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A comment came in last week about my audition advice for high school students post. It reads: Hello– Great website. Awesome to see so much info dedicated to the DB. Can you explain/expand on this point: Sectionalize your music and write down a plan – I always smile...
Happy New Year readers! Peter Tambroni here, from MostlyBass.com. As the new year rolls around I’m beginning to plan for my school’s annual solo festival. I’m always looking to improve the quality of my student’s playing as well as their...
Hello readers, Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. This week I had a student working on a solo that had a somewhat complex ornament at a cadence. We worked on breaking it down and separating the components of it. I decided to write it up in Sibelius with the...
Hello readers, Peter Tambroni here again from MostlyBass.com. When practicing fast / scalar passages, play them in groups of odd numbers. Although notation generally beams notes in even groups, the actual music is usually in an odd group. For example, if you have 4...
