Waddo Soqable Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: May we tempt sir with the Violone in D - five or six strings, but with frets. And not too many of them neither. "The preferred contrabass instrument of the Viennese Classical era" ie. good for Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven etc Weren't the frets on those just gut strings tied on ? I assume they could easily be fine tuned to the different "temperaments" they used.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 45 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: May we tempt sir with the Violone in D - five or six strings, but with frets. And not too many of them neither. "The preferred contrabass instrument of the Viennese Classical era" ie. good for Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven etc I suspect that an Arpeggione would be easier for us bass players to master given that they are tuned like a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 37 minutes ago, Nicko said: I suspect that an Arpeggione would be easier for us bass players to master given that they are tuned like a guitar. My guitar's tuned like a banjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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