Franco Petracchi
Franco Petracchi (born September, 1937) is an Italian double bass soloist and teacher. He is a native of Pistoia, Tuscany, and the author of Simplified Higher Technique. In his method, he introduces some conventions to playing in the thumb-position. He uses names chromatic, semi-chromatic and diatonic for different hand positions. He plays a Gaetano Rossi bass, which is unusually large for a soloist.
Genre: contrabass
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Top Tracks
- Sonata a quattro No. 1 in G Major: 1. Moderato
- Une larme for Double-Bass and Piano
- Duet for Cello and Double-Bass in D: 3. Allegro
- Duet for Cello and Double-Bass in D: 2. Andante molto
- Duet for Cello and Double-Bass in D: 1. Allegro
- Sonata a quattro No. 6 in D: 3. Tempesta (Allegro)
- Sonata a quattro No. 6 in D: 2. Andante assai
- Sonata a quattro No. 6 in D: 1. Allegro spiritoso
- Sonata a quattro No. 5 in E flat: 3. Allegretto
- Sonata a quattro No. 5 in E flat: 2. Andantino
- Sonata a quattro No. 5 in E flat: 1. Allegro vivace
- Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B-Flat Major: 3. Allegretto
- Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B-Flat Major: 2. Andantino
- Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B-Flat Major: 1. Allegro vivace
- Sonata a quattro No. 3 in C Major: 3. Moderato
- Sonata a quattro No. 3 in C Major: 2. Andante
- Sonata a quattro No. 3 in C Major: 1. Allegro
- Sonata a quattro No. 2 in A Major: 3. Allegro
- Sonata a quattro No. 2 in A Major: 2. Andantino
- Sonata a quattro No. 2 in A Major: 1. Allegro
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