Contrabass / Violone / Viennese Bass

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[Video] Introducing the Baroque Double Bass - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[Video] Baroque Double Bass with Heather Miller Lardin - Interview/Performance - Discover Double Bass
[Video] Meet the Orchestra: Double Bass - Irish Baroque Orchestra
[Video] Interview with Nathanaël Malnoury: Baroque Double Bass - Maisie Productions
[Video] Introducing the Viennese Bass - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[Video] What Did Bach Mean by “Violone?” - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
[Video] How to Apply Rosin to the Double Bass Bow - Lesson with Jason Heath - Discover Double Bass
Anatomy of the String Bass - The Instrument Place
[English, German] [PDF] New Method for the Double Bass - Franz Simandl. Carl Fischer, Inc./New York, 1904
[PDF] The Contemporary Contrabass - Bertram Turetzky. University of California Press, 1974
[French, English, German, Spanish] [PDF] Nouvelle Technique de La Contrebasse Méthode Compléte et Progressive en Trois Cahiers (New Double Bass Technique Complete and Progressive Method in Three Notebooks) - François Rabbath. Alphonse Leduc/Paris, 1977
Violoncello and Double Bass in the Chamber Music of Haydn and His Viennese Contemporaries, 1750-1780 - James Webster. Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 413-438, 1976
Joseph Kämpfer, a Contrabass Virtuoso From Pozsony (Bratislava) - Mary Térey-Smith. Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, T. 25, Fasc. 1/4, pp. 183-189, 1983
The Double Bass as a Solo Instrument in Early Jazz - David Chevan. The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 17, No. 1/2, pp. 73-92, 1989
Perfecting the Storm: The Rise of the Double Bass in France, 1701-1815 - Michael D. Greenberg. The Online Journal of Bass Research, Vol. 1, July 2003
Historical and Practical Considerations for the Tuning of Double Bass Instruments in Fourths - David Chapman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 56, pp. 224-233, 2003
Back to the Future (the Violone’s Fascinating History) - Joëlle Francher Morton. The Double Bassist, 2008
18th Century “Method for Double Bass” Found in Italy - Luca Marzetti. ArsAntiguaPresents.com, 2012
[PDF] Red Mitchell: Tuning in Fifths and the Walking Bass Line - Stephen Thomas Bright. York University, Toronto, 2013
Alfred Planyavsky and the Vienna Double Bass Archive - James Barket and Jarry Fuller. ArsAntiguaPresents.com, 2015
Bass Matters: So Really, What is a Violone? Some Answers, and More Questions - Joëlle Fancher Morton. ArsAntiguaPresents.com, 2015
Examination of Mid-Nineteenth Century Double Bass Playing Based on A. Müller and F.C. Franke’s Debate in the Neue Zeitschrift Für Musik, 1848-1851 - Shanti Nachtergaele. The Online Journal of Bass Research, Vol. 6, 2015
Soave Armonia or Brummende Violone? Let’s Talk Bass… When is a Bass Not a Double Bass? - Joëlle Morton. The Online Journal of Bass Research, Vol. 12, July 2021
A Sociomaterial History of the Double Bass(ist), 1760-1890 - Shanti Nachtergaele. McGill University, July 2024

Double Bass Tuning in 5ths

Fifths Tuning - Salvio Dalla Torre. JoelQuarrington.com
The Latest About the Bass In Fifths - Silvio Dalla Torre. JoelQuarrington.com
The Fifths System of Tuning Through the Ages - Paul Brün. JoelQuarrington.com
Playing the Bass In Fifths - Joel Quarrington. JoelQuarrington.com
A Compelling Case for Fifths Tuning - Don Quartz. JoelQuarrington.com
Taking the Fifth: How Tuning In Fifths Changed My Experience Playing the Double Bass - Dennis Masuzzo. JoelQuarrington.com
The Double Bass Tuned In Fifths: Demanded by the Orchestral Repertoire, Allowed by Modern Technology, and Facilitated by Current Bass Pedagogy - Matthew Perrin. JoelQuarrington.com