[78-L] Use of double bass in dance bands

[Taylor Bowie]

Just chiming in to thank the musicians on our list who have offered their 
thoughts about the tuba and the string bass.

Although I'm a life-long record collector,  it's the music which drives my 
interest and I always enjoy it when we have a thread related to music and 
musicians,  rather than just the records themselves.


Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Carli" <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Use of double bass in dance bands


> As a tubist, and one who played in various groups from concert to dance 
> bands for many years, it's easy to 'blow' four-to-the-bar. It's an 
> articulation issue, not wind.  And there are numerous 20s dance band 
> records where the tubists handle it perfectly.  Going to string bass was a 
> change of timbre preference and variety rather than practicality. P. Carli
> ________________________________________
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> [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of Tim Huskisson 
> [timhuskisson at btinternet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Use of double bass in dance bands
>
> I would suggest that it was probably the other way 'round. When Double 
> Bass
> replaced Brass Bass, the players - when allowed to improvise - would play 
> 4
> in the bar - particularly in 'hot' passages. This in turn led to the
> transition to 4 in the bar becoming the norm - and helped herald in the
> Swing era.
> Tim Huskisson
>
>
> "..A major reason for the shift to string bass in the 1920s was the
> transition from two to four beat phrasing - it was difficult if not
> impossible to consistently blow four beats to the bar on a tuba!"
>
> Dave Weiner
>
>
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