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Archive for September, 2010

iPad Orchestra

Yazan: Jason | 10 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: technology, videos

I’m a massive iPad fan, using it every day for probably an hour or two at the minimum. I read my daily paper on it, do most of my surfing on it, plan classes while on the train, and also use a ton of music apps for my teaching. One app that I haven’t checked [...]

Joel Quarrington video – tuning in fifths

Yazan: Jason | 09 September 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos

Continuing yesterday’s discussion of Joel Quarrington, here’s a video of Joel Quarrington (who also recently won a Juno award for his recent album Garden Scene) demonstrating tuning in fifths. He demonstrates some Bach, the Elephant, Vanhal, and a lot of other pieces, showing how open the instrument sounds and how it makes some things possible [...]

Tuning in fifths versus extensions

Yazan: Jason | 08 September 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass

It’s always interesting for me to learn about some of the reasons why players adopt tuning in fifths on the double bass. The following comment just came in on one of my classic (i.e. old) blog posts about reaching the low notes: I also use the fifths tuning. Joel Quarrington’s website persuaded me to try [...]

Teaching music technology to education students at DePaul

Yazan: Jason | 07 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: education, technology

This week is the first week of the fall quarter at DePaul University, and I’m doing a fair amount of teaching there this quarter: bass lessons, string pedagogy, and the technology class for music education students. As I set up for this class, I can’t help but recall a post I wrote a few years [...]

redesigned Illinois ASTA site

Yazan: Jason | 06 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: technology

My first task as the new Technology Chair for the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association has been to redesign the IL-ASTA website, and I am pretty happy with how it’s looking. Take a look, and if you’re an Illinois ASTA member, send me any upcoming events or news and I’ll put them [...]