Recent content by Paolo T.

What is funny is that the so-called 'German fingering' is actually Italian (Gaetano Negri, Napoli, late XIX century), but it is not used in Italy. What we call 'Italian fingering' is the 'school of Parma' (Asioli, Hiserich, Montanari, from the end of the XVIII to the end of the XIX century). I...

By watching at some videos of Marco Panascia on the tube, it indeed seems that he is using 1-(2-3)-4 on the first positions. Like me, he has quite short fingers, and that might explain something. What I'm starting to discover is how much more flexible is double bass fingering, compared to bass...

Thank you very much for all your answers. As a newcomer, obviously I am having postural diosyncrasies that make me appreciate the 'wrong' position. However, what I note when playing something like E-F-F#-G on the E string is this: - I play the F with finger 1; pitch is found by hear, but also...

Thank you everybody for the warm welcome! Eric, I'm a late comer to the bass world, so I'm not so well informed about today's panorama. However, both Deidda and Malaman have been well known tour musicians for many years, but have become popular in the latest years. Malaman has been in a TV...

I have a topic request. Just beginning with an electric upright (after playing a little bass guitar), and can't really get the 1, 2, 3+4 fingering. I find the 1, 2+3, 4 fingering easier and nearer to the interval lenght on the string (lower notes are more spaced than the higher; and so is the...

DoubleMIDI, thank you very much for your great information and hints. Your solution seems very logical. And Erik is probably right when saying that the hand support can stay on a shelf and be forgotten. As DoubleMIDI says, by 'key' I intended the hexagonal/Allen key, and any other maintenance...

Hi Gang, I searched the forum, but obviously I've not been able to search enough. I just received my EDB 34 (your fault: you were very convincing in this thread - not only for the instrument per se, but for the great support from other players), and have an odd doubt: "What you use the soft...

Hello Guys, My name is Paolo, and I'm a poly-instrument-banger. To my electric bass (a Peavey bubinga G5 with Bartolini pickups) I just added a Stagg EDB 34 to experiment with a bow. I've been lurking for long, and it's time to start asking. Paolo