Edgar Meyer answers the internet: Double bass

Double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer answers your most-searched questions about the double bass.

[@viennesetuningchannel6101]

Edgar Meyer is a giant. One of the very rare bass soloists who has a real character to his sound and way of playing. You hear one note and you know it's him. For me he is up there, in this respect, with Karr, Streicher, and Pošta. To my ears he is also one of the very few bass players (if not the only one) who can make Bach's cello suites come alive and "speak", and who transcends the technical aspect. And his own music has the same quality of telling a story with the utmost conviction.

[@Fretlessness]

Man alive they really rolled out the hard-hitting questions for Edgar there

[@sonofmunson]

I really love Uncommon Ritual. It’s haunting, emotive, magical music. Wonderful.

[@nicolasaguilar1258]

❤

[@nicoswarley]

"That's not very nice to the listener" hahaha Edgar seems like he's the kinda guy who's funny without trying

[@addiedee]

"That's not nice to the listener" while his playing of those notes still happen to be pretty nice indeed. What a great player!

[@musicislife-qc5ix]

Amazing virtuoso. Arguably at the top of the food chain.

[@davidlouwerse1394]

What a great musician and bass player!

[@thesho21]

Why play the double bass? Answer: Cause you'll have a lot of friends. LOL Sooooo true

[@gary9816]

Edgar earned this channel another subscriber

[@judygunson7539]

Cute! Nice fellow, no question is too easy or too hard for him, just like his bass playing.

[@ericsutherlandmusic1664]

Awesome video. Thank you for this!

[@HustonSingletary]

A "mustiness"..... I went to high school with Edgar. His father was amazing as well.

[@JonBecker81]

I loved that he described it as musty. Haha! One of my best friends took lessons from him at Vanderbilt.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

What great musician and bassist!

[@donbarile8916]

a little like asking Davinci if he prefers straight lines to curved lines. this could have been so much more.

[@charlescoleman5509]

The Violin Concerto Edgar Meyer wrote for Hillary Hahn is one of the best ever written!

[@lindaclark6511]

You're right abot that!

[@lindaclark6511]

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[@gatehouse82]

Nice on Edgar

[@chuckmayoification]

I didn't know Edgar until found the astounding Goat Rodeo sessions this year (2021). His solo on Helping Hand won me over at first hearing and I am now definitely a fan of this bassist. I do wish Edgar had gone into a little more detail about his tuning and how his bass extension works, and I wish the internet hadn't asked such dumb questions.

[@braizahnjones745]

Eh that's just how the internet is He uses Solo strings (A,E,B) with an Orchestral low string (C) As for the extension, it's supposed to extend the fingerboard lower to make the lowest string capable of reaching C instead of E like a Cello can. The extension itself has 4 capos that allow you to play all the notes between E and C.

[@chuckmayoification]

@@braizahnjones745 At least nobody asked him to pronounce "Egg McMuffin." Thanks for the extension and tuning info!

[@JonBecker81]

@@braizahnjones745 so he tunes it E A E B with the extension reaching a C? That’s interesting. That would really throw me off.

[@yovicta34]

That’s not quite right for solo tuning on the double bass. Typical solo tuning is a whole step higher than standard tuning. (Low to high: F#, B, E, A). Edgar has a standard gauge low string with a C extension, so his bass ends up being tuned: C/E, B, E, A.

[@josefinschmidt4348]

yeah, one can hear that he's playing fourths in flageolets while plucking down the strings 5:22

[@nicolasaguilar1258]

That's a likeable guy

[@diegobanjocontrabajo]

what color is your double bass?

[@tauruschorus]

What a treasure.

[@kintaro_f]

I never knew Brad Pitt had such a knowledge about double bass

[@nicolasaguilar1258]

You gotta get your eyes checked

[@wg0016]

Question 1 "What is the double base used for" --> umm it's used for playing?

[@JonBecker81]

It doubles the bass!

[@MatchaMakesThings]

Holy crap

[@cookscatapults]

Hahahahahaha Awesomenessssss

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Amazing virtuoso. Nice on. Cute....

[@rongreen8962]

Edgar Meyer comes to Career Day at the elementary school.

[@CrandMackerel]

Tell me some of the things you think about when you're playing the bass, some of the images. Because of course when you're playing I thought about things like sheep and things like that, little candies, fresh little candies and things like that. Do you think of those things too?

[@austincarter9523]

1:00 himself

[@johnmc3862]

3 year olds asking the questions!!

[@michaelsivcovich4040]

If you play bass guitar and double bass…… you’ll have friends. Troof

[@JonBecker81]

Edgar Meyer is not really the right person to answer questions from people who know nothing about the bass. 😂

[@MakersTeleMark]

Fucking Edgar, can you get more awesome?

[@sydnarevocram5649]

Really? Were these "most-searched" questions asked by Primary School students as an assignment when the music teacher had a headache!? How Bass-ic! This is like asking Albert Einstein what he had for breakfast! I'd ask Mr. Meyer something like if he has a preference of a diatonic scale, depending on the genre he's performing, and why? Anything to have him share the insights of his unbelievable genius and mastery of his instrument!

[@trollingthefools2827]

Sydnar Evocram agree :/

[@derekwaldrop112]

Gotta give it up to him for being humble though

[@etparadox]

Just because a question is "basic" doesn't make it less valuable. All levels of education are important. I'd also rather think that arbitrary questions on theory are best answered in a interview or masterclass, not short video. This is a great resource for introducing folks to the bass by a player they may recognize.

[@Pensivata]

Agree. A pity there were no questions which might have provoked more inspirational answers. But Edgar answered with grace & humility.

[@stevearrowood]

It's almost like there are people who are tinier, with smaller and less developed brains than you. Impossible to believe, yet here we are.

[@ryanlemmers5300]

As great as Ray Brown was, he has nothing on you sir.

[@cartereddy8829]

This is a weird statement. Both are truly amazing musicians in their own way, and to compare them in this way is not right.

[@shelbymurphy3579]

What’s the point of comparing? Great musicians are great musicians-it isn’t a competition.

[@Pensivata]

Pity most of the questions were from people not particularly 'into' music. Or so it would seem. If this was my slot, I'd throw out most of the questions, and only answer the ones I felt like responding too. Snobbish? maybe - but then all those other attention-span-knats can go back to their playstations..

what a waste of time to him such a stupid questions.... sad... mostly because there´s no much info of him...