DISCOVER String Extension Tunings for Double Bass - Upright Double Bass Tips and Techniques
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Cathy Elliott of London Mozart Players, Rambert Orchestra and Academy St Martin in the Fields takes us through a range of Double Bass Techniques - from basic to advanced.
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but does it djent?
when intonation is not an issue.
How sophisticated. We cellists don't have that!
Relax folks, the Double Bass can be tuned in Fifths too.
The double bass is so cuute! E: "BOOOOOM!" Low C: "Booooom!" So adorable!
Budget C Extension: Just tune the E down to a C.
Hexarion thought the same but a friend of me that plays double bass told me that intonation would suck twice as bad as on a regular bass guitar (except for dingwalls n shit)
Hexarion Yeah, but it's difficult to play, when you must pick up your string from the floor at the same time.
@@Fritz-the-Brat A new alternative to play all the way down to Low C on the Double Bass would be to tune it in Fifths (use Fifths tuned Double Bass Strings) cause the intervals between strings would be the same as the rest of hte string family, intonation would be better, and with a 5Bass (C, G, D, A, E) you could arrange solo Violin, Viola, and Cello pieces for the Double Bass w/o having to write it down on paper. Cello and Bass pieces will sound an Octave lower than written, while Violin and Viola pieces sound 2 Octaves lower than written.
@@wszystkojedno696 To solve that problem restring the Bass in Fifths cause 1) you'll have a more manageable range, & 2) much better intonation.
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some have high c string after g. some extentions go as low as b
My 5 string has a low-A extension ;)
excellent, thanks
The 5 String Double Bass eliminates the need to use an extension cause the loewr notes are on a lower string.
But in terms of precision and agility, which is the best? extender or 5 strings?
1:45 Low pitched 1 Octave C Major Scale.
Where can I find an extension like the one on her bass
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A 5 String Bass eliminates the need to use that extension & 5ths Tuning on a 5 String Bass (C, G, D, A, E) will have better intonation.
That's too cool.
1:45 Low C Major Scale.
Can a double bass be tune A,D,G,C
Yes, there are a lot of double bassists who tune their basses in 5th's. Joel Quarrington who is the Principal of the National Arts Orchestra in Ottawa performs with 5th's tuning.
@@rosslemon4033 Yeah, Tomoya uses Fifths tuning with a High E on a 5 String Double Bass. The advantage to Fifths tuning on a 5 String Double Bass is that you have a much larger and more playable range, the higher notes sound more in tune, and you can lock in with the Cellos. Joel Quarrington could play Paganini's Violin Concertos on the 5ths tuned Double Bass. Red Mitchell was known for that tuning. Both tunings can't be obselete cause they could give you more tone colors, and act as an enhancment to lots of pieces.
Yes it's the same as the Cello but an Octave lower, and 5 String Double Basses can go up another Fifths to a High E String. The High E on a Fifths tuned Double Bass is 2 Octaves below the Violin E String.
@@rosslemon4033 Joel Quarrington uses Obligato Fifths tuned Double Bass Strings.
@@rosslemon4033 5 String Basses can be tuned in Fifts too going up to a High E two octaves below the same string on the Violin, & those 6 & 7 string versions add on Low F & Low Bb. Those 8 & 9 String versions add on Low Eb & finally a High B. They're working on 5ths Tuned Bass Strings for all sizes of Bass (1/2 Size Cello Strings double as 1/32 Size 5ths Tuned Bass Strings, the 1/32 size Bass has to be at the same register as a Cello due to the body size) & they're adding a High E for the 5 String Models. 5ths Tuning will have better intonation on all the basses.
There are Strings designed for Fifths Tuning (C, G, D, A, plus High E Solo for the 5 String versions) & 5ths Tuning was popularized by Red Mitchell. A friend of mine named Joel Quarrington tunes his Bass like a Cello down an Octave cause 1) the range is larger, & 2) the intonation is alot better. They should make 5ths Tuned Bass Strings for all Sizes of Double Bass because the intonation is alot better this way.
Red Mitchell and Joel Quarrington are the exception, not the rule. Don't get me wrong, they're amazing players and I will never be even a fraction as good as them, but try playing any fast passages with fifths tuning, like Mozart 40 or Beethoven 5, and it instantly will make sense why it's not popular. With enough practice, you could totally do it, but unless you dedicate several years to it it's really not practical IMO.
Also, I found my intonation actually got a bit worse because of all the shifting I had to constantly do, but that's probably also me just messing up.
@UC_oj7KsOsNNlCjhj7J7OcDw I'm getting a 5 string double bass but it's going to be tuned in fifths with a High E because I'm doing an album called "Paganini played on a 5ths tuned 5 string Bass Violin"
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5 String Upright Basses are becoming more popular these days because Thomas & George Martin cleverly solved their playability problem by fine tuning their setup.
When you said E flat my first thought was D# because they’re inharmonic equivalents
Yeah, don't know where that Eb came from, while ascending the fingerboard. She should know better than that. What's she trying to do confuse my middle school nephew? He already wants to quit. Says it's too hard. 😕
The reason she said Eb instead of D# is because by natural order of Sharps (FCGDAEB) and Flats (BEADGCF), Eb is much more common than D#.
Nutik Wulf Honestly before she said D# I was also thinking Eb cause in most of bass music I’ve played it’s marked as Eb not D sharp, the only time I’ve seen a D# is when I play bass guitar music.
Actually D sharp and Eb are the same note, they're Enharmonics.
The actual strings are C, G, D ,A
DolphinLegend 64 not for standard tuning you can tune it in fifths but it’s not the standard tuning. Unless of course you’re playing Norwegian Heavy Metal on string bass in which case you’d start on C and go up from there
That’s a cello tuning lol
You buffoon
@@gg-lz5qq Actually for Double Bass it's called Fifths tuning which is the same as a Cello but an Octave lower. The 5 String Double Bass can be tuned in Fifths too which is C, G, D, A, E and it's an octave below a 5 String Cello, 2 Octaves below a 5 String Violin.
@@DARRELLZINGALE For Double Bass it's called Fifths tuning which is the same as a Cello but an Octave lower. School Orchestras should use Fifths Tuning on Double Basses these days (even with the 5 String versions going up to a High E) cause they'll sound more in tune, and the fingerings for all the notes will be alot easier.
@UC_oj7KsOsNNlCjhj7J7OcDw I'm getting a 5 string double bass but it's going to be tuned in fifths with a High E because I'm doing an album called "Paganini played on a 5ths tuned 5 string Bass Violin"