Recent content by letrabass

My two cents…: From your picture, where you’re holding the bow, it does seem to me that your hand is very big, in relation to what you’re trying to hold!! I personally like the space, but if it’s too much, I guess you would be forced to scrunch your hand and have the tendency to grab.. So...

Thank you so much! :)

HI guys! I've been using a microfibre cloth to clean my bass and strings for sometime. I've collected a couple of them that I've been told could be washed and reused, but I'm very wary of throwing these rags full of sap into my washing machine. They are sticky and dusty, full of Pop's residue...

Well, Christian goes into it in this video! :) Apparently they are Bottesini's fingerings.... Go figure!

Hi all, I've been playing this excerpt for a long time (ususally out of Schott's compilation), but on a quest of going deeper into it I went to the complete opera bass part on IMSLP and searched for in it's (I suppose) original composer version. It has lots of indications as to what string to...

Hi all, I wanted to get some 2nd opinions, maybe you could tell me about your experience. I got a Bass cake to try out before I commit 50€ and while I really like the bite, stickiness and colours of this rosin, I felt like I needed to reapply a lot. Like, I could easily go 4 times on a 5 hour...

This thread has been great. I’d like to introduce an element that has to do with the active and conscious application of intonation as an expression tool. You will experience this in the very best string soloists, where they bend the tension between notes by deliberately not playing in tune...

My 2 Cents: I see lots of people writing they tried these strings for a couple of hours, or a couple of days. That’s not nearly enough time for both strings and bass to settle, let alone for anyone to change the way they play dramatically. I also had 3 of my first generation set break on me...

these are easily the best strings I have ever played. Incomparable to anything else. Allow, as you've noticed already, at least 2 weeks settling of both the strings, your bass and... your playing. Then revise the setup if needed. Genssler advises a heavier (or, better put, denser) tailpiece for...

Oh, I just noticed the OP was looking for concertos and sonatas... and I went on a tangent there!! :D I'll leave it though, since those are really nice bass recordings, in my opinion!

Anything with Stefano Scodanibbio, but specially the album Voyage that never ends. This one is, for me, the real voice of double bass. But also Håkon Thelin (Light), John Eckhardt (Xylobiont), Joëlle Léandre's recordings of Giacinto Scelsi and Joseph Warner (alon:es and Shaman Do(o)mes). These...

Because reverb algorithms sound better now. Joking aside, it sounds clean and really well played, but I wonder how it *really* sounds. I mean, before the whole treatment. Cause it's impossible to have such a sound, even in a humongous church, while using little to no bow. And sincerely, it just...

You could look at Jürgen Preyers offers. He's a great guy, amazing repair and setup work and just started getting much more involved in the making of new instruments. The Amsterdam Conservatory is buying some of his new offerings, so I can only imagine they are great instruments. He's quite...

Long loud notes very near the bridge, with slow bow. Open strings and stopped (this is tiring!!) Double stops, all kinds of them. But I assure you, you'll notice a difference immediately after playing major and minor seconds!! ;) (this is tiring!!!) Good thing is, both of those things really...

The brightness part, I completely misread that!!! :banghead: :) I get your point and it makes sense! So thanks for making me thinking again about this one!! :) My experience showed me there's something about that kind of sound and how long the strings were on those big basses. But I now think...