Advice?

[Future_DB]

Hey all, I'm getting Simandl New Method for Christmas, but until then, what should I use to practise? I've just been running through scales so far and getting used to the instrument. I get a teacher in the New Year.

Any simple pieces for me to learn? I can already read music as I'm an advanced piano and clarinet player.

Cheers!

[mjt0229]

A teacher would help the most, by providing you with books that suit your needs and are up-to-date. If you want simple pieces, when I started 17 years ago, I learned from a series of books by George Vance.

I think that it's the same as this series, but my books had a different name ("Bass Project Repertoire Book 1"). I had six little books of pieces ranging from very easy to fairly tricky.

http://www.slavapub.net/Progressive_...ass_Vol_1.html

[Sarley]

im in the same situation man, i think the best bet is to get a teacher!

[miles mosley]

I'd suggest:
1. continue with the scales
2. if you plan on branching into jazz start transcribing from the "Oscar Peterson We Get Requests" record.
3. Any piece by Eccles would probably be a start
4. Stay excited and keep playing, but do realize that without a proper reference or someone telling you when you've done the job correctly it'll be work that is going to have to modified down the line.
5. The beginning of THIS piece is easy enough, it is not a classical tone necessarily but it will give you some ideas of different positions and possibilities of the instrument.
hope that helps,

theStarM,
Miles Mosley