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Manhattan School of Music: Jazz Bass Audition Procedures/Repertoire (398 words) |
 | All jazz applicants are required to submit a CD (no minidisks) with the application for prescreening purposes, in order to receive an invitation to a live audition in New York City. |
| Perform three other selections (one must be a ballad) in different jazz styles, moods, and tempos (minimum of two improvised choruses for each selection). |
| Please choose the instrument which would be your primary focus at Manhattan School of Music. |
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Bass guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4393 words) |
| Gibson basses also tended to be smaller, sleeker instruments; Gibson did not produce a 34" scale bass until 1963 with the release of the Thunderbird, which was also the first Gibson bass to utilize dual-humbucking pickups in a more traditional position, about halfway between the neck and bridge. |
| Fretless basses have a distinct sound: the absence of frets means that the string must be pressed down directly onto the wood of the fingerboard and can buzz against it as with the double bass, sometimes described as a "mwaah" sound by bassists. |
| Some fretless basses, such as those made by Pedulla, have fingerboards which are coated with epoxy to increase the durability of the fingerboard, enhance sustain and give a brighter tone. |
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