3/4 Bass Guitar

 Now let's take a closer look at the play in three quarters time, what we will use a metronome, how do we calculate with this. Well, as we have played in four quarters of time, before we are counted as one, two, three, four, one, two, three. Now, three quarters alone would count to three times each, one, two, three, one, two, three, but we probably only played a quarter or a record of the same note repeatedly thin enough if we are going to play things things that are more advanced. So if we use a metronome, sometimes it will help with the beat. Now, we want to beat us, I usually want to remain at zero where it all together and what makes us depend on our counting skills. Okay, let's slow down some, one, two, three, one, two, three. And this is the famous bass line of jazz song and it starts with a pickup note, which is located in 'and. " one, two, three-and, one, two, three, one, two, three, G, C, G, C, E flat-G, C, G, C, E flat, two, three, (HUMS & play bass line).

Double bass used In jazz

Starting about 1890, early New Orleans jazz ensemble (which played a mixture of marches, ragtime, and Dixieland) was initially a marching band with a tuba or sousaphone (or occasionally bass saxophone) supplying the bass. When the music moved into bars and brothels, the double bass instrument is gradually being replaced by wind. Many early bassists doubled on both bass brass "" and "string bass," as the instrument is then often called. Bassists played "walking" bass lines based on the harmony scale outlined.

Classical Repertoire

Solo works for double bass
1700

The double bass as a solo instrument enjoyed popularity during the 18th century, and many of the most popular composers of the era wrote pieces for double bass. The double bass, then often referred to as the barrel Violone use different from region to region. Tuning "" Vienna (A1-DF ?-A) is popular, and in some cases even the fifth or sixth string string added (A1-F1-DF ?-A). The popularity of the instruments that are documented in the second edition of Leopold Mozart Violinschulë, where he wrote "One can bear the hard part is easier with violone five-string, and I hear the beautiful looks incredible concerto, trio, solos, etc." The earliest known concerto for double bass, written by Joseph Haydn ca.1763, and was considered lost in the fire in the library Eisenstadt. There is a known early concerto by Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf, who composed two concertos for double bass and the Sinfonia Concertante for violin and bass. Other composers who have written concertos from this period include Johann Baptist Vanhal, Franz Anton Hoffmeister (3 concertos), Leopold Kozeluch, Anton Zimmermann, Antonio Capuzzi, Wenzel Pichl (two concertos), and Johannes Matthias Sperger (18 concertos). While many of these names are public figures to the music of their time, they are generally not known by contemporary audiences. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concert aria's, "Per Questa Bella Mano", K.612 for bass, double bass obbligato, and orchestra contains impressive writing for solo double bass period. It remains popular among today's singer and double bassists.
The double bass eventually evolved to fit the needs of orchestras that required lower notes and loud. The leading double bassists from the mid-to late-18th century, such as Josef Kämpfer, Friedrich Pischelberger, and Johannes Mathias Sperger working with the "Viennese" tuning. Bassist Johann Hindle (1792-1862), who composed a concerto for double bass, pioneered tuning the bass in four, which marked a turning point for the double bass and its role in solo works. Bassist Domenico Dragonetti was a leading musical figure and an acquaintance of Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven. His playing was known all the way from his native Italy to Tsardom Russia and he found a prominent place performing in concerts with the London Philharmonic Society.