Double Bass Posture Variations

This video is the twelfth in a series of jazz instructional videos featuring Chris Fitzgerald, assistant professor of music theory and jazz bass at the University of Louisville School of Music. This installment covers the subject of posture and stance when approaching the double bass. Ten professional bassists, including Rufus Reid, Lynn Seaton, John Goldsby, David Friesen, and Sidney King, demonstrate how they hold the bass and why. 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. For more information and bass-related content including articles, sound files, and videos, please visit chrisfitzgeraldmusic.com .

Due to the length of this video (1 hour, 5 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 Introduction (Theme music by John Goldsby)
0:52 Topic introduction
3:56 Seated Position Variations
4:00 Sidney King (traditional orchestral posture)
8:37 Chris Fitzgerald ("neo-cello" posture)
16:02 David Friesen (hybrid seated posture)
19:37 Standing Posture Variations
19:46 Rufus Reid (Rabbath/Laborie endpin posture)
33:08 Lynn Seaton (angled endpin posture)
38:53 John Goldsby (traditional endpin)
45:09 Tyrone Wheeler (traditional endpin)
51:09 Bob Sinicrope (traditional endpin)
54:00 Rich Armandi (traditional endpin)
59:51 Doug Elmore (traditional endpin)
1:02:54 Spoken conclusion
1:04:52 Outtro (Theme music by Lynn Seaton)