Gigue from Bach Cello Suite #1

[boonefiddler]

This is the last movement from the cello suite no. 1 by Bach. Transposed from G major to D major for standard 4 string electric bass. I use a number of hammer-ons and slides to try to emulate the cello slurs with the bow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW0ouj1JtHk

[So Low Bass]

Once again, a real pleasure. A beautiful, full BASS sound. Your bass sounds "hot" ... the way you can hammer those notes, yet it doesn't come even close to the typical sound of a metal trash can rolling down the street in the wind.

Have you studies double bass?

[boonefiddler]

Originally Posted by So Low Bass

Once again, a real pleasure. A beautiful, full BASS sound. Your bass sounds "hot" ... the way you can hammer those notes, yet it doesn't come even close to the typical sound of a metal trash can rolling down the street in the wind.

Have you studies double bass?

I studied viola in undergrad and violin in graduate school, so that's where most of my left hand technique came from. I teach orchestra in MS and HS, so I have learned double bass over my teaching career from teaching materials, DVDs, teacher workshops, etc. Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to study the double bass with a teacher myself, but maybe someday. My son is playing double bass in college symphony right now, and taking lessons with the bass teacher.

I do use flat wound D'Addarrio Chromes on my electric bass. They feel good, like double bass strings. I play mostly jazz when gigging on bass, so I don't need to have the round wound strings for slappin' and poppin' or grinding out rock.