Double Bass in Indian Classical Music
(2022)
author(s): SD
connected to: KC Research Portal
published in: Research Catalogue
In this presentation we will discuss the incorporation double bass in
Indian classical music. Although it’s a foreign instrument to India by
origin, but it has immense possibilities for this music. We will discuss
it’s origins in India, basics of Indian classical music, similar Indian
instruments, Indian classical violin, bassists exploring Indian classical
music, cross genre & indian fusion music involving the double bass &
it’s application as an accompanying instrument in this tradition &
arguments for it’s incorporation.
The hidden voices of the upright bass
(2020)
author(s): Björn Daniel Rasmus Andersson
published in: Research Catalogue
This thesis will focus on the possibilities of the upright bass as a chord instrument in the genre of composed music. The author will in particular delve into the natural harmonic spectra of the upright bass, utilizing harmonics to create scales and chords in the hopes of discovering ways to seamlessly blend traditional pizzicato playing with harmonics, thus "unlocking" new ways of approaching the upright bass as an ensemble- or indeed a soloinstrument.