Renaud Garcia-Fons – Bass

I am getting into arco playing at the moment so am looking for interesting stuff to work with (why does everyone thing that ‘Campdown Races’ is going to capture anyone’s imagination) so I have been having a look at this chap’s albums. His arco playing is exceptional as is his range on his 5-string double bass (high C).

This is a tune called ‘La Demoiselle De Ceret’ (‘The Lady Of Ceret’) from his 2010 recording ‘Méditerranées – A Mediterranean Journey’. A short but relatively simple piece with a lot of his signature grace notes. It is playable pizz. but it’s beauty is in the bowed note.