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I mentioned it in my first post. Can't believe you didn't read it!

Yes that is the plan, but I need some examples.. hence this forum thread :)

my main focus is for phrases/melodies/lines that go sub-E (not just one note at the end of a cadence or something) .. so where a melody goes sub-E and if you don't have the extension you play a few notes in the melody up the octave, which sounds a bit silly...

No worries - if you can remember any particular symphonies that it features in that'd be really helpful, I can manage from there :)

Oh and this can be orchestral or in chamber music...

I'm currently working professionally in an orchestra in Australia (only 1/6 basses has an extension, and 1/6 plays with a 'drop d', the rest are in trad EADG), so it is definitely not a requirement here. Chamber and community groups would also not be too fussed about your instrument, though on...

Yes, I'm looking for music outside the doubleling bass line, so composers who specifically wrote a phrase using those low notes. For example the opening to the Firebird Suite - it requires Eb and D, but if you put just those two notes up the octave, it sounds a bit silly. That's what I'm...

Dear Classical Bassists of the World, I'm writing a thesis for my honours on double bass about how to overcome difficult fingerings in orchestral music due to the music being written for a bass with either a C extension or a 5 string with a low C, but not having the low string yourself, and...