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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
There are a million ways to play the bass, but that's not consistent with Gary's system as I know (knew?) it.
A basic component of Gary's system is the notion that if the bass is standing by itself the player does not need to use muscular energy (or mental attention) to keep the bass standing. Using Gary's system begins with standing the bass up straight and stepping up to the bass.
Again, all errors are mine. Play on!
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Volkan studied with Gary and leans the bass. See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CnhA6NIdK0. This doesn't contradict Sam; just shows that players that have studied extensively with Gary have different approaches. For my part, I think that it depends on the particular bass's center of gravity and size.