Double Bass Holst's Planets: Mars

[Joe Taylor]

A quick search produced this info:

Col legno (Italian for with the wood) is a method of playing bowed string instruments (particularly the violin, viola, cello, and double bass) whereby the strings are struck with the wood of the bow rather having the hair pulled across them. There is also a technique called col legno tratto in which the player drags the wood of the bow instead of striking the string.

And, this site that has a lot of bow terms but not all terms.

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[Joe Taylor]

For all you dowlist do you have to paint the dowl a nice color or do you use it the "white"? I want to get it right once I convert to the dowl. And, is that a French dowl or a German Dowl?

From the coat hanger crew. Just how old does the hanger have to be. Can't a new one be used or does it have to be seasoned a good long time?

So many questions.

Joe

 

[travatron4000]

I never thought this thread would tangent so far...

it was about Holst,

and that performance is long over