Romanian slap bass playing [was: hot, HOT! Romanian musicians tonight]

[Sandra Layman <sandralayman...>]

Dear list members,

Andy Zadrozny has given me permission to forward his message to the list. I
thought it was quite interesting, especially after our discussion here. I'd
love to get the comments of any bassists on the list.

(Alas, I was so busy blathering away with one of the fiddlers in the
greenroom after the concert that I completely missed seeing Andy's
mini-lesson.)

The bass player in the group ("Taraf de Haidouks") is named Cristinel
Turturica.

Best,
Sandra


----- Original Message -----
From: "andy zadrozny" <zadrozny (at) qwest(dot)net>
To: "Sandra Layman" <sandralayman (at) earthlink(dot)net>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: hot, HOT! Romanian musicians tonight


> sandra,
> he spoke to me in romanian through dinu and in french through gina.  he
> showed me how he gets his sound.
>
> all he carries with him on tour are a set of big, thick plastic strings,
and
> they have to get him a bass with HIGH action.  the bass they got him was a
> very nice one i've seen around town before.
>
> he plucks the string with his index and middle fingers and slaps it with
the
> palm at the base of his fingers.  what i wanted to know is how he gets
those
> triplets so fast.  listening to recordings and trying to copy his sound i
> wondered if he was using his thumbside to slap, then rotating his wrist to
> slap with his fingerside, then plucking with {which finger(s)?} i think
milt
> hinton does this wrist rotation thing...  it's like what funk electric
bass
> players do.
>
> but he said no.  he just moves his whole arm very fast.  i felt i was
> standing next to a real virtuoso when he played the lick he taught me at
the
> speed at which i could do it accurately then gradually sped it up to
> incredible speed; like standing next to gary karr.
>
> ,&d
>

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