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• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  December 13 Posts: 1,419

  I would have said push up more than pulling down.

  
• voutoreenie New

  December 13 edited December 13 Posts: 133

  I generally push up towards my head if bending on the b and high e; however, if bending on d through low e, I usually bend the opposite direction towards my feet because it takes less energy. That said, I usually only bend the b and high e anyway, rarely do the Joscho-style lower register string bends

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  December 13 Posts: 5,032

  I never bend down.

  Wait...is this a trick question??

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• voutoreenie New

  December 13 Posts: 133

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/119007#Comment_119007

  Haha, I feel you Buco...honestly, the only player I can think of who consistently bends down is Joscho and even then that's only on the lower register strings.

  
• Mondoslug New

  December 14 Posts: 114

  Hahaha...thanks all. Not a trick question. It seems like I've seen others besides Joscho pulling down towards the ground on the B String, could be wrong? I never really considered doing that, not much room there :) but trying it some. Just wondering if that was really a thing.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  December 14 Posts: 5,032

  When I do vibrato, which is finally clicking for me recently, I favor flooring it. Bending a note by pulling down the string (aside from low E and maybe A as well) feels awkward.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel