Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Articles by Jason Heath:
Road Warrior Without an Expense Account - This series chronicles my experiences as a freelance musician and offers thoughts and observations on the classical music orchestral business in general. Although focused on classical musicians and freelance musicians in general, much of the discussion has relevance to musicians from all disciplines. [...]

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Jason’s Scale Sheets (free PDF download)
one octave major and minor scales with fingerings
two octave major and minor scales with fingerings
Articles
All-State Audition Preparation by John Thompson
Article on Stretching by Nathan Cole
Video Resources

Downloads
Classical
Methods:

Tambroni, Peter: An Introduction to Double Bass Playing (highly recommended)
Max Dimoff Warm-Up [...]

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Peter Tambroni is a fantastic musician, educator, and double bassist. His contributions to Bassfest 2005 were really outstanding, and I am pleased to have him back for this year’s activities. Peter will be working in both classical and jazz styles and will perofrm on the Finale Recital. Check out more about Peter [...]

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Jazz Practice Tracks from PlayJazzNow.com
Bill Harrison from PlayJazzNow.com [...]

Jason Heath is an active double bass performer, educator, blogger, and podcaster. A native of South Dakota, Jason began playing with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Sioux City Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen. He serves as co-principal bass of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, assistant principal bass of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra [...]

Classic Contrabass
Website: www.allthingsbass.com
Location and contact info:
Wheeling, IL(847)670-0322michelle@allthingsbass.com(map)
I am Michelle Fiore, the founder of Classic Contrabass, Inc. I received my Master?s degree in Double bass performance from Northern Illinois University in 1994. In 1997, I graduated from the Chicago School of Violin-Making, one of only three full-time string instrument-making schools in the country.
Since 1998, I have [...]

Guarneri House
Website: www.guarnerihouse.com
Location and Contact info:
221 John St. NE • Grand Rapids, MI 49503Phone: (616) 451-4960 • Fax: (616) 451- 9556E-mail: Sreileymbm@aol.com(map)
Luthiers:
Steven Reiley - President and Master Bass and Bow Maker. Steven Reiley holds two degrees from the University of Michigan, a Bachelor’s and Master’s in String Instrument Studies. His areas of emphasis were a [...]