Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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This is a great video of Monti’s Czardas by double bassist Roman Patkolo (with Jan Jirmasek accompanying on bass) and Maxim Vengerov on violin. Guanaco from the Cellomania blog recently sent me a link to this post.
Digging through my archives, I realized that I had posted this before but had not correctly archived [...]

If you look at the tabs you will see that there is now a tab specifically for bass videos. I noticed that a lot of people like to check out the bass videos I have posted here, so I thought a devoted tab for those would be good. I’m trying not to [...]

I have been noticing more and more double bass videos popping up on YouTube, which is great to see. I put my Amati recital video up there a few days ago, but it looks much better if you watch it from my site.
Here is a version of the Vocalise by Jacy Cobalis:

Yoshihiro Utsumi also [...]

Matt Murray of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb pointed out a great Edgar Meyer video clip from A&E’s Breakfast With the Arts. He and Bela Fleck play and are interviewed on the clip. You’ll need Real Player to watch it, and I can’t embed it here, so visit this site to get it.
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1) Lesson SchedulesClick here to see when and where our next lesson is happening.
2) Lesson Summaries and AssignmentsClick for assignments, materials to purcase, links, and lesson history.
3) Recommended RepertoireThese are the materials I teach in the order I teach them. I provide links to various sites to buy materials, but you can do a [...]

This is a repository of resources helpful to the current and prospective music educator. There is an emphasis on resources for string players (especially double bass players) given the slant of this blog, but most music teachers and students should find some helpful information here. The following information is intended to serve [...]