Joel Quarrington plays Papageno Variations

[punkypenguin321]

to the person who wrote the description, dragonetti bow is not the same as german bow at all.

[Tendency46]

Ah, beautiful Sound, im a bassist myself, im 14 and im in a Symphony Orchestra, in my school, im also in a chamber orchestra, We're playing Papageno suite, its pretty fun. Joel is an Amazing bassist, just listen to the Passion he puts in every Bow Stroke, From Every Crescendo To the quietest metzo Piano, and the Speed, I love playing songs with speed. All in all, amazing playing, a person that will be looked up to for generation to generation.

[jackarthurwinn]

great playing joel. remember riki singing this in hamilton?

[mcnaire2004]

Isn't half of this album in 4ths the other half is in 5ths? I think this is during his transition to 5ths.

[solobasstunes]

In the liner notes, it says that he played it all in fifths. Apparently he can still kind of play in fourths, but it takes some adjustment time.

[bassist907]

but you cant tune a bass in fifths! it's practiccally a cello then! it's like blasphemy! :O

[UKNintendoManiac]

Seriously? You should check out Joel's site (and Silvio Dalla Torre's) to see why fifths tuning is a brilliant idea. A wider range and supposed better intonation with the other violin family instruments, among other things....

[bassist907]

but how can you reach? a tone is from 1 to 4?? :S

[UKNintendoManiac]

Are you talking about fingering? Most bassists who tune in 5ths seem to use a four-fingered technique and more pivots than usual to reach notes. This is of course juxtaposed with the "traditional" three-finger Simandl system with excessive shifts. Dalla Torre's site goes into it in great detail.

[Luindriel]

Thanks for sharing this!