Jazz arco!

[Terry McDougal]

Originally Posted by Eduardo Barbosa

I feel that is really hard to get the articulation right. The accents on 2 and 4, an on the upbeats of 8th note phrasing. I also feel a lack of inspiration because 99% of jazz bassists have the same problem, on top of having some real bad intonation problems.

Eduardo, if they're playing out of tune with the bow, I'll bet they're playing out of tune pizzicato too.
Hey, no offence to your playing meant, I enjoyed the solo.

[Eduardo Barbosa]

Originally Posted by Terry McDougal

Eduardo, if they're playing out of tune with the bow, I'll bet they're playing out of tune pizzicato too.

Yes, you are absolutely right. And I didn't mean to sound pretentious, I am the first one to have have poor intonation, but I just think that the bow brings it out a lot more.
The bow makes play different. For instance when I am playing Orchestral music, I work on the same passages forever. So I got enough time to figure out fingerings, and many times I start working on a passage at less than half of the speed that it needs to be played.
But when I am improvising, I find myself sort of like sliding onto the notes, and using more vibrato than I have to in order to make it work. And that's not my thing, it feels a little like I am cheating.
But hopefully as a practice more this type of playing I might be able to address those issues and enjoy it more.
Thank you.