Recent content by Toronado455

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    Double Bass Concerto HELP please!

    Which edition of the Marcello? Schirmer edited by Drew (six sonatas)? Or International?
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    Double Bass Dittersdorf with Gruber cadenza HELP!!!

    Is that this? Invalid Link Removed Is this the piece he is playing here?
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    Double Bass Discuss page 8 & 9 of Fred Zimmerman's "Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique"

    Cool. I guess I've been doing it right all along then. It's actually easier that way. The last exercise on P.9 gets pretty tricky if you are trying to give an audible pulse to the second half notes. It's just that I tend to believe that there should always be a musical reason to notate...
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    Double Bass Discuss page 8 & 9 of Fred Zimmerman's "Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique"

    I'm interested in discussing the exercises on p. 8 & 9 of Fred Zimmerman's "Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique". Specifically, I'm curious about how different people interpret/play these because it seems there are different ways to do it. Regarding the tied notes with no rests in between...
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    Double Bass Capuzzi in D vs F

    Cool. I'm going to have one of my high school students do it in D then. I originally learned it in F when I was in high school. But down a third is perfect for this one particular student.
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    Double Bass Capuzzi in D vs F

    Is the D Major version down a minor 3rd, or up a Major 6th from the F Major version? (I have the F Major version currently).
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    Double Bass Good 4 year college for music?

    Um... why is that kid even going to school? He's already a virtuoso!
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    Double Bass Tuners

    I want to get a backlit tuner. I've currently got the little Korg AW-1 clip-on tuner which works really well, but it doesn't have a light. I recently purchased a cheap backlit clip-on tuner on eBay, (TuneTech TT-1000) which I can't get to work at all with the bass. It might work OK for...