Double Bass Fingering question

[SAlcott]

In the "Swan Lake" suite, Valse #2, there's a tricky lick in the F# minor section. Anybody got a good fingering?

 

[SAlcott]

Nobody? Really?

 

[SVT4001]

Act 1, Scene 2, after rehearsal cue 7?

 

[SVT4001]

All on the D string: Start by anchoring the thumb on the C# (the final note of the phrase).
Ascend:
D# E# F#
1---2---3

Descend:
Keep 3 on the F#, pivot 1 to the D natural, arrive at the C# you have been anchoring with the thumb.

IDK if this is the best solution or not...I shall ruminate on it and get back to you!

Joe

 

[SAlcott]

Thanks-there are several ways to approach it-I found a clip of the piece on YouTube where it looks like the basses are playing the cello part (1:41)-it actually flows better than the "simplified" bass part with the missing notes. I'm gonna play around with that a bit.

 

[SVT4001]

Doubling the celli does make a lot of sense considering the line.

Good luck with it, and please share your solution.

Joe

 

[Jake deVilliers]

Thanks-there are several ways to approach it-I found a clip of the piece on YouTube where it looks like the basses are playing the cello part (1:41)-it actually flows better than the "simplified" bass part with the missing notes. I'm gonna play around with that a bit.

Lovely version of the Valse - thanks for posting it. I'm used to hearing it played by the much smaller ballet orchestra - eight basses!?! Whew.

 

[SAlcott]

I decided to stick with the cello part-almost have a fingering worked out.

 

[Don Kasper]

Lovely version of the Valse - thanks for posting it. I'm used to hearing it played by the much smaller ballet orchestra - eight basses!?! Whew.

Maybe it was for a particularly large Ballerina?!
Woody Allen once said he went to a Broadway show of "Peter Pan", starring Kate Smith, but the performance was not convincing because during the flying scenes, "the chains kept breaking".