Help! I don’t have time to practice!
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, [...]
The Rhythm Ruler
Doublebassblog.org contributor Peter Tambroni has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and teacher, Peter is a middle school orchestra director in the Chicago area, and [...]
Lawrence Wolfe master class summary
About Northwestern University’s Double Bass Master Classes
Northwestern University bass professor Peter Lloyd hosted the third in his series of master classes with world-class double bassists this past Saturday (10/4/08) with Lawrence Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe is Assistant Principal Bass of the Boston Symphony and Principal Bass of the Boston Pops, and he teaches bass at several [...]
Problem and Solution Chart for String Players
Doublebassblog.org contributor Peter Tambroni has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and teacher, Peter is a middle school orchestra director in the Chicago area, and he [...]
Sample Practice Outline by Peter Tambroni
Doublebassblog.org contributor Peter Tambroni has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and teacher, Peter is a middle school orchestra director in the Chicago area, and he [...]
Considerations When Teaching Beginners
The following excerpts are from an upcoming book by double bassist and educator Peter Tambroni. Peter has written an excellent double bass method book titled An Introduction to String Playing, and he has been a guest on Contrabass Conversations as well. In addition to a career as an active double bass performer and teacher, Peter [...]
Fifteen practicing mistakes that students make
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 [...]
Audition preparation advice with Matt Heller
Calgary Philharmonic bassist Matt Heller (a frequent subject of posts here at doublebassblog.org) recently put out an excellent audition preperation breakdown on his blog hellafrisch.blogspot.com. Matt is an excellent bassist and blogger (and a swell guy to boot–we’ve been friends for years) who was featured in the New York Times by columnist Dan Wakin while [...]
Behind the Notes - video interviews from famous musicians
I just discovered a new site called Behind the Notes through a recent article in Bass Musician Magazine. This site offers a variety of interviews with what on first glance appear to be mostly jazz artists. It’s a premium content site with some free content as well, and though it only offers a few features [...]
The American String Project - re-envisioning chamber music
Visitors to doublebassblog.org may notice that we’ve got a new ad for The American String Project in the sidebar, and I’d like to direct people’s attention to this new sponsor. This outstanding ensemble features chamber music works arranged to include double bass by Barry Lieberman. The former Assistant Principal Bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic [...]
