Joined: 17 Mar 2002 Posts: 10204 Location: The Land Beyond O'Hare
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:36 am Post subject: Playing With Bounce
Do you try to make your notes bounce? What players do you listen to that are able to bring this quality to their playing? _________________ Jim Hatfield
Joined: 17 Mar 2002 Posts: 10204 Location: The Land Beyond O'Hare
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject:
Both. As I understand it bounce is a technique that employs a type of attack and release that results in a lighter, rounder sound. Some have said Clifford Brown has that sound. I’m trying to understand it better.
BTW, it as nothing to do with Bounce Music which I believe is a style of hip hop. _________________ Jim Hatfield
It has to do exactly with what you mentioned: the attack and the release. But I would almost say its all more the release than the attack. The attack is only 5% of that equation. When you release the air make sure your tongue doesn't go too far back and it stays relatively forward in your mouth. The beginning of the note should be the "loudest" part of your note and then there is a natural decay. Exactly like a piano. This doesn't not mean you need to play short!
Joined: 03 Nov 2011 Posts: 2322 Location: Beavercreek, OH
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:51 am Post subject:
I try to teach "bounce" to all my students.. like saying the word "boom" over and over.. the note starts cleanly then decays in a natural way with a lift or vowel ending (not stopping tones with the tongue) Like bouncing a ball in a gymnasium.
Space between the notes depends upon the speed - an approach from playing Baroque music: in 4/4 time, bounce (with lift) the 1/8th notes and with a clean attack, play to full value all of the other values.
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