Fix those collapsing fingers on double bass!

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @ww3032
    @ww3032 2 роки тому +1

    Classical guitar player here and this popped up. I have the fact same issues with the guitar. Very useful. Thanks.

    • @doublebasshq
      @doublebasshq  2 роки тому

      You bet-thanks for checking it out!

  • @lijonjeromel7769
    @lijonjeromel7769 6 місяців тому

    Great video. I play bass guitar and i had this issue with my pinky, and your exercises helped a lot. Thanks.

  • @keithmasey664
    @keithmasey664 2 роки тому +1

    A lot of those ideas work on the guitar. Very good technique explained clearly. Nice one mate.

  • @nicholasmaenpaa
    @nicholasmaenpaa 2 роки тому +1

    As a youth getting taught by Virginia Dixon, one learning technique involved a ballpoint pen. Draw a line on the fingertip where the string should be lining up. Feels just different enough that exercises on the string it feel just right.

  • @joonasvainio6587
    @joonasvainio6587 2 роки тому +1

    The motion in "snapping" seems similar to "hammer-on" in guitar/bass guitar world. So any one coming from there would understand snapping as hammer-on.
    Thanks for the great lesson 🤓👍🏻

    • @doublebasshq
      @doublebasshq  2 роки тому

      Yeah, hammer-on is what I should have said. Basically the same concept.

  • @susanhagenbass
    @susanhagenbass 2 роки тому +2

    Similar to your Tapping idea, I’ll do a Sliding idea with students: without pressing down the string I have them slide up and down each string for a few seconds. I also give them a soft stressball to start building strength with gentle squeezes. Lastly, I show them how to do Left Hand push-ups (my teacher in high school taught me this). I can show you this the next time we chat. It prevents collapsing fingers AND what I call Spider Hand!
    And, of course, I use Nee Ner!
    All these things combined seem to quickly help kick the Collapsing Fingers habit!

  • @DAngelotti
    @DAngelotti 2 роки тому +1

    Question - how do you recommend working with students who are double jointed in that first joint? Their fingers collapse but it really isn’t their fault - the hand just flattens on its own.

    • @doublebasshq
      @doublebasshq  2 роки тому

      I’m actually double-jointed in that first knuckle, but I focused a lot on finger placement and worked through it. Good point!

  • @KevinJohnson-tw9ip
    @KevinJohnson-tw9ip 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome

  • @StephaniePatterson359
    @StephaniePatterson359 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video. I use Susan’s warmups with my students.

  • @tommy49elliot
    @tommy49elliot 2 роки тому +1

    Nicely done video, Jason. I played with the wonderful Ning Kam in a chamber group and she also spoke about this. Here's a great lesson from her about the left hand. ua-cam.com/video/ki7VmBx8g44/v-deo.html

  • @Atomic_pavarotti
    @Atomic_pavarotti 2 роки тому

    Idk man. Everyone from Rostropovich to Xavier Foley to Rabbath collapsed their fingers. I think that everyone has different bodies and that making a video over these arbitrary technical things is probably more damaging than anything else.

    • @Atomic_pavarotti
      @Atomic_pavarotti 2 роки тому

      This is a well thought-out video, regardless :--)