Bottesini: Elegy

2008/11/14 TNUA,Taipei,Taiwan.
Bass: Artem Chirkov
Piano: Su-Han Judy Hsu

Category:

Music

Tags:

• doublebass
• Bottesini
• elegy
• contrabass
• artem
• chirkov
• judyhanhsu
• judyhan
• Su-Han
• Hsu
• 悲歌
• music
• 玻特西尼
• classical
• 低音提琴
• bass
• 許舒涵
• 低音大提琴

[thumpybones]

With all the talk about tuning, it's important to remember that in Bottesini's time, a lot of cats were playing three stringed basses, which would lower the tension considerably.

[eerbrev]

@HandyTheXxxX For most string instruments this is the case, but because bass strings are such a high tension, trying to tune them up a whole tone can often have disastrous results, such as pressure cracks in the top of the bass (as a long term symptom) and broken strings (as a short term symptom). This is why companies that produce strings all have an orchestral tension and a solo tension, one to be tuned GDAE, one to be tuned AEBF#.

[HandyTheXxxX]

@eerbrev Solo tuning simply means to tune the strings a whole tone higher, no special strings required.

[JazzManJoe1127]

went to a masterclass with this guy after he won the bradetich foundation competition, simply amazing player.

[awsnap300]

@Selethero1 ur stupid

[eerbrev]

@Colimaniac The piece is actually in D, but it's written for Solo tuning (one full step higher AEBF# high to low) so there is an accompaniment in C for those of us too cheap (or a poor university student like myself) to afford solo tuning strings can play it reading the same sheet music, as Solo tuning bass reads as if it is a transposing instrument (reads G, plays G, sounds at A).

[Colimaniac]

What key is this in? This is not the original piece composed in c major >.>

[aznximportsx]

Too bad about the guy taking pictures. A little distracting.

[orchdork775]

This is fantastic!

[marioriverofalcon]

Precioso!! Enhorabuena amigo!!!!