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Double Bass double bass and guitar

#8
Go to Jimmy Bruno's website. He's got some free downloads of him and Jeff Pedros doing duets. I don't think they ever released a CD as a duet together but, I've seen them live in Washington VA together and it was incredible. Jeff is a young guy, he did an amazing arrangement of Haitan Fight Song for solo bass. He's going to be one to watch for in the future I bet.

Also, search Jim Hall. He's done a ton of duet work.
 
#9
At last! Something I know about and can post usefully on :D

I play in a bass/guitar duo, and consequently have a large collection of bass/guitar duo recordings - I'll try to remember to post a comprehensive list when I'm at my home computer.

In the mean time an all-time favourite is Howard Alden and Jack Lesberg "No Amps Allowed." It's available at eMusic too. Simple yet beautiful stuff.

As well as those already mentioned (guitar + NHOP/Red Mitchell/Ron Carter etc) there's many others. Some that spring to mind are:

Jennifer Leitham/Jimmy Bruno
Dave Young/Lenny Breau
Michael Moore/Gene Bertoncini (there are at least 3 G/B duo CDs from these two)

This should keep you going.
 
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Jeff Pedraz is an absolute monster player. I was fortunate enough to study with him last year and he really helped me get my technique together. Though I only had a few lessons with him he was soooo helpful and I hope to study with him some more in the future. Jeff is such a great guy if anyone has the chance to check him out or take a lesson or two with him, go for it!
 
#15
Can anyone offer tips on how to approach double bass playing in a duet with classical guitar? Typically, a classical guitar played solo is doing everything including the bassline. The latter is sparse, usually the root thumbed in rhythm. Most of the examples cited above are more "jazzy" and change the "classical feel" so I'm wondering how those of you who've done this have enhanced the music without stepping on the toes of the guitar or changing the mood.
 
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N. Kentucky Bass said:
Can anyone offer tips on how to approach double bass playing in a duet with classical guitar? Typically, a classical guitar played solo is doing everything including the bassline. The latter is sparse, usually the root thumbed in rhythm. Most of the examples cited above are more "jazzy" and change the "classical feel" so I'm wondering how those of you who've done this have enhanced the music without stepping on the toes of the guitar or changing the mood.
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Well the first thing that comes to mind is not to play anything from the solo guitar repertoire. There may be some stuff out there written specifically for guitar (or lute) and cello (or viol da gamba) that could be adapted for DB and guitar (this is uninformed speculation on my part). But you may want to check out doing reductions of other works (I mean, some of what is repertoire for classical guitar already IS a reduction of another piece) so somebody's gonna have to do some arranging/re-orchestration.
 
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Some other ideas, if your guitarist has a jazz background as well. There's the BACH FAKE BOOK, which has a bunch of compositions set up like a lead sheet - melody written out with chords above, there's another called CLASSICAL FAKEBOOK same deal...
 
#20
So here's my "double bass duet" project, with classical guitar. I wrote a bass countermelody and forbade the guitarist from playing a bassline. Choosing the right bass registers and mixing this was a bear. It was super easy for the bass to either be too muddy and/or overpower the guitar. You be the judge of whether the blend works.

 
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