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Re: Right Thumb, Under-utilized?

Author: mnorswor
Date: 2007-08-02 19:53

Perhaps the reasoning is partly because when standing it would most surely require the use of a neck strap. As a double lip player, I regularly use the right thumb to "push up" the instrument to battle against gravity pulling the instrument down. Kal Opperman used to say "push up" to me all the time and it's a tool that I feel helps a lot.

When playing bass standing (or sitting for that matter), I use a neckstrap and my thumb is free to do whatever it likes. (and believe me it does!)

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