Recent content by traviswhendrix

I'm going to be traveling to the San Diego area soon to play in a theater production, and I'm looking for a good place to rent a good double bass for 6 1/2 weeks. I was wondering if any of you could recommend a place/person that rents good basses in that area? I would much prefer a fully carved...

Along the lines of what Reiska said in his first post, you might want to take your bass to a luthier to make sure you have a decent set-up. A poorly set-up bass might have much higher action and tension than necessary, making it difficult to press the strings down and causing your right hand...

I had a teacher who played a bow with a frog between the sizes of a french and german bow. He referred to it as an "italian" bow. Has anyone else heard of this? He's the only person who I've heard use this term.

This probably seems obvious, but try playing your walking lines with the metronome set at really low tempos. As you master the exercise at one tempo, gradually increase the bpm until you are playing at full speed. Since it sounds like part of your problem is being able to think of what notes to...

It doesn't, as long as you get a mechanical license for the song you plan to cover. The licenses are compulsory (meaning the publisher must grant it to you) but you do have to pay a fee based on how many copies you distribute. Here's an article with more in-depth information: Invalid Link Removed

All that everyone has said here is true, the technique is a totally different beast. On the upside though, all the notes are in the same places in relation to each other, so that should help a bit!