Orchestral teacher in West London

[Anthony White]

Hi all,

I am looking for a dedicated orchestral technique teacher in the West London area.

I’m an adult student. I’ve been learning double bass for a little over two and a half years, but focused entirely on jazz. My jazz teacher taught me enough arco to get my intonation solid and my hand strength up, but aside from that, I have been focussed on jazz.

The last couple months, I’ve been putting more time into arco, circa an hour a day. But I don’t think the progress is coming as it should. And I want to keep my jazz teacher focused on jazz.

For what it’s worth, I’m on about page 19 of Simandl. At the moment, I’m using a German grip carbon bow, because I never got comfortable with a French grip – but I’d be happy to change to a French grip if a teacher could get me comfortable.

Does anyone have any suggestions and contact details for teachers in the area who might be able to help me?

Best wishes,
Anthony White

[Clarkybass]

If you don't get a reply here, try the UK's BassChat. Its mainly a forum for electric bass but there are some DB teachers listed on there (as well as DB chat sub-forums). I have had a lesson from Jake Newman (who plays in lots of London shows and is as adept on DB as he is 5-string electric) but I don't know how he is with bowing/orchestral as I play pizz. You could always ask his advice?http://basschat.co.uk/forum/26-tutors-available/

[Tom Gale]

Is that West London, Alabama???
TG......