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Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.38,0:00:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show of hands -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.76,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many of you in the audience today\Nknow what a double bass is?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.01,0:00:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of those people, how many of you\Ncan actually describe one
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.15,0:00:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without saying "that big thing"?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.77,0:00:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.36,0:00:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already a smaller percentage\Nof the general population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.35,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's make that level of refinement\Nour goal for today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.65,0:00:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do so, we'll start with the violin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.87,0:00:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody knows what a violin is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.25,0:00:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you live in a little cave,\Nyou come out now and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.48,0:00:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most likely, you've bumped into\Na violin some way or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably also know what a cello is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.04,0:01:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you even know the instrument\Nbetween a violin and a cello
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.31,0:01:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called a viola.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.97,0:01:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't, however,\Nyou really shouldn't beat yourself up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.36,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those able to differentiate a violin
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.72,0:01:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from either viola\Nor a stick mixer for that matter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.25,0:01:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is already a rather small percentage\Nof the general population.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.57,0:01:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The double bass is the lowest\Nof the orchestral string instruments:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.78,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that being violin, viola,\Ncello, double bass respectively.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.86,0:01:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of the orchestra,\Nbasses can also be found
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.33,0:01:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in jazz bands, blues ensembles,\Ncombos, Klezmer bands
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.10,0:01:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and various other musical constellations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.63,0:01:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the orchestra,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.38,0:01:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bass is played bowed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either overhand or the French hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.36,0:01:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or underhand or the German hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.36,0:02:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as the Germans themselves\Nlike to call it "the correct hold."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.64,0:02:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.55,0:02:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why those of us outside of France\Nand Germany play the bow holds we do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.75,0:02:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has more often than not\Nto do with what our teachers played
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.88,0:02:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what their teachers played\Nand so on and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.43,0:02:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, in case you're wondering
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.40,0:02:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why the instrument\Nis called the double bass,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.39,0:02:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not because it is twice\Nas big as a normal bass,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.31,0:02:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, if you hang out with bass players,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.36,0:02:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know there is no such thing\Nas a normal bass,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.80,0:02:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is rather to signify
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.24,0:02:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it plays twice as low as the cello\Nor that it doubles the cello line.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.73,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this instrument sound like?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.61,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first glance, the sound\Nwe expect from a bass
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.58,0:02:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something along the lines of...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.33,0:02:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Double bass music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.32,0:02:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's fine and interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then, maybe you've also known\Na bass in other contexts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you've, I don't know, watched\Na few shark movies now and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.42,0:02:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and known ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.48,0:02:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Double bass notes\Nfrom the "Jaws" theme song)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.88,0:03:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trivia for today:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.10,0:03:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a former teacher of mine\Nactually was the bass player for "Jaws."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.20,0:03:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had come back from a recording session\Nin New York and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.78,0:03:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You wouldn't believe it.\NI got paid today to play two notes."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.54,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.35,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of those contexts\Naren't really much more
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.12,0:03:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we would expect to hear from a tuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.25,0:03:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are any tubists in the audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.22,0:03:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please, I'm sorry,\Nif you take exception to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.54,0:03:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's be honest;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.07,0:03:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when preparing this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.56,0:03:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microsoft Word didn't even recognize\N"tubist" as an actual word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.48,0:03:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.26,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm thankful for the tuba\Nbecause if it weren't for the tuba,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.37,0:03:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually wouldn't be\Nstanding here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.88,0:03:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biggest distinction of my youth
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.38,0:03:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that of being one\Nof the two fattest kids
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.67,0:03:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my elementary school and high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.22,0:03:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question is:\Nwhat do you do with the fat kid
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.05,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep him from watching\N"Knight Rider" reruns all day?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you hand him a trombone,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.04,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if he gets any fatter,\Nwhich I unfortunately did,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.27,0:04:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you hand him a tuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.16,0:04:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I played both, but unfortunately,\Npracticed neither.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.90,0:04:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until I discovered\Nthe double bass at the late age of 17
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.76,0:04:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually interested me\Nenough to practice it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.49,0:04:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually attend the conservatory\Nin New York, and then eventually decide,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.08,0:04:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, the classical music\Nisn't narrow enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.26,0:04:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bass isn't narrow enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.80,0:04:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to study the historic bass,"\Nwhich is what this instrument is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.36,0:04:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came here in Basel in 2004 to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.12,0:04:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are any expats in the audience,\Nyou know that after New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.43,0:04:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the move was a bit\Nof a gastronomic masochism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.75,0:04:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.92,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The upside is that I now get to live
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one of the most culturally rich\Nand beautiful European cities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.86,0:04:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, let's face it, \Nis really not such a bad fate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.65,0:04:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a fat kid from the Catskills\Nand Long Island.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.02,0:04:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do believe the sound on this instrument
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.17,0:04:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is much more interesting\Nthan the sound of my own voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.83,0:04:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'd like to share with you\None of my favorite pieces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.50,0:05:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is from the classical period,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is from the composer\NJohann Baptist Wanhal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.17,0:05:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both, the piece and this instrument,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.85,0:05:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were created just about the year 1770.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.83,0:05:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Double bass music notes)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.39,0:05:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Double bass music from the "Double Bass\NConcerto in D Major" starts)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.43,0:06:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Double bass music ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.65,0:06:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.42,0:06:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.68,0:06:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)