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Oops - I started with an F major scale and then the mixed it up with G major. I must have written that when I was tired! Sorry! Basically it is as you corrected me: E string: F (1st finger) shift to G (1st finger) then 3rd and 4th fingers (A & Bb) A string: C (1st finger) shift to D (1st...

Start with your index finger on the root of the scale (I.e. F) on the E string, then shift to a G with that finger, then play your 3rd and 4th fingers (B & C). Now go straight across to the A string, your index finger will now be on a D - repeat what you did on the E string, shift a whole step...

That’s because most of us who are making a living playing don’t have the time to post a lot about our playing. Right now I’m having my morning coffee before I head out to a rehearsal and checking my emails, etc. I’m fortunate that I get a pension and can essentially pick my own hours and gigs. I...

I had to go for 75%-100%. After 20 years of playing professionally in the USAF I retired in 1998. Now I do a lot of freelance playing as well as playing in an orchestra. My only non-playing income is a very small percentage which comes from writing program notes, teaching bass and president of...

I’m curious, what piece is this and who wrote it?

I don’t think it’s the model number - more likely the number made. I have a Juzek “Master Art Copy” which has violin corners and the inlaid Diamond ebony mark on the back. On the label it is marked 1937 #133. I bought it from Jim Orleans (Boston SO) in 1984 when I was studying with him. It’s a...

I’d definitely buy it! There is so much history with that generation of musicians. They played under great conductors and played a lot of our great orchestral music with the composers either conducting or there: Copland, Bernstein, Stravinsky, Henze, et al. Do you have access to enough...

That is a beautiful bass! I attended the week-long masterclasses Gary did. at Hartt School in the mid-80s and I remember that bass sitting in his music room with his other basses. What blew me away was the length of decay on an open string. Gary pulled the D string and let it ring - it lasted...

I’ve got a Bobelock case and I really like it. Very solidly built and though I won’t drive my car over it, I feel the bows are protected as well as can be expected. Got it from String Emporium around $90.

Many years ago at an ISB Convention I was browsing basses at Robertson’s display and the guy there said I should give this one bass a try. He took me into a quieter room and I started playing it - OMG, the thing played itself. Truly one of the most amazing basses I ever tried. Then I looked at...

i suggest practicing with your bowing reverse of normal (‘up’ bows on downbeats, or just reverse of what you are regularly doing). Then, try accenting your ‘up’ bows and not accenting the ‘down’ bows. Also, when I studied with Klaus Trumpf he had me playing two-octave scales with a huge variety...

No, I haven't - but I do have friend who goes regularly

I was stationed in Germany with the USAFE Band, studying with Klaus Trumpf, and about 13 years into my 20-year career. At this point I was playing in the concert band under the direction of Major Craig Jessop and I think we were on tour in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)...

If I might offer my opinion after just now watching and listening to your Simandl etude and the Eccles: Not bad work on the Simandl & the Eccles. There may have been a comment or two about arm weight, or how I learned it from Gary Karr, just allowing the arm to drop freely without holding it...

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