Double Bass Beethoven 7 fingering help movement 4 bar 368

[edvon]

Beethoven 7th fingering help movement 4 bar 368 and 372,

Hi all,
what fingering would you guys use here, crossing strings or all on the g?
Won't see my teacher for a few weeks so your input is appreciated.
thanks, Ed

 

[TomGale]

I don't have the measures counted but I think you mean meas 9 and 13 after I? then it's B4 (d string) , C#1 (G string - open hand), E4, D2, etc. staying with the open hand tech. until meas. 15 where you continue down the G - closed hand (Simandl, etc). Good example of why you mix techniques to make a passage easy.
Tom Gale

 

[edvon]

Hi Tom, thanks for your input.
yes, this is the passage I am talking about. Your suggestion is a good way of playing this passage, less portamento. I believe this is what my teacher would call pivoting, (same as open hand?)

Ed

 

[TomGale]

Either title gets the same result. Opening the left hand to a minor third can be a large problem IF the player locks all the fingers in place. Bad. I like to describe it as my "rock and roll" technique as that's what the left hand does to avoid the dreaded lock. Pivoting accomplishes the same idea. In my books, I use the term "open hand" and "closed hand" to separate the two techniques. And my little poem;
"Don't block and lock...
Just rock and roll!"
Tom Gale