Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings for Doublebass Ensemble

[bigalex6393]

This is a cool arrangement. The fact that is transposed down a half step is actually enough to change the color of it completely! Sounds wonderful!

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

Hi guys, may I ask you something? Inspired by all the great music arranged/written for DBass I'd like to compose for DB solo or ensemble but I am having trouble with notation. I know that it sounds one octave lower than notated but you what is the highest note on double bass? How do I know which kind of stringing the bass need and how it has to be tuned, When playing flageolett, how do you notate this? In sibelius 6 I can't find the right symbols for sure..^^ But it sounds just too awesome

[bassbikeIN]

@FilmComposeRaHoppe

Lieber Andreas,

Ich glaube dass Du in Deutschland oder Oesterreich wonnst? Ebenso, Ich kann deine Fragen antworten.

I can send you some details regarding flagolett (we call them "harmonics" but the highest note on the fingerboard is usually C 2 octaves above the middle C (but transposed one octave lower)

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

@bassbikeIN Ja, ich bin Ösi :D. Okey aber ich mein, kennst du vom Debussy des "Beau Soir" arrangiert für Kb? Der letzte Ton, ein h, glaube ich, ist ja sooo hoch. Aber wie wird der dann niedergeschrieben, woher weiß ich, ob ich da jetztirgend ein Ringerl drüberschreiben muss, oder nicht? Und wenn man dann die Saiten mit der Hand nicht vollständig niederdrückt, dann wird es ja auch höher, oder? Oder notiert man das dann einfach ganz normal im Violinschlüssel, + die Anweisung "klingend"?

[BarbedDagger]

Uhm.

Really not in tune. But I do understand that the fact that tones Are so distant One another makes very difficult to stay in tune... But... You know... People expect that

[GKJusticar55]

Uhm, That was interesting...I think. I have to get used to the buzzing sound, the ridiculous slides and the oscillatingly obsolete intonation, but I'm getting there.

[JD892H]

being a bassist myself, i know how tough it can be being in tune with 6 other musicians.... u guys did a great job!!!!!! i like the tone of the top guy......

[malau1995]

awsome piece do you know where i could get the partiture for this one ty

[CAPTAINQUINN]

five stars.cheers.