Double Bass Ricochet and Double Stops

[Uyase]

Can you tell me any pieces with a lot of double stops or richocheting I could play? I really love double stops, but rarely get to play them.

 

[Jordan M]

I guess you could listen to the later Bach cello suites, there's plenty of double stops to choose from in there.

 

[eerbrev]

2nd mvt Dragonetti concerto has a nice double stop section. +1 on the cello suites too.

 

[Square Bear]

maybe you could find what you're looking for in the rabbath books

 

[MDEbass]

maybe you could find what you're looking for in the rabbath books

+1, for both double stops and ricochet.

 

[moopants]

There's the last section of the Koussevitzky mvmt 1

 

[bassics1975]

Bach Cello Suites transcribed for bass by Paolo Rizzi (Ricordi).

 

[cbarosky]

Some of the most challenging double stop work I've yet encountered is in the Sperger A-min Sonata. A number of double stops appear around the middle of the first movement and they happen at the transitional spot of the fingerboard, into thumb position. A few of the stops are even in thumb position.

Here is a fantastic performance of the piece by Fora Baltacigil: