Tutorial 6: More Thumb Position Techniques

[@vannave5761]

Those 6 tutorials are really good ! Thank you ! Hope more is coming :)

[@linuspaulsen2613]

Thank you very much, this was super useful! Never thought about playing a D major scale with the G on the D string:)

[@nimbass1]

Thank you so much maestro !!!

[@themusiccovenant]

Amazing

[@danielpezim]

Great!

[@yuriobass]

Thank you :)

[@dominiquebentvelsen3287]

Very helpfull! I am wondering wether the angle of the left arm is slightly more raised when standing as opposed to sitting down - it certainly feels that way for me.

[@yuriobass]

That’s an interesting thought, Dominique. I sit since I was 14 or so, so never really came to think about it, but will check it later today!

[@NitramTeurg]

Hi Yuri,
Thanks for that!
Do you ever bar with the thumb, please?

[@yuriobass]

Hello! I am not sure I quite understand what exactly you mean by the word “bar”? Could you please rephrase it somehow?

[@NitramTeurg]

@@yuriobass Hi Yuri, I mean pressing 2 strings at once with the thumb of left hand

[@yuriobass]

@@NitramTeurg aha, I see, thanks for clarifying!
The brief answer - no, unless maybe we are talking about harmonics on both strings (eg 4th mvt of Eccles, 2nd part, bars 5 & 9). The reason is that we have just one knuckle on thumb, and the string has to be pressed down to the fingerboard by the knuckle.
However, thanks a lot for the question as it makes me consider doing a brief video about a specific fingering when you need to play a perfect 4th on bass!

[@sonofmagni3192]

When you're playing in thumb position, is the back of the neck (sometimes) touching your shoulder/collarbone area?

[@yuriobass]

Of course; not sometimes - all the time :) The neck is actually resting on the shoulder whilst you play in thumb position!

[@sonofmagni3192]

@@yuriobass Thanks, I find myself doing that but didn't know whether it was correct.

[@yuriobass]

@@sonofmagni3192 basically….anything that feels natural is correct….well, almost! :)