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This thread made my night - even contemplating going up that high on the A-string would have solidified the fact at good ol' Bottesini was in fact "a loon". Going up to the extreme high G in his "di Bravura" is, I think, comparably freaky, but also doable...more doable than on the IIIrd string...

Hey guys, so I'm planning on preparing this piece with a fellow musician for a concerto competition next year, but I'm having problems finding the orchestral parts for it. I was wondering if anyone had recently played this with an orchestra (or even not so recently...) and knew, first-hand...

Hey guys, so I'm planning on preparing this piece with a fellow musician for a concerto competition next year, but I'm having problems finding the orchestral parts for it. I was wondering if anyone had recently played this with an orchestra (or even not so recently...) and knew, first-hand...

I think this one is an extension of a joke I read on the forum somewhere... So, What do you call a bassist that plays in tune? A mistake What do you call 2 bassists that play in tune? Lucky What do you call a section of bassists that play in tune? A Miracle And finally, Why are...

+1 From someone who is kind of still in your boat, I can definitely attest to this as true. I entered the bass stratosphere with his "Fantasy on 'La Sonnambula'' and it helped a lot with the problems you seem to be having. It at least gave me a foundation... plus, the whole thing seems to be...

Thanks for such a quick response, Patrick! Yeah, I hate when one writes at length, only to find that it is lost to the whims of the internet, for whatever reason... I really like and admire your philosophy on the futility of the word (and concept of) "hard", and I plan on adopting it! I...

Wow. And I'm taking this class next semester!!!

Hey Patrick, I've been in a bit of a Bottesini frenzy right now, learning all I can about his music and his style of playing. :hyper: I've learned some of his repertoire and now I'm curious about something...what is the hardest non-concerto work by Bottesini? I know his F# minor concerto and his...

Even though you posted this a while back, here goes... While I myself have the Zimmerman, I think it's a good edition. it's interesting to note how, if you look at the DB part on the piano score, there are alternate bowings and even extra notes, like an open G under the descending triplets in...