Double bass player, Russell Lydford from The Kopy Katz, takes you through how to play Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash on double bass in key of F. Check out our essential TOP 10 LIVE VIDEOS: • 10 essential videos if...
Also that it us Bb and not A# to be completely correct. Basically it doesn't matter but harmony wise it's wrong because a 12 bar blues is I, IV, V. And a A# would be the #3 and not the 4th which would be the Bb.
Hi there. Please allow me to point out a few things that throw me curveballs here: the A# is really a Bb, as we are in the key of F. Then the first alternating bass is f-c, not f-g. Kindest regards!
It comes with practice, muscle memory and ear training. I'm a double bassist. Originally I marked the 'frets' on my bass so I could see when I was learning. Then I got rid of the marks and surprisingly I was able to find the notes.
This video is totally the wrong technique. Play it like this and you're way off, it sounds terrible. Look how marshall grant played. And yes, I do know the double bass inside and out. BTW, you need stringing up for saying Luther Perkins guitar playing is boring.
F is the key so when playing a country slap style of root and 5ths its F to C not G then Bb to F and then C to G the guitar however would play F Bb C7 , good stuff
