alexpea Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Interesting article by Gary Karr on conductors and double basses... http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/too-few-conductors-understand-their-double-bass-section/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Very interesting, thanks. It led me onto this http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/328014-making-a-double-bass/ which I think might take me a bit longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Better still download a huge PDF from here on Making a Double Bass http://www.roger-hargrave.de/Seiten/english/Bibliothek/Bibliothek.htm just lovely stuff. So many lovely photos. So lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 A fascinating article. I've always been suspicious of the mid-board pizz, knowing full well that most jazzers get a huge sound from the end of the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiipopes Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 AMEN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1415792681' post='2603770'] A fascinating article. I've always been suspicious of the mid-board pizz, knowing full well that most jazzers get a huge sound from the end of the board. [/quote] The loudest punchiest bass pizz I have come across is way up the fingerboard by the left hand - perhaps 8 inches away. It sounds like a cannon. Not that it could be used for anything fluid or walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 My teacher was taught by Gary Karr so I got the whole "slow bow, 'cello rosin, focused sound" thing. And the 1234 finger pattern. I copped a lot of flak when going to youth orchestras outside my own county when other tutors saw technique which was not Simandl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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