This is a post from double bassist and music educator Peter Tambroni. Peter is currently a string teacher in suburban Chicago where he teaches string lessons in grades 3 – 8 and conduct the middle school concert and chamber orchestras. He also leads an Irish...
Double bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Jerry Fuller and Ars Antigua is being featured tomorrow on Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Details from Jerry follow: On February 18 the popular classical music radio program Exploring Music with Bill...
This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ I’m on the plane on...
Doublebassblog.org contributor Bill Harrison recently put out a new video demonstrating major triad fingerings on the double bass. Bill has made several instructional videos for jazz bassists in the past, and they are definitely worth checking out. Bill is the founder...
I love The Onion (America’s Finest News Source), and I love cats (as you can see from my dozens of blogged cat videos here), so how could I resist this story? This was forwarded to my by my good friend Tim Pearson: Kitchen-Floor Conflict Intensifies As...
