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Archive for the 'practicing' Category

Quick Tip for Practicing Musicianship

Yazan: petertambroni | 01 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni, practicing

Hello readers, Peter Tambroni here again from MostlyBass.com. When practicing fast / scalar passages, play them in groups of odd numbers. Although notation generally beams notes in even groups, the actual music is usually in an odd group. For example, if you have 4 sixteenth notes, practice them with the next note – they lead [...]

Help! I don’t have time to practice!

Yazan: petertambroni | 15 November 2008 | 5 Comments
Categories: Peter Tambroni, practicing, student resources

Hello fellow bassists and educators, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. Jason posted a great article recently about finding time to practice and auditions being a young persons game (check it out here). But what if you ARE a young person (or not so young) and you still don’t have time to practice? What now? Well, [...]

Nine dynamite practice room accessories

Yazan: Jason | 13 October 2008 | 4 Comments
Categories: advice, practicing

When it’s time to hit the woodshed and do some serious practicing, there are a handful of no-brainer items that everyone needs–instrument, music, and music stand. Adding a few extra tools into the mix can make for much more productive and enjoyable practice sessions, however. This list starts off with some obvious tools, but the [...]

New poll – how much do you practice each day?

Yazan: Jason | 07 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: practicing

We’ve got a new poll up here on doublebassblog.org. What kind of hours do you put in on your instrument on a daily basis? Average it out–if you play four hours a day followed by no practice, then put down two hours. [poll id="11"]

Fifteen practicing mistakes that students make

Yazan: Jason | 11 September 2008 | 6 Comments
Categories: practicing, student resources

The following list is really geared toward younger musicians, and while we all can certainly stand to re-evaluate our own practice habits from time to time, I don’t want you to think that I’m “talking down” to you (or “blogging down”…or whatever!). These are a handful of common pitfalls that I have seen my students [...]