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orchestra sneeze

This is probably the WORST moment a musician could sneeze…

berio sequenza scores

These are the definitively the hardest pieces of music to play

Impossible to sing and play the bass

This song proves it's impossible to sing and play double bass at the same time

musician every day tips

10 extremely simple things musicians can do every day to make life a little easier

Tromba Marina

This instrument is the musical love-child of a double bass and a trumpet

Videos

Octobass

This is an octobass – it’s so low it will turn your insides to jelly

worst things to happen to a classical musician

The 13 worst things to happen to a classical musician

finnair smashed double bass

Double basses aren’t supposed to look like this: string orchestra’s instrument destroyed during flight

faked flight of the bumblebee double bass

Professional double bassists can't work out if *that* Flight of the Bumblebee video is fake

Rimsky-Korsakov

koussevitsky bass airline smash

Double bassist 'heartbroken' after his instrument was mercilessly battered during a flight

Lauren Pierce Sarasate

A double bassist playing Sarasate's immensely virtuosic Zigeunerweisen - it's majestic and jaw-dropping

Lorde

Lorde's 'Royals' gets classical version with two double basses

Joseph Conyers, Philadelphia Orchestra

From The Back Desk - Joseph Conyers, Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia Orchestra

Double bass

Domenico Dragonetti (1763 - 1846): His Influence on Beethoven's Music

Beethoven

Roy Benson wins Salomon Award

RPO double bassist wins Salomon Prize

Leif Ove Andsnes at home

Volcano disrupts classical music world