Resonant Bass

[rubinsteinmad]

How do you get a more resonant/deeper bass? Less thin bass?

Thx

[roncesvalles]

It's difficult to answer your question without knowing what piece you are describing or the passage in which you feel your bass is too thin.   Is it octaves, a run, arpeggios or Alberti figures, a melody?   Without knowing what it is you are playing, you're going to get a maddening variety of answers (if anyone bothers to reply to your question).   Are your wrists loose?  How far are you depressing the keys?  What are you playing on?

You might do well to focus more on your left handed technique.   I tend to practice about 60:40 in a left hand to right hand ratio (for hands separate practice), just to give my left hand extra attention.   Even if you do scales, arpeggios, and technique practice with hands together, you can do things like bring out the left hand more than the right (or less) or accent certain notes (because articulation is important, especially in Romantic works where the left hand often works in arpeggios but also require that subtle voices be brought out without disrupting the flow). 

[rubinsteinmad]

Oh, OK, Thank you!

I agree, the way I asked the question was kind of... disrespectful
I started working on pieces for left hand alone (I just started trying out Scriabin's Op. 9: Prelude & Nocturne.

Thanks! Sorry!

When Im talking about thin bass, I mean, i. e. Chopin Ballade #4 exposition & RIgoletto Paraphrase Theme Exposition.