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If At First You Don’t Succeed recently posted about a comment from bass blog contributor Benjy detailing his experiences studying the Rabbath technique.  There is a lot similarity between Rabbath’s scale and arpeggio practice methodology and that of Ivan Galamian, and this post details a cellist’s perspective on this sort of practicing.  It’s always [...]

 

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This week, we bring listeners a very entertaining and interesting interview with Justin Locke, author of Real Men Don’t Rehearse, a book filled with wonderful anecdotes about his life in the music business. Justin was a freelance double bassist in the Boston area for nearly two decades, working regularly during that time [...]

Here is another well-produced video of the amazing Renaud Garcia-Fons in concert.  This first-rate bass playing is truly a delight for the ears.

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Japan has a reputation for being especially receptive to double bass solo and ensemble music, so it’s no surprise that my first encounter with new tracks from the Bass Gang would be targeted toward Japanese audiences.  Italian double bassist Vito Liuzzi pointed me in the direction of this new video from the Bass Gang.  We’ve [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations Episode features the second part of our interview with double bassist Donovan Stokes. We last spoke with Donovan on episode 40 of the show, discussing his early years on the instrument, his experiences attending various universities, and his former and current double basses. This week, we continue our discussion about [...]

Rabbath protégé Renaud Garcia-Fons performs another incredibly compelling piece in this video. If you haven’t seen him perform before, you’re in for a real treat. I can’t wait to get a chance to see him live. This video is quite short (unfortunately), but I’ve been finding a wealth of Renaud’s content online, [...]

I recently found this quite melodious version of the Dittersdorf Concerto in E Major performed by a German bassist (any more details folks have on the player and/or orchestra would be appreciated).  Folks who’ve played this concerto realize that it is actually one of the better balanced concerti for the instrument–Dittersdorf really lightens up the [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations Episode features the second part of our interview with double bassist Brad Opland. Last time we heard from Brad (on episode 37), we talked about his experiences in the Minnesota Orchestra and Chicago Symphony, plus some of the most memorable highlights from Brad’s performing career. This episode we discuss Brad’s experiences [...]

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. This final segment of our chat covers more general mental approaches to practicing the double bass.
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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 approaches, [...]