Touching Bass

2012 string bass and piano (CO) Score Get the Music Recording: Jack Hill and John Kamitsuka
A recital piece for string bass and piano.

Touching Bass may be played with the bass in either solo tuning (F# B E A) or orchestral tuning (E A D G). The bass part is the same in either case. A different piano part is provided for each bass tuning. The first in the score is to be played with a bass using solo tuning; the second is played with a bass using orchestral tuning.

Jack Hill suggested the bowings and fingerings.

Touching Bass was composed for and is dedicated to bassist Jack Hill.