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tonebase Double Bass Course

Underbowing and Vibrato Fundamentals

Taught by renowned double bassist 

Ali Kian Yazdanfar

Ali Kian Yazdanfar discusses the use of what he refers to as “underbowing” and how he uses it, combined with vibrato, to create a bass sound that can project through the sound of an orchestra and let you be heard as a bassist.

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Course Syllabus

Underbowing and Vibrato Fundamentals

Ali Kian Yazdanfar discusses the use of what he refers to as “underbowing” and how he uses it, combined with vibrato, to create a bass sound that can project through the sound of an orchestra and let you be heard as a bassist.

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Ali Kian Yazdanfar

One of the most prominent double bassists of his generation, Ali Kian Yazdanfar maintains an active career not only as principal double bass of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, but also as a recital and concerto soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue.

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