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

[Julian Vein]

It's rather more complicated than that. There's a difference between 
playing an instrument out of tune with itself and playing it out of tune 
with the rest of the band.

      Julian Vein
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On 26/10/12 18:26, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> Perhaps more than you can imagine. I remember a day long ago when I was
> in junior high school. The teacher tested the string bass players, both
> of them. They played the same selection, and then he asked the class who
> played better in tune? The 2nd chair was better by a large majority,
> which he agreed with, so he had them switch positions. I was also
> surprised in listening that there was a noticeable difference between
> the 2 player's intonation.
>
> joe salerno
>
>
> On 10/25/2012 1:42 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
>    And how many of us can tell when a bass player plays a wrong
>> note or is out of tune?
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