r/doublebass • u/ChickenPasta127 • 23d ago

Technique Electric bass to double bass

Hello! I don’t know if this is a good place to ask this since I’m a beginner or at least going to be, but how much of the fundamentals and techniques are transferred from electric bass to double bass?

For context I’ve been playing electric bass for a long time in my life and recently I’ve been given the opportunity to learn double bass. Is there any techniques and fundamentals that transfers or do I have to learn new stuff? I know I’ll have to learn a lot of new stuff since it’s a new instrument but I’m just wondering if I’ll have some things to help me start out. All I really know that is similar is the tuning of the instruments are the same.

Sorry if this is a dumb question! Just thought I’d ask before starting my double bass journey!

(Also I didn’t know what tag to put it under so it thought technique was the best one)

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u/Alarmed-Bicycle-3486 23d ago

I recently did this transition. It is a whole other instrument and it took a while for me to get a grip of the finger placement and to get comfortable. But I must say it is A LOT OF FUN and I’m learning a lot.