6 techniques that will OPTIMIZE your double bass tone!

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It was a pleasure joining Micah Howard and friends for the 2023 Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium. Learn more about this great event here - pittsburghdoublebasssymposium...
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - intro
0:37 - #1 - roll the bow
2:18 - #2 - contact point is key
4:04 - #3 - tongue drop
6:16 - #4 - the five lanes
7:55 - #5 - the "interrupted stroke"
9:02 - #6 - letting the bow do the work

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@bustabass9025 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff! As an electric bassist who wishes he had come to the double bass decades ago, when the band director in high school was recruiting trombone players to play string bass for the orchestra, I am learning so much from you and your uploads! Thx.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear! Best wishes on your double bass playing-it’s a fun instrument for sure.

@bustabass9025 Жыл бұрын

@@doublebasshq Thanks! You have certainly helped me navigate the journey. Indeed, it has been fun and very rewarding thus far. It will only go up from here; I'm betting the cycle of "fourths" on it! 🤣 👍🏿

@MotoMoto-ld9gi Жыл бұрын

Good luck

@KevinJohnson-tw9ip 8 ай бұрын

this is my second visit to this post. Great work!!

@doublebasshq 8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@Gonzalo_Chalo_Luthier Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed with Joel Braun's playing 👏👏👏👏

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

He’s great!

@bass-player Жыл бұрын

tone depends on many parameters ! Firstly, it is a solo, or an orchestra. second: it's the foundation bass, or the theme, there's a lot of options! location + pressure + bow speed and quantity ,whether vibration is needed or not, a warm tone, or a little brighter.. pizz also has many tone options: you need to thoroughly - do not use G string if these are arias, or pizz needs to be taken denser, D string is better, A string, positions higher, the string is thicker, will give a thicker and softer sound. use two fingers in the game, if extremely sharp - vice versa.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

For sure-good advice!

@OlBillyBobBoy Жыл бұрын

Great video! Was skeptical about the tongue but it's real!

@georginabravo4508 5 ай бұрын

Thankyou, very helpful!!

@doublebasshq 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@leifdering3600 Жыл бұрын

Super cool seeing Joel Braun in action- I'm gonna be at Eastern Music Festival this summer where he'll be teaching, so it'd be great to get to study with him.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Joel is the best-you’ll learn so much from him!

@JMoura-qj6rr Жыл бұрын

Maravilha!!!

@Emmettdoesstrongman Жыл бұрын

What an odd fingering for the Bottesini concerto at 2:50. I’ll have to try it.

@brunobusy Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where can I find the Prokofiev quintet recording that Alex Hanna did? Thanks 🙂

@michaelanderson001 Жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying your videos and picking up some good tips. As an aside, do you have a link where I can buy one of the t-shirts you're wearing?

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! You bet-we’ve got T-shirts and more here: shop.doublebasshq.com/collections/merch

@Gonzalo_Chalo_Luthier Жыл бұрын

if you found use in the tongue trick, you may love learning some alexander technique, it works wonders!

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

I did a little Alexander technique back in the 90s-it was really helpful.

@datboihanash Жыл бұрын

during the tongue drop portion what is that song being played by you and alex hanna?

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

It's the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 39--great piece!

@kurtmuroki8763 3 ай бұрын

The tongue out comes from Michael Jordan. That is why he was so good and loose.