Wolf note or not?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Richard Prowse

Calvin, it's known as the Prowsie technique.
Nay, but seriously folks. I took some lessons from a guy called Harry Botham around 1979. He was ex principal of the NZSO and had played in the LSO. One of the first things he showed me was how a G major scale, that could be played in half and first position, could be just as easily played in thumb position - with the thumb on the octave harmonics.
My E string sounds great, and the notes don't seem hard to get in tune.
I must admit I've never heard of the Petracchi technique - for all I know it could be a method used to make sausage rolls.
Calvin, please feel free to enlighten me.

Yes and you can play it up an octave on the E starting on the G near the end of the fingerboard but why? Who would ever want to hear music played up there so choked not to mention the strain on your back.

You know, you can also play standing on your head if you work at it long enough as well. As Calvin mentioned, playing above the E at the octave is nothing anyone wants to hear. I have seen jazz player play fast runs across thumb position from the G to the E but just short pizz show-off lines. Nothing musical about that and no hunting for pack wolves either and then complaining if they show up to feed after being baited. Play safe and play like the rest of the world on the notes as intened.. please..

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Play safe and play like the rest of the world on the notes as intened.. please..

Play safe? Like the rest of the world? Come on Ken, what happened to the pioneering spirit? I can bow those notes fine. You guys up there need to harden up.

[Matthew Heintz]

Sometimes a wolf on an Ab isn't so much a wolf, as it doesn't result from the natural resonating frequency of the body but from the open G string. Try muting the G when you play Ab on E.

[Calvin Marks]

Originally Posted by Matthew Heintz

Sometimes a wolf on an Ab isn't so much a wolf, as it doesn't result from the natural resonating frequency of the body but from the open G string. Try muting the G when you play Ab on E.

This is correct.

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Matthew Heintz

Sometimes a wolf on an Ab isn't so much a wolf, as it doesn't result from the natural resonating frequency of the body but from the open G string. Try muting the G when you play Ab on E.

Thanks.
I'll try this.