Well, I don’t know why, it’s one of those YouTube things. I’m grading papers at the moment, so I need a break here and there. The video below is about baroque double bass and it teaches a lot about the instrument in general, too. Have a look if you are curious.
I’ve tried an electric double bass at a rehearsal room, and it was a lot of fun. Have you had the chance? And would you pick up a bow, or just finger pluck? Personally, the bow had way more projection when I saw it live, and it’s… different. Has so much warmth.
Cool stuff you’ve discovered here, Antonio.
There’s a whole thread here about upright - some folks here have one, and are out there playing - thinking mainly about @PamPurrs and @Fahri.
It’s all the more modern style / steel string stuff, but it’s the same basic idea and instrument.
Here’s our upright thread:
I’m sure that I have lots of posture related issues to fix but yeah when you’re standing if you like to play closer to the bridge either you adjust the height of the bass accordingly or you lean on the bass by moving your hip backwards.
That’s why most of the time you see double bassist play sitting (like in your video) so that you have the dB leaning on you instead.
Like this guy
When I play pizzicato I stand in a better posture (still with errors) and I play higher near the end of the fretboard where the strings feel softer. I only lean in when I go to higher registers.
Great reply, thank you. I kinda couldn’t figure it out by the video alone, being totally uninformed here. Now that I saw a few double bass players play, and with the help of your comment, I can see why and how people bend down.
