Jun 25, 2015 · “Tuning in fourths, although it reduces the range of the open strings, has now become the generally recognised choice for the double bass.” It allows for a four-stringed …

Jul 20, 2020 · 8 I want to learn double bass but I don't have the budget to buy an instrument yet; however, I do have an old cello lying around. Is it ok if I tune the cello in 4ths so that I can start …

Sep 12, 2021 · The opera Das Rheingold starts with four of the double basses playing a low E-flat, one half step below the lowest E on a bass with standard tuning. In the sheet music, there …

Apr 26, 2017 · I'd be interested to find out what the string spacings are on 4 and 5 double basses. On bass guitars, there seems to be a choice between 5 strings squashed into 4 string necks, …

Mar 14, 2020 · 3 I typically play an A4 with my tuner when I am tuning because that is the note that the violin would be playing. On the bass, I would be playing the A harmonic on the D …

Nov 13, 2022 · Double bass uses flatwounds too, but the combination of long scale, acoustic body and loudly audible interaction between the strings and fretless fingerboard makes them sound …

May 9, 2015 · Add to this that bass sounds a bit weird-raspy in high registers, whereas cello can be exceptionally sweet and expressive here, and of course that the fourths-tuning is …

May 7, 2023 · More than 2 decades ago, I started learning upright/double bass (fingerstyle) for a kroncong group in high school. And eventually, after listening folks like Paul McCartney, Bob …

But the way I think of a bass looking, it lacks such a device as in the image below: What is that extension called, what does it do, and if it is useful then why doesn't every bass player use it?

Jun 20, 2011 · Five string double basses in symphony orchestras sometimes are tuned CEADG, with the idea that the lowest C corresponds to an octave below the celli's lowest note. …