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[nylenny]

Abraham Laboriel's right hand technique is interesting.

A trained classical guitarist, Laboriel uses a lot of classical guitar techniques like free strokes, rasgueados, and patterns including the ring finger. I am fascinated by his percussive concept, where he uses different techniques to emulate specific drums. For example, playing with the back (top) of the nails for a snare, or using rasgueados for cymbals.

He gets a great sound, and has been on literally thousands of recordings. He has worked with folks like Herbie, Chick, Gary Burton et al.

You can learn more about his techniques on the DVD "Right Hand Bass Techniques" (Hal Leonard). (In general, I did not like the DVD, but the Laboriel interview was worth the price of admission.)

Is anyone else a fan?

[corky4strings]

len i was just checking out abraham laboriel's on youtube he's great

i like how he plays chords on this solo. his left hand is almost as big as the whole neck.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C5xv08SrCU
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[nylenny]

Wow! That is really cool. Thanks!

[nylenny]

Corky, One good turn deserves another. Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWhJKNzUYJU&feature=related

[corky4strings]

len that was kool i like how he bars the whole fret. his right had strumming is nutz. sounded like he was playing a thousand notes.
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[corky4strings]

len another great bassplayer you should check out is. get ready for this name. niels-henning orsted pedersen. he played with oscar peterson, plays with joe pass doing donna lee on youtube. his album is called JAYWALKIN worth every penny. enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npy3DlV98yM
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