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Archive for November, 2008

Does it matter if your teacher doesn’t use the same bowhold as you?

Yazan: jeffweisner | 25 November 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized

(crossposted at PBDB) This is a question that is always rattling around out there in Bassland. Many students stress out about the role that the teacher’s bowhold should play in their choice. Many parents of students seem to stress out about it even more than the students! As with so many questions of this sort, [...]

That ochestra is terrible!

Yazan: Jason | 25 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, humor

Michael Hovnanian wrote an extremely funny story on his blog recently. Titled “High Fidelity”, it recounts a funny incident he had several year ago with a stereo salesman and another member of the Chicago Symphony: When I first joined the orchestra the thing to do (or so I became convinced) was to shop for an [...]

Animusic – Cathedral Pictures

Yazan: Jason | 25 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: videos

Folks out there may already be familiar with Animusic videos–they’ve been around for many years. To me, however, they are a great example of how creative people can be when envisioning music, and they are excellent videos to show young students and get them excited about music. Hope you have fun with these videos! Gotta [...]

Quick Teaching Tip – Vibrato

Yazan: petertambroni | 25 November 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: education, Peter Tambroni, technique

Pete Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com for a quick tip on teaching vibrato. Students will often do some weird wrist bending when first learning vibrato. Tell them to start the vibrato from their elbow and just think of rotating the two forearm bones (radius & ulna). Try it in the air first and then add it [...]

Quick Tips

Yazan: petertambroni | 23 November 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni

Greetings readers, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com for a few quick tips. -Use a toothbrush to clean and rejuvenate bow hair. Just brush the hair, then play. -Rosin dries out, so get a new cake of rosin at least once a year. I have found that the freshness of rosin is more important than the [...]