What ARE the “rules” of double bass fingering?

https://youtu.be/Vk1fOs_OQd8 For years, I’d heard about “rules” that I was supposed to follow when figuring out bass fingerings. Honestly, it was a bit confusing to me. They all seemed to conflict with each other, and I was never sure where to begin....

Inside the 2021 Rabbath Institute LA

The pedagogical influence of Francois Rabbath on the double bass world has been tremendous. Once seen as a dramatic departure from traditional bass technique, the Rabbath approach has become mainstream and perhaps the most commonly used method for young bassists. The...

Acerca de Concerto di Bravura por Stephen Street

traducido por Angel Chavez Una de las partes más gratificantes de la creación de esta edición de Urtext ha sido descubrir una nueva pieza. Al principio pensé que debía ser un nombre alternativo para Capriccio di Bravura, pero al inspeccionarlo, era una obra sustancial...
Why is Bottesini’s music written in the “wrong octave?”

Why is Bottesini’s music written in the “wrong octave?”

Check out the Spanish translation of this article here! We recently added Stephen Street’s Urtext Edition of Bottesini’s Concerto di Bravura to our Sheet Music Store, prompting a common question: Why is Bottesini’s music written down an octave? The...
Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass – an overview

Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass – an overview

The way that Dennis Whittaker approaches  the bass resonates so strongly with me.  Maybe it’s our shared background and similar pedagogical influences.  Regardless, there’s something in the way he lays things out that makes me want to drop everything...