Despite their innocent furry exteriors, cats can spell disaster for bases, climbing them like giant playgrounds and causing general mayhem. John Tuck, one of my Chicago bass colleagues, sent me this photo (via rockabillybass.com) of a kitty sitting on a bass bridge....
CEMC/ SoG – Anonymous – Ballet – Bransles From the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer! – The Sublime 16th-Century French Chanson’ at...
Here’s a cell phone video that, despite the low fidelity, captures the warmth and musicality of Rabbath’s bass playing. Be sure to check out our interview with François if you haven’t before:
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...
Here’s another great clip from a master class in Berlin with François Rabbath featuring him discussing advantages and disadvantages of German and French bows. François mentions that German bow works for people with long arms but not with short arms, among other...
