Essays about: "double bass technique"

Found 2 essays containing the words double bass technique.

1. 1. The contemporary string instruments : How to master extended bowed string instrument performance techniques

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

   Author : Arttu Nummela; [2023]
   Keywords : contemporary music; contemporary bowed instrument techniques; extended technique practice;

   Abstract : In this study, the focus is on techniques for playing contemporary music on the viola and other bowed string instruments. These techniques include playing overpressure, some percussion techniques, special pizzicato and left-hand pizzicato techniques, different contact point techniques, various harmonic techniques such as Effleuré, multiphones and subharmonics, and trills. READ MORE

3. 2. THE ”NEW OLD” SOUND OF THE DOUBLE BASS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Elia Scarponi; [2017-10-13]
   Keywords : double bass; classical orchestra performance; viennese tunings; double bass technique;

   Abstract : This work is based on research about the different tuning systems adopted by bass string instrumentalists during the eighteenth century. The consultation of period manuals and books related to the development of the double bass highlighted how the first Viennese symphonic tradition was interrelated to the Viennese violone. READ MORE