Classical pieces on bass?

[Road Bull]

I came across this guy that sounded pretty cool.

Moonlight sonata - Beethoven - Bass Guitar - YouTube

Mozart - Turkisch march - Bass guitar - YouTube

Beethoven - For Elise (Bass guitar solo) - YouTube

He has a cool classical guitar technique.

 

[cschenk78]

Here is my take on this...

Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude by PaleBlueBass on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[Randyt]

There are many good transcriptions of six suites...my favourite is from Kalmus Classic editions.
i truly encourage you to try to read it...listen to it ....internalize it...these are increbible pieces....just by doing this your musicianship will rise considerably...this is a lifes work!!

IMO...Pablo Casals plays the best versions of these pieces

Enoy

 

[DeadHeadSF]

IMO...Pablo Casals plays the best versions of these pieces

Enoy

Casals basically discovered the cello suites. Before that, they were mostly regarded as etudes and exercises more suited to the practice room than the performance. Casals brought such depth and passion out of them that they finally became respectable solo works.

 

[Jeffrey Wash]

Here is my take on this...

Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude by PaleBlueBass on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Nicely done! Thank you for sharing.

 

[stratovani]

Here is my take on this...

Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude by PaleBlueBass on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Well done indeed! Hope you don't mind my downloading this so I can learn to play it myself!

 

[Skitch it!]

Here is my take on this...

Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude by PaleBlueBass on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Nice, very cleanly played, what picking/muting combination did you use?

Playing it an octave lower is quite difficult to mute I find using the thumb/index and mid digits but I prefer it in that range plus the open string sonority available. I'll put up a version in the near future.

 

[MrLenny1]

Joaquim Des Pres
JS Bach cello suites
Book & CD.

 

[cschenk78]

Nice, very cleanly played, what picking/muting combination did you use?

Playing it an octave lower is quite difficult to mute I find using the thumb/index and mid digits but I prefer it in that range plus the open string sonority available. I'll put up a version in the near future.

I did not see your reply.

The first few bars are muted then it switches over to fingerstyle. The muted part is all thumb and index. I will try to post a video if I can get a good shot of it.

When I was learning Motown stuff as a beginner, I liked the mute sound I got by using the thumb as much as possible. So the index works as an assistant to the thumb if that makes sense.

For the fingerstyle parts - I am a strict 3 finger player and have been since the summer of 97...

 

[parmezans]

Please do a video. That piece is so inspiring on bass.

 

[tuBass]

This one is much more tasteful

Bach Cello Suite 1 on bass by Martin Motnik - YouTube