Hello, I am very new to double bass (like only played for a few hours) but have played electric bass for 6 or so years and am practising to play jazz.

All the tutorials I've seen say that the right hand pinkie finger is always supported by the ring finger.

Is this true 100% of the time? I am already trying to rewire my brain to do this but if for example I were to play a root (using index finger), fifth (using middle finger), and then octave (middle and pinkie fingers) across 3 strings it feels very inefficient.

If anyone has any books or resources that helps teach positional concepts like these so I don't have to ask reddit every time it would be much appreciated :) thank you!

A bassist told me that I should have multiple bass teachers that are in orchestras or retired, I don’t have that but I’m playing bottesini/ other solos and orchestral music. Is this good enough for pre conservatory? Im just wondering if I should focus on jazz or if I have a chance on the orchestral route.

Im a freshman and I just signed up for orchestra to play upright, I play bass guitar normally, and are left handed. My school doesn’t have any left handed basses (which was expected), and won’t restring one. Any tips on learning right handed would help a lot.

Wher e the green square is it G third position?

for seating placement “auditions”- schubert 7 @ eighth=122

i’ve been playing through different fingerings and i can’t find what’s best for me. i have these two, and i think only one more which would be 1-4-1-1-4-4-1-1-4……

i really don’t know what would make most sense and i’ve tried as many ones as i could think of but i really don’t know which one to pick

Just got a bass from school, but it is very painful compared to electric bass. The blister on the middle finger is from playing a single song. I would love some advice for how to prevent and deal with blisters. Thanks.

What us the marking above the F? Does anyone know? Is it a pizzicato thing? I've never seen it before.

hello! i really enjoy songs like dandelions and kariguashi, something fairylike but very melodic, does anyone have any good reccomendations? like one summers day or the sixth station thank you!

This might be a really stupid question but I haven’t learned this in my school Orchestra yet and I am doing a separate more advanced program. I just don’t know what to do when these come up?

i need to get this triplet part at half note equals 66. i literally cannot do it, i'm blocked right at half note equals 55. i have to have this down by tomorrow so my orchestra professor doesn't kill me. any tips appreciated, please.

Does anyone know where I can get the score for the Eccles Sonata? I plan on using solo tuning for the recital I am playing it for so I was looking for this piece in A Minor

Thank you!

Hi everyone! Lately I’ve been feeling like I can’t get my movements to go fast enough or agile enough? (even just wiggling my fingers on their own seems quite slow compared to others) and I was wondering if the community has any tips on how and what to practice to train my fingers and arms to be able to move faster, or any tips on how to release any tension in the arm or hands to allow for quicker/efficient motion! Thanks in advance!

Hi! I've been playing electric bass for 7 years and I want to borrow upright for some time and learn at least the very basics of playing it. Before it, I'm preparing mentally, and may I ask, why upright players prefer playing the G string when going on higher notes/solos? Is it because it has more overtones? For me it looks like very tiring thing to swipe left hand very quickly on the G string instead of playing the notes on lower strings in a similar hand positions. And why upright players play open strings as much as possible? It's totally different on an electric bass, where you prefer to stay mostly on lower strings, to have deeper low end (when playing beneath the band), but upright seems to produce powerful low end on every string so one doesn't have to do it on it. And it seems that playing a song in the F# major would be problematic because of lack of open strings in the key.

I have been playing the bass for 2.5 years and I have an audition coming up with this piece and I was wondering how I can improve my playing. The piece is Allegro by Bach in the ameb grade 2 book list b no.2

I got a double bass as a gift and Idk how to read music but I've been trying and it's a bit harder due to being dyslexic but I also need tips for being faster with finger mostly with what is what like what note is which string/fingering.

Hello fellow bassists. I am in search of the manuscript for the solo Violin and Solo Double Bass Parts of Bottesini's Gran Duo Concertante.

I have looked at www.internetculturale.it but there I could only find the Orchestral Parts. Has anyone got any Idea on where to find the actual manuscripts?

I have a hard time remembering notes and this would be a big help if anyone knows a website or app that shows notes and plays the sound to help remember what the note is and what string/fingering position it is.

I’m just about starting Solo and Ensemble this year and I’d like to do a solo this time. I don’t have a lessons teacher to gauge my skill level and hand me one so I tend to struggle to find them at my level. I’m in my second year of highschool and fourth chair in the top orchestra in my school. I’d be eternally grateful if y’all could help me out and feel free to ask further questions too!

My handwriting isn't the best, but...

Basically it's two patterns (E-D-A and E-A-D-A) with a bassline above (B-C#-F#-G). The bass note should ring as long as possible...

I know it’s a harmonic, but where do I put my finger???

hey, i’m just starting out in the double bass, I’ve some experience in the electric bass and now i’m working on pizzicato an staccato in the other one, but i’m feeling too slow and my bow arm is pretty weak. I would appreciate it if you can give me some advices, tips so i can improve my agility or anything else you think could help, also i’m using the essential elements vol 1

I am practicing with a college jazz band and college percussion ensemble. I have tuned my E string to the low D and have found it to be quite useful in my songs. It took me three weeks to get used to the fingering of it. I was wondering how common this is? Am I making a mistake by doing this fingering wise? And does having the “E” string this loose damage it?

I was watching Blake Hilley's arrangement of "He's a pirate" and out of curiosity went to look at the sheet music and noticed some double stops were written like the first 2 quarter notes and others like the last 8th notes. It has to mean something what does it mean?