the bass line

[ignaceii]

A question i've been asking myself for a long time.
What about the relation in dynamics between bass and melody line.
Having worked a lot on Bach, one automatically regards the bass line as practical being equal to the upper voices, due to the counterpoint.
But then the classics, the romantics.
Of course everything depends on the piece itself.
But in general, you hear in concerts the bass being played very softly, if i'm right.
When I play, i tend perhaps to overplay the bass-line, it certainly sounds much louder than in concert recordings. But I tend to like it, thanks to Bach. Still i become careful now, not to do overdo it.

But perhaps there are indications out there on how to approach the loudness of the bass line

Bye.

[pianisten1989]

Some teacher has got this "How to sound professional"-idea. That is basically:

pp or under - the melody should sound, and the rest is basically quiet
p and over - The melody is always the most important, then comes the bass line. The louder it gets, the louder is the middle voices, but the melody is always loudest and the bass is always second.