{"id":1383,"date":"2024-10-14T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:46:47","slug":"double-bass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/?page_id=1383","title":{"rendered":"Double Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-335a2f03\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-1-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-equal-layout has-vertical-flex-start\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-5d90343f\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<section id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-b2ead1d6\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns has-2-columns has-desktop-equal-layout has-tablet-equal-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-vertical-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-7c705a1c\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-ea5e7576\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-ea5e7576\"><strong>How Low Can You Go<\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Double Bass \/ Contra Bass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The double bass is the largest string instrument in the orchestra and with its warm, deep tones it is often thought of as the supporting the rest of the orchestra. The double-bass sometimes comes to the fore with a solo or a particularly prominent part, but mostly it is in the background supporting the harmonies, creating rhythms and adding its rich tone to the overall orchestral mix.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the NW Musikon, double bass tuition is done by our very own Mariska van der Merwe. You can rest assured that all the technical aspects of playing the double bass will be taught with diligence. Before you know it, you will be playing those famous walking bass lines.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-5f9a9ec0\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-scaled.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-23-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Double Bass Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25aa4274 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/?team=mariska-van-der-merwe\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mariska.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1351 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mariska.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mariska-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mariska-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/500;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25aa4274 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mariska van der Merwe<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Double Bass Faculty Mariska van der Merwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwmusikon.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}