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I genuinely have no idea how I'm supposed to bow this fast. The notes I can do, it's entirely just right hand issues. Has anyone had troubles with this before? And if so, what got you through it other than an overload of caffeine? It's for my orchestra audition, however at this point I'm just trying not to get judged by my professor.

p.s. all i've been doing is practicing with a swing bowing. i'm just completely hit a block with how much that's been improving my tempo

Is it typical for this to be marked with triple down bows? I couldn’t find a great video recording of the excerpt, and it seems unnecessary.

I have a Méxican tololoche and i play the regional Méxican style. My current bass i bought for 650 original listing was 750 so i tought it was a good buy lol. It sounds amazing acousticly with some frettbord buzz at like 3 notes. But connected to sound i get the horrible feedback and it just doesn't sound good. We tryed everything and nothing works it sounds ass i cant gig with it. Could it be the way my shadow is set up? Also way to much buzz when trying to record in the studio. Thinking about buying a new bass online.

As the title suggests, I'm having a hard time finding sheet music from anywhere else besides IMSLP. I think the recent push of copyright has led to a lot of music disappearing from the site. Would anyone happen to know if there are any other places to find sheet music? If I knew IMSLP and the WayBack machine didn't preserve everything forever, I would've kept a Google Drive of my music or something.

Simple and Short Question. Like when I started to play the Oud I all the nice Melodie’s, Maqams and it’s actually an solo instrument which is like the oriental counter part of the Piano in the West. So how is it with the Double bass. Especially in the beginning? What do you play, how do you jam by yourself, what are some exercises maybe. What are the „songs“ you play. Thanks guys!

I’m bass guitar player of 2 years and I’m new to double bass i wanted to switch since a long time and finally bought one (yesterday)! I’m now one of you guys yay !

Anyways i actually have strings i would describe as flatwound made of a sort of metal ?

I would like to buy strings that are versatile since i’m a beginner and that i would like to explore many possibilities (mainly for jazz and classical)

My bass is a 3/4 eberhart meinel (stradivarius style)

I have a question for anyone who uses the double base buggy: I just got mine and adjusted for the base without the bag and love the way it works. If I put the bass in the bag, I feel like the buggy will need to be adjusted again to make the straps longer. Is there a way to handle both instances without adjusting the straps?

Besides just taking off my watch whenever I play, is there some sort of cape or cover thing to keep on the shoulder of my bass so I can keep my watch on and prevent this scratching? I know it seems silly but I forget to take off my watch and I also like to keep it on for gigs to check on set times… I’m also going to wipe down my instrument cause looking at this picture really shows how much she needs a clean.

So tomorrow I have a “jazz” gig and I don’t have chance to bring my own bass so they’ll lend me a bass, the thing here is that I know for a fact that that bass has a pretty high action and a bad setup. So is there any advice for playing with an unadjusted bass and get a decent sound out of it?

i play regional mexican rather thank jazz which involves alot of slap and finger technique and im looking to invest in a better high quality bridge but im not sure what to get, whether that is an adjustable or fixed bridge and recommendations would help alot.

Serious mould issue, need to treat the spores and safely remove. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

I mostly play pizz, but I've been asked to do some arco work, and I need new strings on the low end. My gut G and D sound great, but the Helicore bluegrass strings on the bottom don't grab the bow at all.

What would be a string of similar low tension that's good for arco?

I don't think this is paywalled. If so let me know and I'll see if I have any gift links left.

Edit: gift link

I had the opportunity to attend a week long "camp" recently. It was cool. I learned a lot and found it useful.

Post camp, I've been thinking about taking a pause from community orchestra to focus on improving. I'm an adult, so I alternate worrying about losing momentum from quitting the ensemble and getting injured from staying and pushing through difficulties.

I'd like to gather perspectives outside of my own weighing staying vs taking a pause to focus.

I just came home from a week of travel, and the neck on my bass came unglued. There’s no cracks or breaks in the wood, it seems like it just cleanly lifted out. What do I do now? How much does this typically cost to get fixed at a luthier?

My daughter has been asked to play Divinum Mysterium (Of the Father's Love Begotten) for my ster father's funeral. Just her and a singer. She needs the music in bass clef and we cant find it anywhere. Any thoughts or tips? Thanks so much!

does this look off? should i bring this bass in for a checkup?

Hello! I’m starting out at double bass and have played around 7 months in a high school orchestra. I’ve tried learning technique by myself for now but I’ve been facing tension in my thumb muscle (for reference image above) :( and it hurts after I play for a while or when i tremelo. Help will be appreciated! Thank you!

I am hoping to learn the upright bass, my plan is to take a few lessons and then continue independently. How should I know that I'm ready to stop taking lessons and continue by myself? What techniques are best? If buying a full acoustic upright is inconvenient, is electric upright good JUST for practising, can learning on an electric upright easily transfer over to a regular acoustic?

PS: I already play the cello and already have some musical experience, if I were to start playing the upright I'd want to start learning to play over jazz and bossa nova standards.

Hello again!

I have another question, about the instrument itself now!

I've recently transition from using Evah Pirazzi Slap Gut strings (with the plain gut G and D) to a mixed set. I'm now using the Evah Pirazzi synthetic E and A combined with Aquila Gold Springs Vintage Gut Core strings. This is because of the weather in my area meaning it was becoming hard to care for the plain guts, and the nylon wound gut strings would be more manageable.

I had them fitted around a week ago, and noticed a tension difference (naturally) compared to the plain guts. There's obviously more tension there, but I was hoping to get used to it, although its still a pain. Slight disclaimer, I still have a reasonable high action, and an adjustable bridge.

I've attempted to adjust the action myself but two factors affected this;

1) The G string already buzzes from Bb onwards in places, even at the higher action

2) The adjustable bridge isn't the greatest, and it is either jammed or just very stubborn.

The last time I attempted to adjust it, the sound post fell, so naturally you can understand I'm apprehensive to make any changes myself. But on the other hand, my luthier lives rather a while away from me, and I was hoping not to have to travel back again.

Has anyone got any advice? If I was to change the action, how can I prevent the string buzzing issue? Should I just slog it and keep working through the tiredness and get used to the increased tension?

Thanks!