassebruno.com
As Bruno never stops learning, he discovered a passion for Indian music. So he studied kanjira, small percussion-skinned lizard.
Bruno gives lessons and is now preparing his first album of acoustic bass solo.
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