Duets with, er… yourself


Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Greg Sarchet sent me a link to what is pretty much the greatest bass video of all time. I’m not sure whether to put an ‘explicit’ warning on this one–let’s just say that you may want to skip this one if you have delicate sensibilities.

For the rest of us, check out the expression on the guy’s face when he looks at the camera! This is actually quite well-executed, with both bass and melody line fingerings worked out to complement each other. He must have had to practice ‘holding’ that German bow quite a bit–I know that I would be bowing all over the place!

January 23, 2008 · Filed Under bass, bass humor, bass videos, humor, videos

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8 Responses to “Duets with, er… yourself”

  1. Guana on January 23rd, 2008 10:02 am

    Hmm. That must have taken a lot of practice. I’m guessing he doesn’t have “eine Freundin”.

  2. Ian on January 23rd, 2008 10:28 pm

    That is the perfect summation of the personality of a bass player :cool:

  3. Chantal on January 23rd, 2008 10:37 pm

    I had tears in my eyes laughing at this video. His facial expressions are priceless. :lol:

  4. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » The benefits of keeping your independent voice on March 5th, 2008 11:19 pm

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  6. M. on July 28th, 2009 6:25 am

    Can Guy Tuneh play like this???

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  8. Josef on July 28th, 2009 9:32 am

    dont drink and driv…

    I mean , Dont drink and play bass!

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