Double Bass Suggested fingering?

[AndyMopley]

Particularly the AB to G and back to D note? Passage from Bruch Scottish Fantasy..
I start the passage on the D note on the A string, to reduce the jump.

Thanks!

 

[AGCurry]

Challenging!
I'm not sure why the stopped D on the first note is preferable to open, but anyway ...
Starting with the Ab and remaining notes on the first staff, and assuming the preceding Bb on the D string:

1 -4 1 1 T T 1 0
D D G G G D D G

Alternative:
1 -4 1 2 1 1 2 0
D D G G G D D G

You could "shivot" the first three notes (Ab major triad) 2 1 4, but your shift to the high Ab would be longer.

 

[the_Ryan]

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Particularly the AB to G and back to D note? Passage from Bruch Scottish Fantasy..
I start the passage on the D note on the A string, to reduce the jump.

Thanks!

At this tempo I'd probably not worry about closing open strings, so the first 6 notes of bar 7 would be in half position. Then I'd play open G, shift to Bb on the D string with 4, then play the last 8 notes as 1 [1 + 3 2] [1 2 0] (the brackets outline which notes are in one position).

 

[Alexis Duntov]

Challenging!
I'm not sure why the stopped D on the first note is preferable to open, but anyway ...
Starting with the Ab and remaining notes on the first staff, and assuming the preceding Bb on the D string:

1 -4 1 1 T T 1 0
D D G G G D D G

Alternative:
1 -4 1 2 1 1 2 0
D D G G G D D G

You could "shivot" the first three notes (Ab major triad) 2 1 4, but your shift to the high Ab would be longer.

I think “Shivot” is also a Jewish holiday in NYC which means I don’t have to move my car for street cleaning.

 

[neilG]

Don't get fancy:

 

[AndyMopley]

Don't get fancy:

And after years of following your advice, Neil, that is where I landed! Thanks

 

[Paps]

I like Neil's suggestion, but instead of the 2-1 from the c to the b-flat, I would begin 4-4-1(dflat-c-bflat) then over to the D string.
I'd be interested if there was any technical reason or suggestion as to why the 2-1 would be preferable?
To me this seems more difficult than the 4-4 shift I would use.

 

[the_Ryan]

I like Neil's suggestion, but instead of the 2-1 from the c to the b-flat, I would begin 4-4-1(dflat-c-bflat) then over to the D string.
I'd be interested if there was any technical reason or suggestion as to why the 2-1 would be preferable?
To me this seems more difficult than the 4-4 shift I would use.

Changing fingers can sound clearer than shifting a half step with the same finger (especially under slurs) since the fingers are providing some articulation in the change in pitch, but neither are “correct” and whatever sounds clearest when you execute it is the best solution.

 

[AGCurry]

Changing fingers can sound clearer than shifting a half step with the same finger (especially under slurs) since the fingers are providing some articulation in the change in pitch, but neither are “correct” and whatever sounds clearest when you execute it is the best solution.

I had my lesson today. I noted my difficulty in thumb position slurring down from C (played with thumb) to the Bb (played with 2). My teacher agreed that it's not easy but that I must learn to stop the bow, shift, and then play the next note, and that if we practice that correctly and enough, it will become imperceptible. I appreciate that she expected me to learn that while adding that I can do it differently once I do.