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binarysoul

so I played the bass.. and though the notes are on piano keys, they're wrong (left to right should go up in pitch)

also, if this is jazz, use fingerstyle bass instead of a bow

(note: this is meant as constructive criticism to inspire improvement in the idea, not disparage it)

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I knew I had the wrong type of bass! Thanks for the feedback.

'Slap bass' is another word for the type of thing you're looking for.

nope :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzicato

would be the appropriate style of playing.

For funk, certainly. For jazz, not so much.

Jazz is a pretty broad church. You can certainly slap a double bass. That was the only way anyone could hear it over the rest of the band before amplification was common.

I know you can slap a double bass, but this is not what people are talking about when calling the instrument "slap bass" usually. It's more Marcus Miller than Charlie Mingus, though both make music called "jazz".

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