Learn How to Play "Mary Had A Little Lamb": Double Bass

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CASEY CORMIER: So now that we know where our open position or first position notes are on our double bass, and relative to our electric bass, we can take one of those electric bass melodies we learned, and now transfer it to the double bass. Now we'll do a simple one, the "Mary Had a Little Lamb" melody in F major. I'm going to start on the A-G-F-G, G is being played with our fourth finger and third finger behind it. And look how I hold other fingers down for support. A-A-A-G-G-G, we do the most pressure on this one, A-C-C, A-G-F-G, A-A-A-A, G-G-A-G, F. Okay? We can do that same thing, the same pattern on the next--on the D and A strings if we put this song into the key of B flat. This is where our B flat is where the first fret will be on the A. We'll start on D, open D. D-C-B flat-C-D-D-D, C-C-C, D-F-F, D-C- B flat-C-D, F--uh, D-D-D-D, C-C-D-C-B flat. Now on my right hand, when I'm playing these melodies, I'm actually using the flipper, not my first and second finger. It's just the flipper works better on a double bass where you have the strings that are so much higher off of the surface of the fingerboard. So try using the flipper but if you still more comfortable with your first and second finger, remember you don't have to alternate them as much as you would on the electric bass.

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