This is awesome, I may have to try some of your fingerings, I hope you don't mind. You really helped me the other day deciding fingerings for a mozart 35 excerpt. I love how consistent you are with the rhythm too, something I have trouble with in this excerpt. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Ben, and definitely try these fingerings! Always a good idea to practice multiple options and then decide what works best for you technically and musically.
It's a sort of biographical retrospective that contains themes from all his previous tone poems. Heldenleben has several very difficult passages and this one, the dreaded #9, is on pretty much every symphonic double bass audition list. Out of all the Strauss tone poems, my personal favorite is an earlier one, Death and Transfiguration.
You can get away with only a low E depending on the situation. Professional orchestras usually expect their bassists to have a low C extension - or a 5-string that goes to B.
Fifth part of Zarathustra, "The Song of the Grave", has some passage work for celli but the double bass line isn't very active in that section. Definitely another fantastic tone poem from Strauss! "I may not be a first-rate composer but I am a first-class second-rate composer." RS Hahahaha!
Among so many orchestra double bass players in the world, there is finally a daredevil who is not afraid to show what he can do. Way to go !
Thanks for your support, Zbig! Cheers!
A Master at work.....A Master Plays.....
..........Love it......Excellent!
Thank you very much, Andy! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@JeremyMcCoydoublebassist You are most welcome Sir, the pleasure is mine, thank you so much, take good care, all the BEST!
The militant march part and build up to it is my favorite part of A heroe's life.
The famous 'battle scene"!
I adore the last movement, with the long melodic lines and solos for horn and violon.
you should be incredibly famous
Surely in the wrong line of work for that!
Wow! I'm so happy to have found your videos. Love your sound and clarity!
Thank you so much! 😊
_Strauss_ is the heavyweight champion of giving superb melody to the bass, what a formidable composer!
Absolutely!
This is awesome, I may have to try some of your fingerings, I hope you don't mind. You really helped me the other day deciding fingerings for a mozart 35 excerpt. I love how consistent you are with the rhythm too, something I have trouble with in this excerpt. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Ben, and definitely try these fingerings! Always a good idea to practice multiple options and then decide what works best for you technically and musically.
“A Hero’s Life” by Dick Strauss. That’s one piece I really don’t know that well-I’m sure it’s monumental.
It's a sort of biographical retrospective that contains themes from all his previous tone poems. Heldenleben has several very difficult passages and this one, the dreaded #9, is on pretty much every symphonic double bass audition list. Out of all the Strauss tone poems, my personal favorite is an earlier one, Death and Transfiguration.
Thank you!!!!
My pleasure!
Rich tone 🎉🎉
😊
Excellent performance! Keep up the hard work!
I really appreciate you. I learned a lot through your video.❤
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Muchas GRACIAS!!
Gracias por escuchar!
Well played! I'm not a double bassist (me = classical violinist) but you make that look easy when I'm quite sure it's not😁
Thanks for listening! Nice to have upper string players checking out what the basses have to contend with. :)
Respect
Cheers, Fabian!
Bravo!! Master!!
Thanks for listening, Mingyuan!
Wonderful 😍😍😍
Thank you, Adam!
R.Strauss Gran genio.-maestro McCoy.-excelente
Verdadera un gran genio! Gracias!
Awesome
Thanks, JDB!
Lovely...
Thank you! Cheers!
The real McCoy!
Nice bass, but even better player!
Thanks very much - and thanks for listening!
Amazing Master!
What strings are you using?
Top three are Pirastro Original Flatchromes and the extended E is a Passione (stark).
I love the finish flag at the end 😂
Hahaha. Bringing it under the 60 second limit was a close shave!
I can imagine. Strauss’ orchestral parts are SO bleedingly difficult, for everyone. No one in the orchestra is safe.
@@markokassenaar4387 Very difficult but he understood all the instruments very well. His operas have more and harder passages than the tone poems.
@@JeremyMcCoydoublebassist Harder? 😳Like Elektra and Rosenkavalier?
@@markokassenaar4387 Yes! Salome and Frau also thick with passages. Challenging and fun to play.
If I wanted to play in an orchestra would I have to have an extension?
You can get away with only a low E depending on the situation. Professional orchestras usually expect their bassists to have a low C extension - or a 5-string that goes to B.
PLEASE do 5th movement of Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra
EDIT: coming from fellow cellist
Fifth part of Zarathustra, "The Song of the Grave", has some passage work for celli but the double bass line isn't very active in that section. Definitely another fantastic tone poem from Strauss! "I may not be a first-rate composer but I am a first-class second-rate composer." RS Hahahaha!