a new history of the double bass paul brun pdf file

Researchers claim that bass-type instruments were tuned in 40-50 different ways.Įvolution/changes of the size of the orchestra in the eighteenth century affected the need to create an instrument with lower and louder sound. Later in the sixteenth and seventeenth century basses were converted from their original forms into three- and four-string instruments.

Their sound was lighter than modern known double bass. In the sixteenth century, five- and six-stringed instruments were common. Great-grandmother of double bass – viola da gamba, in contemporary piece of Bruno Giner: All members of the viol family are played upright between the legs. The presence of frets, and underhand bow grip. G’ C F A d g). Viola da gamba has flat backs, sloped shoulders, c holes and five to seven strings. Violones were tuning in 4ths or using combinations of 3rds and 4ths (ex. The earliest known illustration of a double bass type instrument is from 1516. Their shapes and tuning was changing, depending on place where were built and used. In the sixteenth century they were used as the bass of the gamba family. In the course of history many bass and double bass instruments were described as violones. The Italian term violone (large viola), which has fallen out of common usage, gave rise to the word violoncello. Predecessors of modern known double bass were instruments called violone. The history of the double bass is unique because it has its origins not only from violin family but also from the viol (viola da gamba) family. The evolution of the double bass has taken several hundred years. I would like to present to you a brief introduction to the history of double bass, which I find unusual and exciting.

A new history of the double bass paul brun pdf file