Rachmaninoff Vocalise Versions

I have been noticing more and more double bass videos popping up on YouTube, which is great to see. I put my Amati recital video up there a few days ago, but it looks much better if you watch it from my site.Here is a version of the Vocalise by Jacy Cobalis:Yoshihiro...

Jascha Heifetz plays Hora Staccato

Here is a video of the great Jascha Heifetz playing his Hora Staccato arrangement. This was a signature piece for Heifetz. What a monster player he was (I have dozens of Heifetz recordings on my shelves):

Rabbath versus Simandl – a comparative study for double bass

If you’re thinking about purchasing any of the following method books, click through the links below and a portion of your purchase will go to support doublebassblog.org and our podcast! There are two predominant double bass pedagogical methods in the United...

Musical Examples on Michael Hovnanian’s CSO Bass Blog

Michael Hovnanian has been writing some posts on his CSO Bass Blog that would be very helpful to classical double bassists. He has been providing some fingering solutions for pieces that the Chicago Symphony has been performing recently.Check out his Mahler 7 post or...

Music Education 2.0

Wired News put out a recent story on a musical instruction web app recently demoed at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It is called In the Chair, and it sounds like a real step forward for music education. Check out the demo video:This is the sort of thing that I...