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08-27-2006, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kuwait | | | Highest Note you can hit
Hello All,
Im sorry if this is a stupid question
but what is the highest note one can hit on a 4 string Double Bass ? and Tuned E-A-D-G ?
The highest note without the use of harmonics ofcourse,
Thank you
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08-27-2006, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | It depends on the fingerboard. Without harmonics I can hit the high E past the G arpeggio on the G string. I have a very long fingerboard though. I've seen fingerboards that only go up to B but on average I say C. |
08-28-2006, 10:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn NY /SUNY Purchase | | | Db |
08-28-2006, 01:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kennesaw, GA | | Mine's not very long but it sure is wide  It only goes to a flat A. |
08-28-2006, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maryland | | | well if you hit your highest note then bend the string haha.Its gonna be higher
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08-28-2006, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Carson City, Nevada | | | How High ?
One of mine also goes to Db.  |
08-28-2006, 05:18 PM
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08-28-2006, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New York (Brooklyn/Manhattan) | | | I can get the D above the treble ('bout 2 1/2 octaves above open G) clef at the very tip of my fingerboard.
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08-29-2006, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BassZen I can get the D above the treble ('bout 2 1/2 octaves above open G) clef at the very tip of my fingerboard. | wow very nice, what are the measurments needed for that ? ( FB Strings etc ..) |
08-29-2006, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Clay_Bass Db | -Same here. Can be a C depending on the weather and my action. |
08-29-2006, 04:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, TX | | | A very frustrating Bb. I need much more.
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08-29-2006, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga Tennessee | | | My finger board boes to A but I can squeeze a Bb out if need be. Harmonicly speeking i can hit a D neer the bridge. It varies from bass to bass from C to E in harmonics. Of coarse when my fingerboard comes in like Edgar Meyer I'll be able to hit every note without harmonics.
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08-29-2006, 05:40 PM
| | ...Bluesin' and Funkin' | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | Mine only goes to B.
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08-29-2006, 10:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | I have a long fingerboard on my bass. It goes up to D, which is enough for me (maybe not for Edgar Meyer). |
08-29-2006, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | I get a C, but I don't go there very often.
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08-30-2006, 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mcnaire2004 Harmonicly speeking i can hit a D neer the bridge. It varies from bass to bass from C to E in harmonics. | The harmonic series doesn't change from bass to bass.
I've just about got a C, but it's right on the edge. Be nice to have a D. |
08-30-2006, 07:28 AM
| | | | I have a B which is incredibly frustrating if I need to play that high C. |
08-30-2006, 02:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn NY /SUNY Purchase | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by anthem274 A very frustrating Bb. I need much more. | Really? I dont think Ive ever actually used anything higher than the 2nd octave g on the g string in any performance situation. |
08-30-2006, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, TX | | | When playing an advanced solo, you usually need more.
ex: Gliere's Tarantella, Bottesini's Elegy (or anything else, for that matter), etc.
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08-30-2006, 09:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Costa Rica | | | Have you heard the Edgar Meyer's Candenzas on the Bottesini No.2? That he goes to over that really high B note in the firsth movement. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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