All double bass articles
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VideoHappy birthday to Leon Bosch
The internationally acclaimed double bassist celebrates his 60th birthday today
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Focus
‘I Got Rhythm’: using ‘rhythm changes’ to explore improvisation on the double bass
In this excerpt from the April 2011 issue, bassist John Goldsby writes about using the harmonic structure of Gershwin’s classic song as a basis for new jazz melodies and improvisations
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Schubert String Quartet no.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’ for bass quartet
Watch the Bassinova Quartet perform the first movement of Schubert’s work, recorded remotely from four separate continents
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Technique: Crawl, walk, run
Bass player Danny Ziemann illustrates how to build an improvised solo line from a simple bass accompaniment
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News
Co-principal double bass of London Symphony Orchestra retires
Colin Paris joined the orchestra in 1988, becoming co-principal in 1991
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Winners announced at ISB Double Bass Competition
The International Society of Bassists’ virtual event took place on 7 and 8 June at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Review
Book review: Fractal Fingering: A scaleable concept of finger geometry for the double bass
Caroline Emery reviews David Allen Moore’s innovative method for learning the double bass
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Review
Book review: Complete Method for the Double Bass/String Quartet op. 2 (Giovanni Bottesini)
Leon Bosch reviews the first two publications in a project to create urtexts of all the Italian composer’s works
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Making Matters: The height of perfection
Double bass repairers know the value of raising the saddle to help the instrument’s sound open up – but how much do you raise it by? Felix Habel reveals the formula that can give an exact measurement every time
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Article
Double bassist François Rabbath demonstrates his crab technique
In honour of François Rabbath, who turns 90 today, we are republishing content from our archive related to the French-Syrian double bassist
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News
Jazz bassist Eugene Wright dies aged 97
As part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the musician performed on more than 30 albums and tracks including Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk
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The Strad Calendar 2021: Gasparo da Salò double bass c.1580
The workmanship of this bass is typical of Gasparo, with the distinctive double purfling and long, widely set f-holes
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Review
Book review: Grade by Grade: Double Bass
RCM double bass tutor Caroline Emery reviews the latest in B H’s series for ABRSM students and others
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Article
New Products: March 2020
Dolfinos chin and shoulder rest system; Yamaha SLB300SK Silent Bass; Bam Supreme polycarbonate violin case
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News
Dwight Shambley, founder of Dallas Symphony’s Young Strings, has died
Double bassist founded education programme to address diversity imbalance in professional orchestras
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The singing, humming, whistling, hollering, growling, storytelling bassist
During the past half-century many works have been written for vocalising double bassists. Lisa Mezzacappa delves into this highly creative phenomenon
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News
Gavin Bryars raises the Titanic after 50 years
The double bassist and composer marks half a century since writing The Sinking of the Titanic with a performance at Kings Place
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Review
Leon Bosch: 21st-Century Double Bass
The bass is supple and light on its feet in music from this century
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Video
Bottesini bass mob in Crema, Italy
A flashmob of young double bassists film in the centre of Crema, Italy, filmed during the 2019 Bottesini Competition . Video by Lorenzo Taidelli
