All double bass articles – Page 4
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VideoSchubert 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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FocusTechnique: Crawl, walk, run
Bass player Danny Ziemann illustrates how to build an improvised solo line from a simple bass accompaniment
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NewsCo-principal double bass of London Symphony Orchestra retires
Colin Paris joined the orchestra in 1988, becoming co-principal in 1991
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NewsWinners 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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ReviewBook 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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ReviewBook 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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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking 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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ArticleDouble 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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NewsJazz 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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VideoThe 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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ReviewBook 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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ArticleNew Products: March 2020
Dolfinos chin and shoulder rest system; Yamaha SLB300SK Silent Bass; Bam Supreme polycarbonate violin case
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NewsDwight 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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Premium ❘ FeatureThe 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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NewsGavin 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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ReviewLeon Bosch: 21st-Century Double Bass
The bass is supple and light on its feet in music from this century
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VideoBottesini 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
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Premium ❘ FeatureWhat to play when trying out a new stringed instrument
Buying a new instrument is as much about rigorous auditioning as it is about falling in love...
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VideoBožo Paradžik leads a double bass quintet
Božo Paradžik and students record a bass quintet arrangement of Czech composer Václav Vačkář’s march Šohaj. The musicians are, left to right, Oskari Hänninen, Božo Paradžik, Madlaina Küng, Cecilia Perfetti and Marko Hristoskov.
