François Rabbath on 'Rabbath Technique' - Interview/Performance
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this interview, I travel to Paris to meet one of the double bass world's most celebrated artists, the great François Rabbath. We discuss many topics including François' musical journey, his unique approach to the double bass, and how he developed his famous techniques such as the pivot and crab. Maestro Rabbath is celebrating his 91st birthday this year and his bass playing is still as fresh and virtuosic as ever. He is truly a treasure of the bass world and it was a privilege to spend time with him and learn more about his music and teaching. On behalf of everyone in the bass world, thank you for everything you have done for us and we wish you a happy and healthy 91st birthday!
To round off the video, we are joined in the studio by Sylvain Rabbath on piano for a performance of Night and Day by Cole Porter. Big thanks to Sylvain for joining us and sharing such a special performance.
LINKS:
For a full list of links from this discussion, behind-the-scenes photos, and more about our visit to Paris, please visit discoverdoublebass.com/interv...
- Don't miss part two of our interview which covers right hand bowing technique: • François Rabbath Inter...
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:24 What do you practice on your bass?
04:47 Learning the bass and inventing the pivot
10:08 Origins of Rabbath technique
16:02 The angled endpin
19:20 Easier technique
22:49 Rabbath technique - the positions explained
25:13 Publishing the method
31:07 Performance of Night and Day by Cole Porter, with Sylvain Rabbath
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Thank you to everyone who has left a comment, shared and liked the video. It was such a special project for Discover Double Bass and we are thrilled to help spread the word about this legendary artist and teacher. The 2nd part is due out soon on our channel, so be sure to subscribe for updates! 😀
I don't play the double-bass, but I appreciated every second of this interview! I have composed for the double-bass, however, and thanks to this lesson, I will do so differently; better, I hope.
I started clapping enthusiastically after his demonstration of creating music while practicing. How can a mundane exercise sound so beautiful?
That's so cool! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
30 minute interview about the double bass. Doesn't say a single note name. Badass!
There was a series of interviews with this remarkable man on the French National Classical music radio station France-Miusique this week. I found myself hanging on his every word! When you think that Monsieur Rabbath is pushing ninety-three. This takes away one's fears of aging.
That radio show sound's wonderful. Maestro Rabbath is a treasure and inspiration to us all. :-)
Su interpretación de Night and Day me hizo llorar. Increíble llegar a esa edad y disfrutar del instrumento como un niño
''How you can be lost if you learn?'' BAM
Geoff looks like a kid in a candy shop watching Mr. Rabbath play, as do I simply watching and enjoying this video!
Yes! It was a big day for me! I was seriously in awe of the maestro!
J’ai un profond respect pour cet homme. Un parcours de vie étonnant. Un contrebassiste génial doté d’une grande humilité et générosité. Merci
Wow! That was an astounding interview!! He has an infectious love of the instrument. I'm going to blow the dust off of my early edition of his book.
What a treasure this man is…
Wow. Genius. Great job giving him the room to do his thing, Geoff.
Thanks so much 😀
Grazie Maestro!
I can tell this is going to help me for my electric bass playing. What a beautiful fellow. Gratitude!❤️🙏🏼
This man is a maestro in all aspects about the Double Bass, and what a wonderful rendition with his son playing “Night And Day”, absolutely incredible. 🇮🇪👍
Thank you so much for this interview! This is a great bright man! The future of contrabass art lies precisely in the teaching methods of this man! Low bow and respect!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)
A genius. We feel very lucky to have such great bassists in France 😊
Couldn't agree more! We are all so lucky to have François Rabbath's music and teachings.
By the way, we loved the trip to Paris. Such a special city.
Incredible interview! I don't know why more people haven't adopted this technique. It's so much better than the traditional training I received.
Excellent, he's a master of the double bass.
The best!
What a thrill it see to see this video after 20 years away from playing the bass and having the luck/privilege to meet Rabbath all those years ago, and to now comes back to it.
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you!
This is absolutely fabulous! Thank you so much for such a lovely interview with such a master!
Three minutes in, and I'm already learning stuff I never guessed at.
I love this man!
Love this gift. Thank you.
Wow! What a performance! Bravo!
MAESTRO!!!
La bravura, la sensibilità e la passione di questo eccezionale contrabbassista fanno capire la vera posizione di questo strumento nel jazz. Grazie per questo intervento!
We all love him!!! thanks for this!
My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
i love yout rabbath thanks for your teaching
A lesson I never thought I needed
Thank you thank you thank you. My life is changed.
One of the greatest of all time !!!
Awesome 👌 love this video.
Amazing.
Thank for this post. François Rabbath is a very kind person and a good teacher .
Bravo 👏 Greetings from San Francisco, California, USA 🙂 Thanks for sharing, mate! Cheers!
I learned about Francois' technique in an issue of Bass Player magazine more than 30 yrs and from my teacher Dan Pliskow here in Detroit. However, seeing and listening to him is incredible. What an interview, congratulations!
wow, great .... thanks 😉
Amazing person and amasing preformance 🍷❤🙏
The sparkle in his eye! This guy's pic is beside the entry on 'Beginner's Mind' in the encyclopedia.
Fantastic
Amazing! Thank you very much!
My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it Nenad :-)
Just amazing, such an inspiration !
👍 thanks for watching.
What an amazing interview, he is a man from the future he says that his discoveries keep him young, I don’t think he will ever grow old.
Bravo, Geoff! Your interviews are always wonderful - you have such a genuine love of the instrument and of your interviewees, and it always comes through. What a pleasure! Thank you for doing these and sharing them.😀
Thanks so much Ray! I really appreciate your kind words ;-)
Fantastic interview! thank you for the great content!
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Thank you Geoff.
This is a precious gift to all of us. Thank you.
Thanks so much! :-)
Wonderful, thanks Geoff.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
A course from mr. Rabbath soon?
This is great! Congratulations Geoff! Thanks for all your good work👏🏼👏🏼🎵🎵
Thank you! :-)
This is a fantastic interview! I started playing bass a few months ago when I was 45 years old, and it’s great to hear him say that you can start at any age. 😆
It was also great to see how he holds his bass. I’m a short person with a big belly and short arms so I have to angle my bass to be able to reach the finger board at all. My teacher says it’s kind of extreme. Now I can tell everyone I’m doing the Rabbath technique. 😆
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy your double bass journey :-)
Thank you Geoff, for this Interview. Rabbath is incredible.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it! :-)
This is solid gold, Geoff! I love this so much-you really pulled out incredible material here with Francois!
Thanks so much Jason. I remember hearing your first interview for Contrabass Conversations back in 2007? Since then I’ve been fascinated by François Rabbath and his incredible story.
Then your video with Hans Sturm was so cool. Thanks for setting the ball rolling and blazing a trail!
Wow what a great interview. Love the simplicity behind all the techniques. I can't no more agree about the scales approach. Thanks for share this video.
Thanks Roy! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
Wow amazing interview thanks!
Our pleasure, thanks for watching :-)
Well that's a my mind blown.
Such a wonderful personality.... and a fantastic bass player 🤩
Yes, he radiates charisma!
That tone in the upper register on the E string. WOW!
He really makes that bass sing!
@@DiscoverDoubleBass if it sounds this good filtered through youtube's crappy audio I can just imagine how it was live in person!
Best Rabbath video on internet! What a great guy. He's still rocking this big clumsy beast at 90! 😀This show that you always have to be open minded to the double bass and find your own way and don't always rely on methods from more than 100 years ago (although they are surely helpful). There are many ways to approach the upright and you have to absorb all of them and find your own way on the instrument. There is too much narrow-mindedness. Do you also have part 2 after the musical intermezzo? Or did that never happen? Thanks so much for this video Geoff!
I'm glad you like it. Here's part 2: th-cam.com/video/fU8fc7JJaSw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=hdWNxIM_6VmWCJwi
Jeff you hit the jackpot my man! Thanks.
Thanks, I was so excited about this one and it was such an honour to meet the maestro!
Hi Geoff, congratulations on this wonderful video. I've been fortunate enough to follow François' teaching for over 20 years but his talk is still so clear and inspiring to me. I encourage all bassists of all styles to take an interest in this technique. Whether you do jazz, classical, funk, metal 😅 the pivot, the crab .... Can revolutionize your approach to the instrument. Hopefully your channel's audience can popularize this unique technique even more. And a technique only at the service of the Music.
Hi Olivier, thanks so much for watching and for your kind words. It was such an honour to meet the maestro and hear him play. :-)
I remember when I was a freshman in college in 1990 and wanted to learn how to play the bass. My teacher put the Nouvelle Technique in front of me, the Troisieme Cahier. I still use it today- had it renovated by a local book binder.
Thanks for this amazing interview! You did a masterful job of conducting the interview. Thanks!
That's such a great story about the book! So good to hear his teaching reaching so far.
Also, thanks for the kind words about the interview. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Great Geoff!!!
Thanks so much Szymon! I hope you're keeping well :-)
Wow! Simply superb! I suspect this interview will become iconic in the legacy of this great performer, composer, and teacher - and in the history of this wonderful breathing creature called the double bass. Excellent, Geoff! I wish I could give it a thousand Likes!
Thanks so much Jim! We pulled out all the stops on this one and are so thrilled with how it came out. We also filmed a second part, so stay tuned for that! :-)
@@DiscoverDoubleBass That's great to hear! I'll be looking forward to that one! Great job as always, Geoff!
Thanks Rabbath and Discover Double Bass
Our pleasure! :-)
I agree with Francois 100%.
what a legend! Great interview Geoff!
Thanks :-)
I'd like to try this endpin. Marcos Machado likes It, too.
Demais
What's about the story that Yehudi Menuhin met Master Rabbath. Before my injury, I use the pivot thumb for my left hand, but I am afraid to change my endpin, so playing A and E strings I needed to use my leg to move the whole bass, hehehe. " Less shifting, Less positioning, intonation perfected, fingers flawlessly moved "
Oof that bow work at 21 min! Now, does he use his third finger on the left hand or not?
This guy is badass! I say this as a non-bassist.
100% badass!
Scales the life blood of a Double Bassist...
I love that!
I had a master class with him once at The Duke Ellington School in DC like 32 years ago. He was a god then. I started the video & I was like, “Francois, what happened to all that hair??!!”
That sounds amazing! It must have been really cool to learn directly from him.
Denver colorado i have a signed picture of senor rabbath.
That's wonderful!
Imagine Rabbath and Grapelli together.
I wish I had asked that question!
When are you guys going to interview barre phillips?
We would love to feature him. Such an important artist.
Young bull talking to old bull....