What to practice when time is of the essence?
Double bassist and blogger Joe Lewis wrote a post yesterday that raised some very good questions. He writes:
I’ve often thought much about efficiency when practicing music. I used to park myself in a practice room from dawn until midnight back at NEC and even before then. I would break my practice routines down [...]
CBC 47: Peter Tambroni interview 2 and music from Henry Chen
This week’s Contrabass Conversations Episode features the second part of our interview with double bassist, music educator, and author Peter Tambroni. Last time we heard from Peter (on episode 32), we talked about his early years on the bass, classroom and school orchestra teaching techniques, studying bass during his bachelors and masters degrees, teaching [...]
Applying the Rabbath technique to Bottesini - Hans Sturm video part 4
International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together recently and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique, and I hope that folks out there will benefit from this video. It is also [...]
Insightful Rabbath technique comment from Benjy
Bass blog contributor Benjy wrote a wonderful comment after viewing the Hans Sturm videos about the Rabbath technique that we’ve been posting here. Since comment can quickly disappear under the radar here (due to the daily avalanche of new content), I thought that it would be a good idea to take a moment and [...]
Bass Audition Roundup – October 2007
For many more auditions, also visit http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below: New York Philharmonic
DOUBLE BASS - Section Double Bass - 1 positionResume Date - December 15, 2007Audition Date - Winter and Spring of 2007 and 2008Starting Date - Employment to begin at mutually agreed upon date based on availability of chosen candidate.General Information [...]
Hans Sturm teaches the Rabbath technique - part 3
International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together recently and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique, and I hope that folks out there will benefit from this video. It is also [...]
Great blog mention on Peabody Double Bass Blog
National Symphony bassist and Peabody Conservatory instructor Jeff Weisner wrote a very flattering post on PeaBodyDoubleBass, the collaborative blog from faculty members Jeff, Paul Johnson, and John Hood. Thanks for the kind words, Jeff, and thanks for pointing readers to the various blog and podcast projects!
Jeff discusses employment prospects for the double bassist in this [...]
New items on For Sale page
Double bassist Kurt Muroki is selling his 1854 Luigi Bajoni double bass. Information on this instrument is located on the For Sale page of the blog, so check it out–it looks like a fabulous bass!
CBC 46: Ira Gold interview and music part 3
This week’s podcast concludes our interview with National Symphony Orchestra bassist Ira Gold. We began this interview on episode 15 of the podcast and continued it on episode 18, as well as featuring Ira performing the Vanhal Concerto with orchestra.
Ira discusses his double bass set-up and mental toughness aspects of the audition, practicing, and preparation [...]
Hans Sturm and Jason Heath talk Rabbath technique - video
International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together over the weekend and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique, and I hope that folks out there will benefit from this video. It [...]
