Quick Tip for Playing Fast - Christian McBride | 2 Minute Jazz

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Six-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride can be likened to a force of nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding of a seasoned journeyman. With a career now blazing into its third decade, the Philadelphia native has become one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in the music world today.

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Now, I'm not sure that's the kind of fast a lot of bass players ask me about. When they ask me about playing fast, they ask me about playing lines.

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Well, I mean, that's cool.

But, you know, it's the idea that's more important that's, than being able to actually play fast. If you're actually hearing
an idea that is fast, that's more important, that's just simply being able to do this.

A lot of bass players can do that, by the way. Just take your fingers and go like that, just:

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That's fast.

But when you actually have some ideas, when you can go--

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Comes from transcribing horn lines. Actually hearing horn
lines that interest you. Horn lines that say, "I gotta go and practice that."

The technique is there, but you gotta get the idea first. So don't worry about the speed, worry about the idea.

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