Franz Simandl
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Franz Simandl (1840 - 1912) was a double bassist and pedagogue who is remembered most for his New Method for the Double Bass, 30 Studies, and more advanced collection of studies, Gradus ad Parnassum. All three of these works are still in use today.
His approach uses the first, second, and fourth fingers of the left hand for stopping the strings on the lower register of the instrument and divides the fingerboard into various positions.
The second volume of the method looks at the use of thumb positions using the thumb, first second and third fingers only, to play solo, high register work and again dividing the fingerboard up into a concept of positions.
He studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Hrabe before becoming the principal bassist in the Vienna Court Orchestra.
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