Right Hand Pizzicato Technique Perspectives

This video is part of a series of jazz instructional videos featuring Chris Fitzgerald, associate professor of music theory and jazz bass at the University of Louisville School of Music. This installment covers the subject of right hand articulation on the double bass. Eleven professional bassists, including Rufus Reid, Lynn Seaton, David Friesen, and Marco Panascia, demonstrate how they approach the subject of right hand pizzicato articulation. Each segment is indexed by a video time marker below for ease of reference. Future installments will cover various topics including an ongoing series of videos on walking bass line construction,advanced thumb position topics, tune learning strategy, melodic soloing, and more.

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Due to the length of this video (1 hour, 15 minutes), it has been indexed on screen by topic so that specific topics can be more easily found. Clicking on the time code beside each indexed topic below will automatically start the video at that point.

The sequence of events topics in the video is as follows:
0:00 Title screen and 12 bassists playing in unison
0:58 Spoken introduction
4:02 Rufus Reid
10:45 Lynn Seaton
17:20 David Friesen
21:04 Marco Panascia
27:33 Tyrone Wheeler
32:48 Rich Armandi
38:45 Bob Sinicrope
42:44 Doug Elmore
49:28 Ray Parker
56:42 Emma Dayhuff
1:02:42 Chris Fitzgerald
1:09:46 Episode Finale: 12 bassists, same chorus back to back