Sargis Balbabyan – Two pieses by Gagik Hovunts for double bass and piano (1972)

Sargis Balbabyan – Two pieses by Gagik Hovunts for double bass and piano (1972). – The article presents the theoretical and simultaneously the performing ana­lysis of the composition Two pieces for double bass and piano by Gagik Hovunts. The au­thor of the article focuses the attention on the structures of the compositions, rep­re­sents his own vision of interpretations of the pieces, basing not only on the design fea­tu­res of double bass, but also on the semantic ideas of the composer. The article presents me­thods for applying scordatura on double bass. The author also reveals in plays some in­to­nation structures, which are characteristic to the Armenian monodic music.