Aqajan

Great

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Renaud
• Garcia
• Fons

[bassmusic6]

Does he have a high E on?

[suzezoki]

high C, three octaves playable

[polokojo76]

@1MRBASSMAN the difference between Garcia Fons and Old-Fashioned-High-Action-Mach­o-Bassists like you, is that he's playing for the sake of art, as opposed to simply playing for a paying job.

[vpoflowfrequencies]

Truly ground-breaking; I have a new hero!This tears it, I'm getting The "Art of the Bow" and learning as much about Francois Rabbath (Renaud's teacher) as I can!

[anahatatutu]

Stunning! Rabbath his teacher played the Paris opera so it is possible to master both orchestral style and this style. But to get to the ultimate level in either most people would need to specialize. Also, one needs several basses. The instrument here with a high 'c' string is set up for this type of playing and would probably not do well with orchestra. Bow is different also! Light, quick and facile. IMHO Symphony bow needs to be heavier in most cases.

[789TheBeatles]

wow

[sydneisme]

That's absolutely incredible!!!

[Khaospenguiny]

And

b) Sometimes you're a soloist, sometimes you gotta stop being selfish, put the ego aside and help out the group.Personally, I enjoy bowing 32 bars of low F at ppp, because I know that I'm being as supportive as I can for the rest of the orchestra. When I was young a realised my idea of an excellent musician (technically) was one who had chops to burn but only used them it was called for. As a bassist who wants work, you gotta know when to hold it down.

[Khaospenguiny]

@stfrutiger6

I'm a bassist myself man. I mainly gig on electric and upright playing jazz, but do some orchestral work too. I'm not trying to restrict anything but there are two big things about the bass:

a) It is physically difficult to play. With only a single tone range without shifting, and requiring 8 times as much pressure as a cello to press down a string, there's no arguement that it's hard. That's why i'm so happy when I see people like Edgar Meyer doing what he does.

[Khaospenguiny]

@Coyotewolfcanfly

While i agree this is wonderful music, your ignorance is showing.

Boring and monotonous is what helps the orchestra/ensemble/group/band/­duo/trio sound good, bass is an instrument which is selfless and supporting, this kind of playing, in most contexts is overplaying.

Similarly, have you ever seen a semi-trailer in an F1 race?

[matalmike]

The action on his instrument is incredibly low!! Just goes to show, it's all about touch, and knowing your instrument........'