Double Bass Joke of the Day

Via a quite old MIT site. At a rehearsal, the conductor stops and shouts to the bass section: “You are out of tune. Check it, please!” The first bassist pulls all his strings, says, “Our tuning is correct: all the strings are equally tight.”...

Rinat Ibragimov plays Bottesini on 3 string bass

Principal Double Bass of the LSO, Rinat Ibragimov, performs Bottesini’s Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor on an original 3 stringed period instrument by Antonio Gagliano. via Giovanni Bottesini Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor – YouTube....