I'm still unclear on the difference between viols and violins. Is it something in the way they are constructed? Something about it not having been made more modern? Perhaps the two are related.
Also, bassists in orchestras typically sit on, or at least rest against, a stool. If you don't have a stool, would it help to play it where you could lean against a wall a little bit?
Yes, it's the way they're constructed. (To start with, notice that the violin, viola, and cello have round "shoulders", but the double bass has the same sloped shoulders as the viola da gamba.) Also, I think, the bowing technique.
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Also, bassists in orchestras typically sit on, or at least rest against, a stool. If you don't have a stool, would it help to play it where you could lean against a wall a little bit?
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Last night I did lean against a wall a bit.
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