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I have used a variety of items when in a pinch. If you can't find anything useful in your gig bag, try the rubber door stoppers that you may find in the place.

I saw it on IMSLP a second ago. Curiously, I was actually looking for the solo part because I misplaced mine. Enjoy: http://imslp.org/wiki/30_Etudes_for_the_Double_Bass_(Simandl,_Franz)

Hi all, This may not pertain a lot to playing technique, but I think it has everything to do with orchestral playing, and I am wondering if anyone has experience in this. In the unlikely but conceivable event of an end pin malfunction (e.g. the locking mechanism fails and the bass suddenly sinks...

I once put a bruise on my stand partner's hand when I momentarily messed up the bowing. That may have something to do with it?

Here's an idea. True story.

I don't trust my conductor to remember to cue me for such insignificant punctuations. What I do is I count, and I look for movements around me (fellow section mates) to see if I have gone off track.

Also, I have seen tricks like dog ear on the lower right of the page turned by the bow. Is that reliable?

Sounds like a plan. Thanks.

Hi all, So my group is playing Tchaikovsky 2, and in the last movement, before the coda, our conductor decided make his statement by cutting the fermata very short. The site (attached) sits across a page turn, so we only have a fraction of a second to turn the page before launching into some...

My choir conductor hand this ongoing joke, where he'd say "put a pair of 'skepticals' on it if you keep missing it." The new guys would be very confused until the veterans explain to them that he meant "spectacles." As for the orchestra, since our conductor had this habit of changing his mind...

Especially through the first page of Mahler 1 ;)

I'm not sure what your question was, but for starter I'd say I have developed the technique that I'd pluck with the lateral side of my middle finger while keeping the bow grip with the rest of the hand. (I play french bow)

As an extension to the first question, would stowing and pulling out the bow be very visually conspicuous? Like, should I try to keep the bow in hand most the time, and not put it away unless I have several pages worth of rest?

Thanks. The last bit sums up nicely what I have always feared but couldn't quite put into words.

I should try that in the next rehearsal. By the way, I have also noticed that in some orchestras basses have their "shelves" on which they rest their bass during intermission or their bow and rosin and other stuff during performance. I almost wish I have that luxury, too.