Did bottesin write his own piano accompaniment for his elegies? just a question ive been wondering about...
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Double Bass did bottesini write....
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piano was the instrument of the period(XIX), if you didn't knew how to play it a la great soloist, you weren't then a respectable musician or something like that.
While he, Bottesini, was writing his own accompaniments how, in what intervals, was he tuning his bass?
Anyone?
Anyone?
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As far as I know, he played with a three stringed bass tuned A-D-G top to bottom. I'm probably wrong.
Paul: No, I think you're right. The three string bass (i.e. bass without an E string) was in fashion in certain places at certain times. Bottesini was one of its proponents, as were some other great composers. I believe even as late a Berlioz the bass was used and thought of highly.
PaulCannon said:
I would be surprised if he tuned his bass in fifths. My guess is that you meant bottom to top. After playing some of his 2nd concerto, it really seems that his instrument would be tuned in fourths.
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He would have played it in C minor, but only because he was using a higher scordatura. The notes on the page would still have been in A minor like the rest of us. Ahh, the wonders of gut strings....
FractalUniverse said:
It's still the case that if you want to study music at the very highest level, then you must play piano.
