Recent content by MrFawkes1605

Gorgeous bow, unfortunately out of my price range right now though. Saving up for a new bow right now, however, and I will keep an eye on this-definitely will be interested if I have enough saved up by the end of summer.

Thanks for the excellent reply, Dimmik, that's exactly what I needed to know. The question's been floating around in my head for a while now, and I was happy to get such thorough answers from all you good people. Thank you!

Thanks for the answers, that's exactly what I was looking for. And it's my understanding that the bassist you're talking about, Beethoven's friend, was Dragonetti, and the virtuoso inspired Beethoven to write such difficult bass lines. Of course, I may be totally off on that. Thanks guys!

Hey all, not sure if this is supposed to go here but I'm not really quite sure where to put it, feel free to move it if this thread is not in the right place. So I have a quick question about the history of the double bass regarding when the bass became a power in its own right within the...

Proud owner of a SB-150 here. First bass purchase, and I couldn't be happier with it in the two years I've had it. Will post pictures as soon as possible, I'm on vacation for the week.

Thanks so much for the help. You, sir, are awesome.

Hey guys, I just acquired the solo part for the Koussevitzky Concerto from IMSLP while waiting for my paid-for part to arrive in the mail. I was looking through it and I noticed a potential typo in the first movement. In the tenth measure after the "Alla Breve", there is a measure containing...

Sooooo, Can a person learn perfect/absolute pitch or must they be born with it?