Rob MacKillop Posted 19 hours ago Author Posted 19 hours ago 9 hours ago, zbd1960 said: I have enough of a challenge trying to play a standard 6 string bass viol without trying the 7 string French type bass Me too. My wife has. 6-string bass viol, which I’ve been playing for a while, but I’ve just recently received a 7-string, and am ‘in transition’. Most of my repertoire remains for six strings. Good to know there’s another viol player here! 1 Quote
zbd1960 Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago (edited) 11 hours ago, Rob MacKillop said: Me too. My wife has. 6-string bass viol, which I’ve been playing for a while, but I’ve just recently received a 7-string, and am ‘in transition’. Most of my repertoire remains for six strings. Good to know there’s another viol player here! Most of the rep that needs 7 strings with the low A is the French solo repertoire. I mostly play tenor. I got rather frustrated at the lack of people to play with for consort playing. I'd only get o play on weekend workshops etc which gets very expensive. Edited 7 hours ago by zbd1960 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Just for the record, Jannick Top and Philippe Bussonnet (both Magma bass players) are tuning their bass in fifth (C G D A). Jannick Top being a classical cello player he started tuning his bass in fifth in the early 1970's... Philippe Bussonnet is using the same tuning in fifth because he wanted to sound like JT. 1 Quote
Beer of the Bass Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 55 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Just for the record, Jannick Top and Philippe Bussonnet (both Magma bass players) are tuning their bass in fifth (C G D A). Jannick Top being a classical cello player he started tuning his bass in fifth in the early 1970's... Philippe Bussonnet is using the same tuning in fifth because he wanted to sound like JT. Also Georgie Born with Henry Cow in the 70s, she was coming from cello and I think she hadn't played bass before the band. Though that was on a short scale Dan Armstrong bass which would have been less stretchy for the left hand than a Fender. 2 Quote
Rob MacKillop Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Henry Cow! Haven’t heard them since the 70s! Great band. Quote
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