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Double Bass can anybody recommend any bass duets?
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David Anderson has some cool ones. Hal Robinson publishes them through Robertsons, I believe.
There are a lot: Bottesini has a few, Bartok wrote some violin duets that have been transcribed for cello, so you end up playing them at cello pitch. Look around.
There are a lot: Bottesini has a few, Bartok wrote some violin duets that have been transcribed for cello, so you end up playing them at cello pitch. Look around.
I just wrote one for my grade 12 composition project.
I'm kidding, you obviously mean good music. Actually I'm pretty proud of it, I think it sounds good, but it's probably way too easy for all you classical bassists. I'm a jazz bassist who also loves classical music so I wrote a classical/romantic style bass duet. I can't even play it very well haha.
I'm kidding, you obviously mean good music. Actually I'm pretty proud of it, I think it sounds good, but it's probably way too easy for all you classical bassists. I'm a jazz bassist who also loves classical music so I wrote a classical/romantic style bass duet. I can't even play it very well haha.
Bertram Turetzky has a nice book of transcriptions. Yorke published a few, you might look those up. The Turezky book is great.
Try the Romberg duet. Or if you are more up to it Passiona Amorosa by Bottessini is a beast but beautiful. Also Zimmerman edited a book of short duets called "Classical and Modern Duets for Two String Basses" published by IMC.
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Basse Contre Basse by Alain Caron & upright bassist Michel Donato. Very impressive mix of the fretless electric and acoustic. Kind of hard to find but you still may be able to get it from Alain's website or Audiophile Imports.
If you get Rufus Reids Evolving Bassist book there a couple great transcriptions of Bass duets he has been a part of.
Did anybody try the free duet at ASODB.com yet?? Just wondering.
Tom Gale
ASODB.com
I'm going to try them out... good shout out. I need a new project and focus for my playing and this could just be the ticket. Cheers.
Get the last issue of BassPlayer mag. The one with Esperanza on the front. Inside there is a transcription of a cool tune for two basses.
Any of the 3"grand duo's" that bottesini Wrote (I like the 3rd the best) are pretty cool. I'd avoide the York editions though... he likes to "adapt" Bottesini's music for a 4 string bass.
