Yazan: Jason | 23 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education, student resources
Release of 2013 National Solo Competition Audition Repertoire.
Yazan: Jason | 09 September 2011 | No Comments
Categories: student resources
While searching for free alternatives to GarageBand that had a little more of a sequencer focus, I found the following app. Anyone use this? The page I’m linking to below has a lot of demo songs–some quite cheesy, but some very cool. Check it out if you’re looking for something along these lines: MuTools.com
Yazan: Jason | 09 September 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, student resources
Here’s a cool new site from Boston University grad Henry Samuels (a former Ed Barker student) dedicated to transcriptions for the double bass. Cool stuff! Contrabass Sheet Music.
Yazan: Jason | 05 August 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, practicing, student resources
I just uploaded a zipped directory of about 250 MB of MP3 scale practice tracks in one, two, and three octaves for major, natural, melodic, and harmonic scales. You can find the RapidShare link below, and happy practicing! MP3 versions of scales for bass (250 MB)
Yazan: Jason | 01 August 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education, student resources
About six years ago, I sat down in front of Finale and made a whole bunch of MP3 practice tracks for various pieces I was either working on at the time or using in my bass lessons. I liked the “pitch plus rhythm” aspect of practicing in this way, and while I could always do [...]