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...
Asked by a double bassist who just played a shaky audition, one of the faculty members listening to this player passed along this bit of wisdom: “Your audition was great….until you started to play the bass.”
Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist Greg Sarchet joins his colleagues Andy Anderson and Steve Lester as the double bass faculty of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Greg is a former Contrabass Conversations guest (you can hear him...
Have any choice quotes you’ve heard during your studies (or perhaps….[gulp]… made yourself as a teacher)? I’ve got reams of them! Here’s a perennial favorite. I’m not going to mention who specifically I heard this from:...
