Fretless bass


Summary




Introduction

The fretless bass is a bass guitar without fret. It's more expressiv, like a violon or cello, but, you should have a good intonation.


There is fretless with or without fret marks.


Cort B4


Ibanez GWB35





Improvisation Ibanez GWB1005 #1




Improvisation Ibanez GWB1005 #2




Slide

The slide is a very important technique on fretless bass. Play a note normally, and slide your finger to the next note. It can be ascending or descending.





Vibrato

Other important technique on fretless bass, the vibrato. It makes the charm of fretless instruments. The violinists or cellists use this technique.

For that, you should play a note and quickly rotate the finger in one direction then the other, by rotating the wrist.





Pat Metheny - Last train home (cover)




Style Gary Willis - #1






Style Gary Willis - #2




Style Gary Willis - #3






Style Steve Bailey






Composition - « Canon chromatique »

Here my second composition with my new jazz bass. It's a canon with some chromatismes.








Improvisation Fender Jazz Bass 62 Japan





Jaco Pastorius - « Kuru »

A wonderful song from the first album.






Improvisation Ibanez #3





Composition - «Horror and mysterious bass groove»





Traditionnal - Greensleeves








Alain Caron - Solitude

A beautiful theme from his two Cds « Conversations » and « 5 ».