Sample Practice Outline by Peter Tambroni

By Jason on October 3rd, 2008

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Doublebassblog.org contributor Peter Tambroni has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and teacher, Peter is a middle school orchestra director in the Chicago area, and he offers up the following observations about considerations when teaching beginner students.

You can check out all of Peter’s doublebassblog.org contributions here.

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Peter has given a lot of thought to how a double bass player should prepare and practice, offering up an example outline of a good practice session. This very cool outline can be downloaded through the link below:

Practice Outline by Peter Tambroni.pdf

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3 Responses to “Sample Practice Outline by Peter Tambroni”

Mike Saville
Oct 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Hi, thanks for the tip. Looks like a good plan - if only more musicians put the effort into detailed planning of practice I’m sure we’d all improve faster and enjoy it more.

Quick question - I notice Peter mentions ‘use productive practice techniques’ and refers to ISB and ASODB? Do you have any idea what these stand for? I’d be very interested to know.

Thanks.
Peter Tambroni
Oct 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Thanks for the comment!
Many of the notes were reminders for myself…

ISB - Articles from Bass World (International Society of Bassists) such as the CenterStage column edited by Rick Vizachero. Check out Bass World VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1, PAGE 45

ASODB - American School of Double Bass. Mark Morton has published many great practice tips. Check out his site for more - http://www.asodb.com

Wexler practicing refers to an article by cellist Mathias Wexler published in American String Teacher. Basically, the article talks about improving intonation by: playing note, shifting to next note, NOT adjusting…then evaluate sharp / flat / in tune. THEN adjust. This helps to eliminate slides and smears in playing.
Peter Tambroni
Oct 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

The article by Mathias Wexler is
“Throwing The Dart and Other Reflections on Intonation” from the November 2004 issue of American String Teacher.