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Tweet It’s now been a couple of years since I started using Wiedoeft Rosin. And over that time it has become my favorite and my […]
Continue reading »Tweet The current situation is a true challenge for everyone. Superlative adjectives are losing their meaning with overuse but here’s a time where they are […]
Continue reading »Tweet The open strings provide a great aural reference for shifting to 3rd position which can be a challenging spot for students to find. Rhythm […]
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Continue reading »Tweet To J. in my private studio. The student is now co-principal of the Chicago Youth Symphony. Hard work pays off!
Continue reading »Tweet My bass recently went under some reconstruction to reset the neck joint. Since it was getting a whole new setup I thought this would […]
Continue reading »Tweet This may or not become a series. But here’s part of being a public school orchestra teacher. ‘Mr.T., my string broke.” “No problem.” Sometimes […]
Continue reading »Tweet A number of years back I was hired to do an Easter service concert in the west suburbs of Chicago. As is pretty typical […]
Continue reading »Tweet DiscoverDoubleBass.com is an outstanding resource that offers exceptional courses for any double bassist. I hesitate to call the following a ‘review’. Lauren Pierce of […]
Continue reading »Tweet Need some holiday music for your young string orchestra? I arrange and play these with my own school orchestras. Both students and audiences have […]
Continue reading »Tweet Holiday Medley updated 7/3/2018 This is a simple arrangement for string orchestra of Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Good King Wenceslas and Adeste Fideles (O Come […]
Continue reading »Tweet To play or not to play…the ink. That is the question. Some people say to just play what’s on the page. Play what’s printed. […]
Continue reading »Tweet When the bow is tightened and ready to play, it should still be possible to for the hair to the touch the stick if […]
Continue reading »Tweet After using Weidoeft Rosin for two months here are my thoughts: It does not flake or chip off when applying it to the bow. […]
Continue reading »Tweet I recently got two new bass accessories: Wiedoeft Bass Rosin and the String Emporium Bass Wheel. I have to say I’m really impressed with […]
Continue reading »Tweet As a public school orchestra director I have my students perform solos out the Suzuki books. Long, Long Ago is a favorite but students […]
Continue reading »Tweet The ErgoBass ABOUT THE ERGO BASS Designed by Petru Iuga, a bassist and university teacher in Germany. View his short YouTube video. He has […]
Continue reading »Tweet Here’s a quick arrangement I did of Kool and The Gang’s “Celebration” for bass quartet.
Continue reading »Tweet That’s right! The arrangement bass players everywhere have been wishing for! Ok maybe not but I thought it would make a cool piece for […]
Continue reading »Tweet Here’s a free download of my edits of Bottesini’s Elegy (updated 06/05/17)
Continue reading »Tweet Last year I did Samuel Applebaum’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s Jazz Pizzicato with my middle school orchestra. I wanted to demonstrate to my students […]
Continue reading »Tweet I originally did this to have the accompaniment in orchestral tuning as I couldn’t find it elsewhere. As I was revising it I […]
Continue reading »Tweet What do we want as teachers? All of us want our students to be successful in their endeavours. That success can take many forms […]
Continue reading »Tweet Oh no! Run for the hills. No, wait. Run for the old days. The internet is ‘destroying’ traditional income streams and product sales! People […]
Continue reading »Tweet I’ll admit it. I’m not member of the International Society of Bassists or American String Teacher Association. Yep, I know. I was a member […]
Continue reading »Tweet As an orchestra teacher I rarely have access to an accompanist. But I see a string orchestra every day. And I’m sure there are […]
Continue reading »Tweet Here is the table of contents for my textbook “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing”. Click here to download the table of contents PDF […]
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