Catalin Rotaru, double bass - Paganini Caprice 24

Catalin Rotaru, professor at Arizona State University plays Paganini Caprice 24

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Music

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• paganini
• caprice 24
• double bass
• contrebass
• kontrabass

[Cbod285]

I'm working on this for electric bass. Do you have any tips for me?

[bassocat]

@Cbod285

not really, except you're going to have to use a lot of "hammer on", you probably know this, when you pluck the string and articulate several notes with your left hand fingers; good luck and have fun

[3nd3r16]

what bowing exercises do you do to get such fantastic technique?

[bassocat]

@3nd3r16

any bowing exercise you work on with consistency will help you achieve a good bow technique; best wishes!

[Strefanasha]

very well done. I am a bass player myself and I am well aware of the enormous technical difficulties you have overcome in the process.

what a pity no great composer wrote for the bass (which is my polite attempt to say i have no respect for paganini at all)

[bassocat]

@Strefanasha

many thanks for listening and thanks for your kind remarks! I agree with what you say regarding the lack of works for bass from the great composers, but we must remember that the technique on this instrument has made a big progress only in the last 50-60 years, after the big contributions from Bottesini. Best wishes my friend!

Catalin

[jsmaster94]

Are you... God?

[bassocat]

@jsmaster94

ha,ha....I'm just as much of a God as you, or anyone else is! Thanks for listening!

[Cbod285]

I'm really impressed with how well intoned your octaves were, that was very well done.

[dezldummi]

@onixweru14 lol.... a witch I tell you..... a witch

[YellowBazz]

I wish some day i can make this... one day...

[bassocat]

@lxmoya11

thanks for your kind words, I am very glad you enjoyed it; but this is a double bass, not a cello which I never played :)

Best wishes!