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Hello, I've been teaching bass guitar at a music school for quite a few years already. With most of my students, time comes where they would benefit from learning a nice solo piece (solo or accompanied), where they could try out standing on their own before an audience, and also more complex...

Hi! I’m planning on renting an upright bass and would love to start learning classical style. I asked a College Professor, and he said that I should get the Simandl method, Sharpes “bassic technique”, essentiall elements, progressive repertoire, and some solo repertoire. The problem especially...

Hello, this is my first ever post on this site! I want to expand my repertoire, and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for cello songs that could be played on bass. Thanks!

I'm looking for something easy to work on as a beginner's solo piece, roughly one page in length. To give an idea of my level, I've attached an arrangement I did of the bourree from one of the Bach cello suites. I transposed it into a key where it fit in mostly first/half position, and also did...

Hi all, I'm trying to put together a quintet on a semi-regular basis, and am hunting for good rep. The Trout would certainly be our staple, and we also have the Vaughan Williams quintet in Cm (same instrumentation). Does anyone else have recommendations for this combination of instruments (or...

For any of you who play '80s songs in your sets, which ones do find consistently go over well with the audience (and keep folks on the dance floor)? Are there any in particular that you find work well with both a younger and older crowd? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hi, I'd like to extend my horizons of what today's bigband could play. We are playing mostly 'official town events', for financial reasons surely; we need to be approachable to the audience, we are playing mostly old swing classics, or singers' songs like this: Nothing bad with this, many old...