Solo : " Monsieur Poisson "

 

I wrote this tune for a picture in a exhibition in 2010. For the picture reminiscent of a port town.
First of all, this tune was for duo with sax so the theme was played by sax. In this time I played solo version.

I tried to making not only a groove with a percussive sound but also melodic solo. I think if I can make both of these things at the same time, this will open some new expression for contrabass.
I got inspiration from not only "slap" of electric bass and Rockabilly thing. But also "ghost notes" of percussions.

One of the points is the "unification of the difference in timbre" by the difference in the direction of vibration of the strings.
I mixed some pizzicato technique like "standard" way and "slap" way, also I used thumb. For using thumb i did not slap like electric bass's because of timbre. I feel thumb "slap" makes "attack" but not "full body" sound. So this time I moved my thumb horizontally.