How to Play in Tune
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Need to work on your intonation? In this video, I'll show you how to practice playing more in tune, what I do to train my ears, and give you some exercises to work on.
If you enjoyed this lesson and would like to see more, download my Practice Guide
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In it, we cover:
•Foundations and Routines
•Identifying the Type of Practicer You Are
•Planning Your Practice Session
•Tinkering
•Slow Practice
•And How I Use A Practice Journal
I use these exact approaches with my students in my signature program, The Virtuosity Blueprint.
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Re: playing in tune. That's very hard. A story, if I am allowed:
A man walking along the beach kicked an urn. A genie appeared. I'll grant you a wish. He immediately said, "World Peace". The genie said that's hard. I'll give you another wish, "I"m 60, a bassist, and I want to play in tune."
The genie looked surprised, and immediately said, "What was your first wish again?"
Also, this is a wonderful lesson.
Oh my, this is so spot on! Yes, I sometimes get a bit flat when I'm on the heel.
Thank you so much, Lauren!
Thank you for these videos, Lauren. I am so glad I stumbled upon them! Please keep posting - they are very helpful and inspiring.
+Zanelle Britz Thanks! I'm glad they are helping :)
Thanks for the great video, Lauren! One more tool that could be used in us bass player's endless quest for solid intonation is the Korg OT120 tuner, which as a very nifty and "keep the player honest" soundback feature. Basically, a drone is emitted from the tuner that sounds whatever note, in whatever octave, you happen to be playing (or trying to play). So, the player is the one that has to match the pitch. It's especially good for use in the upper regions of thumb position, where our ears might start to fool us even if we're off by half a cent or so.
wow it's really helpful! I actually play cello, but your tips also do help me much in practicing intonation. Thanks
DityaSangGita I'm so glad! Best of luck to you!
DityaSangGita I play cello to
Yeah baby...I also play cello!
thanks lauren! youre a great player and teacher.
+mumkai Glad I could help! :)
You are great. I just got an electric upright and your lessons are perfect.
Thanks, Lauren, great tips.
i love scales to a drone omg it helps develop pitch memory for the sound your instrument makes when its in tune so good so good. Ill have to add some of these other practice strats soon they all sound really brutal and helpful!
Thanks so much for this and the other lessons. They're fantastic resources.
+Brandt Peterson Thank you! I hope they are helpful :)
Outstanding...thank you.
Very helpful. Thank you.
You are a perfectionist.
Today I've tried to play with drone,and it was an amazing experience!
Hello, tks for the video!!
Do you have some tips or videos on how to be exactly and precisely on attaccink the notes with the bow on different dynamics??
Obrigado
Lauren, wonderful videos, congratulation, I really like your channel! :) One thing came to my mind listening about practicing with tuner. I think when we play with others in any kind of formation we never use the well tempered tuning, right? We use just intonation even without knowing it - beacuse the just intonation is natural. The major 3rd will tend to be low, the minor 7th also, and so on. While practicing with tuner (especially while playing intervals) we lose contact with the harmonical surrounding and context. For instant if I practice A major scale my c# which here is a 3rd will be definitely lower than in D major scale where c# is leading tone. Also in D major scale f# will be lower than in G major scale, and so on. Using a drone is of course very important, I use it also (usually I swich to organ sound on my electric piano and put a book on the pedal... lol). What do you think? Or maybe I misunderstood something? Thank you for making these videos, I learn a lot! Have a nice day! :)
Awesome advice. What kind of tuner do you use for this kind of exercise?
theres a great mobile app called tunable which allows you to sound multiple drones and different intervals. Thought you might be interested if you weren't already aware! Great videos, as a bass player it is reassuring watching your videos
+oberon06 Great tip! Thanks for putting this out there :)
Beautiful!! (: I`m Contrebasse (:
Lauren- two pairs of lovely upright shoulders here.
Thanks for your help.
Hey Lauren, I have problems finding Drones for my IPhone, no apps. Is there a place where you recommend downloading Drones in various notes? Thank you
do you suggest us to put dots on our keyboards? if u suggest, in which note positions in g string?
Dots are a very personal choice. They work for some people and get in the way for others. My suggestion would be to mark dots with a pencil first and see how you like them.
As far as where to put the dots, that depends on how you view your fingerboard. I visualize my fingerboard a very specific way, and my dots are a representation of that. However, I have friends whose dots are completely different than mine and work just as well for them.
My dots are on (on the G string) the octave G, the E above that, the 2nd octave G, and finally the B and D.
Did that answer your question?
Lauren Pierce thank you ver much :)
That was going to be my question as well regarding the dots. I am sure that was a fun day with the tuner putting those on!
Good Job. Greentings from Brazil. What is the size of your fingerboard....I mean, the last note on it! Cheers!
Thank you! My fingerboard extends to a G 3 octaves above the open string.
Lauren, you mentioned a 'drone'. Is this a machine a particular note?
+Michael Anderson Yes! I should have been clearer. The drone I have is on my tuner (which is just a Korg tuner and metronome). You have the option of playing a steady drone on any note you like. Some tuners only have the option of playing an A or Bb drone, so if you get a tuner like this, make sure you check that it has the option of a chromatic drone.
Im starting the double bass and dont know what scales arem can someone please tell me?
Sing do-re-mi to yourself, now start on your highest open string, play and sing do re mi, move your finger to the right place , if you get lost, start again, repeat do re no, sing it then play.
why make it so hard? just check against open strings!
Never if you play DOUBLE STOPS Sixth and Thirds play each note with the Tuner and than toghether. This wil be never in Tune.
When you have big Thirds tune the low note with Tuner and than play the uper note with this toghether. If you have a small Third tune the uper note with Tuner than play the low toghether with the uper note. The same with sixth. Big 6, tune the low note with tuner, and small 6 the uper note.
Only if you have to play Thirds und Sixth one after one you can tune each note.
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Imho instead of using this awful drone you can simply use D string when playing G major/minor, A major/minor scale on the G string to check intonation with each note. Always works :)
I do that aswell. The drone is for other tonalities or if you are playing 3 octave scales on multiple strings. I think there are apps with real instrument sounds if you do not like the pure tone of some drones
How to play in tune witn "WHITE THINGS" on my fingerboard.....hm. Let's i use some tuner))))))
Sorry, but playing with tuner is the worst idea ever... It´s a big no,no... We do not hear like a machine/tuner does and that makes us superior....Intonation is about fine tune. Use the tuner to tune the instrument if you need it and then turn it off and turn on your ears..
+BASS TV Hey there, I absolutely agree with you about using more of your ears when you're playing. You don't want to become so dependent on the tuner that you can't play in tune without it.
However, I firmly believe in using a tuner to fine tune your intonation. I'm not suggesting the tuner should be a replacement for your ears - it should be used as an aid to improve your ears. When we're practicing alone without any accompaniment, it can be difficult to stay perfectly in tune 100% of the time, especially if we're playing something in a weird key, a faster passage where the notes go by quicker, or something very low on the already low instrument.
Using a tuner helps us constantly fine-tune what we're playing. What I do when I check a spot is I check with the tuner, and then play it a few over to get it ingrained in my ear. Once I'm past the learning process of whatever I'm working on, I use my ears, but I keep the tuner up there just to stay in check.
Every great musician I've ever known keeps a tuner and/or a drone on during their practicing. I attribute my sense of intonation and knowledge of the fingerboard to using a tuner every day. I'm sure there are people that use tuners who do not get the benefit of it enhancing their ear, but I truly believe they are few and far between.
Practicing is the time when we should use every resource possible to strengthen our ability. I see no reason why we shouldn't use something that can quite literally transform our sense of intonation if used correctly - in fact, I think it would be quite foolish not to.
I strongly disagree with you Lauren. We should learn to use our ears and not our eyes. The tuner will only show us mathematical values and that can actually do more harm than it can help... etc... Using drone and ears is a good idea. Using tuner is plain wrong honey. Those marks on your neck btw are also not really my cup of tea either but that`s a matter of taste.... Have a nice day.
holy crap. you CAN disagree state your point without being condescending with words like "Honey". And if you were coming here for musical purposes you wouldn't be commenting on her "neck marks" it's rude and creepy.
+Brittany Mundhenke What are you talking about?!?!?! What`s rude and creepy about the neck marks on the Bass?!! Sorry but I don`t think I was rude in any sense. For sure that wasn`t my intention. Honey is written with the most positive felling... You got it all wrong...
I think that if practising with a tuner is part of your routine it's absolutely fine.It can help you to check how well you hear and to enhance your muscle memory. After all we all aim not to adjust but to go 'bang in tune' and knowing our fingerboards like our own pocket. And about the dots- it does not matter at all as long as you can play beautifully.
P.s
I find it very sexist that you called Lauren honey. We know she is a beautiful woman but she is talking about serious stuff here. It's undermining for me. I bet you wouldn't call any man like this, am I right? Let's be professional.