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Technique: Rick Stotijn on double bass pizzicato

2024-09-06T09:24:00

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The Dutch bassist offers tips on exploring the world of pizzicato on double bass

As double bass players, we have the stringed instrument with the biggest resonating box and the deepest sound in the whole string family. Double bassists are also most likely to be required to play pizzicato, whether the piece is solo or orchestral. And yet despite this fact, I think that the art of playing pizzicato has traditionally been somewhat neglected and undertaught…

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