Archive for December, 2008

Lesson Assignment Sheet

Yazan: petertambroni | 28 December 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni

There are many tools to help your private lesson students remember their assignments and complete their tasks. Shar Music offers a very useful Musician’s Practice Planner. I use it with some students as well as myself. But sometimes something simpler is needed. So I’m offering a sheet I use with students as a free download. [...]

Posture & Body Awareness

Yazan: petertambroni | 27 December 2008 | 4 Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni

Hi everyone, Pete Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com with a few words on posture and body awareness. Our posture affects us both physically and mentally. We tend to slouch when feeling down or depressed and we stand straighter when proud or in a good mood. We can also ‘fool’ our minds into feeling better by straightening [...]

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – Anonymous – Pavanne et Gaillarde de la Guerre

Yazan: Phillip Serna | 26 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos

  CEMC/ SoG – Anonymous – Pavanne et Gaillarde de la Guerre From the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer! – The Sublime 16th-Century French Chanson’ at Glenview Community Church, Glenview, IL. Featuring Gary Berkenstock, Crumhorn, Rackett, Recorders, & [...]

Merry Christmas!

Yazan: Jason | 25 December 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: humor, photography

The Hoff wishes you a very Merry Christmas…and so does the Bass Blog!

Christmas Eve with the Jingle Cats

Yazan: Jason | 24 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: cats

Oh no–they’re back! For dozens (I hope it’s only dozens, not hundreds!) of older cat posts, my cats category is always an option….

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