Andrew Kohn takes a deep dive into bass mutes, demonstrating 13 of them! Find Andrew’s compositions and editions in our sheet music...
Rodrigo Mata is an extremely creative upcoming double bassist, composer, and band leader from Guanajuato, Mexico. He has an amazing passion for the double bass community that everyone should keep an eye out for. Life Overseas Recently, Jason Heath had the wonderful...
John Clayton shared an inspiring post about his experience in arranging the Star-Spangled Banner for Whitney Houston’s performance. So many lessons to be taken from this one! Here is John’s original post. Whitney Houston’s Star-Spangled Banner Notes...
The way that Dennis Whittaker approaches the bass resonates so strongly with me. Maybe it’s our shared background and similar pedagogical influences. Regardless, there’s something in the way he lays things out that makes me want to drop everything...
We’re continuing our beginner bass series here with an introduction to minor arpeggios. Last week, we dug into the potentially thorny topic of chromatic scales and a few methods I’ve used to get students started with these. We’ve also recently covered: one octave...
