Double Bass WOW Koussevitzky!!!

[mcnaire2004]

I wouldn't learn to play the suites from the Rohe edition for two reasons.

A. Based on the music your playing you should be able to play it at pitch well enough, so go for that.

B. The key choices in the Rohe edition are really awkward. Why on earth would you play the 1st suite in D. The 5th suite makes sence if you want to make it easier, but I always looked at the difficulty of that suite as part of the beauty? just my opinion. Why don't you post some soundclips of you playing, I'm curious.

I don't really know how to post a clip but I will try in July or early august of me playing a movement of the Koussevitzky.

 

[jdapodaca]

I don't really know how to post a clip but I will try in July or early august of me playing a movement of the Koussevitzky.

it's about that time, eh, mcnaire?

 

[Anon2962]

hey, have you made the clip yet? I'd love to hear it. Once you record it, you can put it online quite easily, at audiostreet.net, for example.

Looking forward to it!

 

[User4843936]

^ +1, There don't seem to be an awful lot of classical recordings on this site, which is weird considering the amount of seemingly more than competent players here.... perhaps the time is nigh for mcnaire2004 to start a little revolution!

 

[mcnaire2004]

Well I don't know how and I don't have the means to do so right now. Though my church music director wants me to play the Bottesini for the winter concert or the christmass (don't know why) concert. She records alot and has the means. Maybe I can get her to put the recording online.

 

[Anon2962]

Ok i'm no computer expert, so i hope this makes sense:

Try to borrow a minidisc and mic. Or better yet, buy them. It would set you back about $200, and its a great investment.

Then hook up the minidisc's line out or earphone line to your pc's line in, with a jack to jack connector (that regular earphone type jack on both ends).

Then download an audio-to-mp3 converter from the net. there's a lot of free ones out there, just search. (might also be called an audio compressor?)

Voila - you have your recording on your pc.

Then join an audio hosting site such as audiostreet and post your clip. Then link to it in the recordings forum here.

All done!

If you don't have a minidisc you can even use a cassette and a decent mic to record, although quality might not be great.

I hear that some of the newer MP3 players can record and save directly in MP3 format, which is cool.

Good luck!

 

[mcnaire2004]

I have a question. In measures 128 to 131 I may have a misprint in the Walter edition. In my edition that is all tied back and forth. But, I think I heard that not all of that first set of double stops is supposed to be tied.

How should I edit this?

 

[Cory Palmer]

It can be done a couple ways. It can be slurred the way the Walters edition has it or it can be played with two notes slurred and two notes separate. I like the two slurred two separate bowing personally. With the two slurred two separate bowing you can do the bowing down, up, up or as it comes. The down, up, up bowing is harder to project.

 

[mcnaire2004]

Thanks, I'll make the adjustment in my part.

 

[bassbass]

Duncan McTier, a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, London has published a little booklet about the Kouss Concerto, I recommend you try to have a look at it, he is an amazing player and teacher... I think you can buy it from his edition company... McTier Music.

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