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 Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:31 am
Here we will talk about double bass!!!! And I only mean the kind with strings, not any other bass instruments. (That includes bass gutars).
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:54 pm
Basses are the best! There unappreciated and they are the core of the orchestra!  And my bass is blue xD
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:13 pm
[ENDLESS] Basses are the best! There unappreciated and they are the core of the orchestra! And my bass is blue xD I KNOW!!! WE ARE THE BEST OF ZE BEST!!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! OH BASS, WHAT A LOVELY INSTRUMENT.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:36 am
You know, I have only started to learn bass this past year when I was student teaching. When my cooperating teacher was teaching, I took up a bass with the rest of my sixth grade lower strings and started sawing away. It was fun. My fingers hurt like hell afterwards too.
I have always held a special place in my heart for bassi. Even sitting on the other side of the stage, those low frequencies still rumble my heart. And oh my god, this one Senior Regional concert we played Copeland's Simple Gifts (from the Appalachian Spring Ballet), and when those basses came in, the whole building shook, and the music was complete with that solid foundation underneath it all. It was magical.
On a side note: ever been hit on the head with a scroll of a string bass? It hurts.
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:40 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:44 pm
This thread belongs in the orchestra/strings subforum.
Moved.
(and basses really are underappreciated! My best guy friend plays tuba, so I feel your pain.)
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Who is Puffer Fish Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:01 pm
[ENDLESS] Basses are the best! There unappreciated and they are the core of the orchestra! And my bass is blue xD There may be plenty of fish in the sea 
Wow that's pretty!
The only problem with basses is when you're trying to tune them, and one eejit won't stop playing scales on their instrument.
The only solution?
Shoot the offending player. but who really wants to date a fish?
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:31 am
Basses are amazing and rare. We should be worshiped! I had these uber cool pics of string basses but lost them. They had green ones! I want a green bass.
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:01 am
You want unappreciated? Try the viola. Most composers won't even write in our clef, and switch unnecesarily into treble. I can read treble, but it is a hassle switching back and forth. Secondly, we are often told we are "un-needed" in the orchestra, and that we're totally obsolete when it comes to solo playing. HELLO???!!!! Hindemith, Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Walton, Bartok, Mozart! They all wrote killer pieces for the viola. And we have beautiful tone despite the awkward build of the instrument-- it should be around 21 inches, but that's physically impossible to play. We're a key part in chamber music-- Ever heard Brahms 69? Or Smetina? Don't get me wrong-- the jokes are hilarious and we can be a little strange. But so many string players don't take the viola seriously, and some of us have a true passion for it.
Sorry to interupt your happy little thread-- I love the double bass. I just needed to vent.
Continue.
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:47 pm
twisted yea..we're so unappreciated. it sucks but i wont quit playing just because of that! WE WILL RULE THE WORLD! (or the orchestra sweatdrop )
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:09 am
I looove my bass. Mine isn't blue though...
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:05 pm
BASSES RULE!!! xd ...ok yeah but its true...=)
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Heartless_Always_For_Life
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:34 pm
PM me!I'm a primary bass player, but I also play piano and I'm hoping to learn violin this year, then in the following years I'm going to learn other orchestral instruments and maybe a few band instruments.
But yes, double bass is the most rad instrument and is very downplayed and unappreciated. I roleplay anything!
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:09 pm
Javinus On a side note: ever been hit on the head with a scroll of a string bass? It hurts. not for me. and thats happened to me 15 times before.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:19 pm
[ENDLESS] Basses are the best! There unappreciated and they are the core of the orchestra! And my bass is blue xD Bass are unappreciated! crying Violins suck! Bass's are the heart of the orchestra! Without them it would sound horrible
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