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VideoGary Karr and Bassinova Quartet play Phantasy Quintet arrangement for five basses
The performance of Vaughan Williams’s chamber work was put together remotely, with each bassist recording their part in separate countries
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Gary Karr on bass-ic misunderstandings
Double bass soloist Gary Karr calls for greater understanding of his instrument from conductors, in this article from July 2014
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Double bassist Gary Karr
The double bassist offered advice from his playing and teaching career in our June 2011 issue
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Be natural and share your love for music’: Gary Karr’s Life Lessons
The celebrated American solo bassist discusses the importance of expression and communication in music making
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Premium ❘ FeatureMe and my teacher: Dan Styffe and Gary Karr
The double bass virtuoso taught Styffe how to control the pressures of the world outside the teaching studio
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DebateToo few conductors understand their double bass section
Though the standard of double bass playing has risen exponentially during the past 50 years, conductors’ attitudes towards the instrument have barely changed
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NewsFamous double bass – formerly owned by Koussevitzky – damaged by airline
Atlanta Symphony double bassist Colin Corner was flying with Southwest Airlines to perform in Rochester, New York
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ArticleDouble bassist Gary Karr performs 'Failing'
Double bassist Gary Karr gives an admirable performance of Johnson's 'Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass'. The work requires Karr to talk to his audience from a script, while performing increasingly complicated material - with the idea that at some point the musician will 'fail' ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureDouble bassist Gary Karr on ‘how to take bad music and make it creative’
The British musician explains how playing the corny pieces of the repertoire gave him an invaluable lesson in finding his own voice
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ArticleDouble bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations
Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to The Strad or ...