Mr. Green was in town to give some performances and master classes at George Mason University and my instructor is also professor of bass there, so I take private lessons on campus. Mr. Green stopped by to discuss something with my instructor, who invited him to sit in and offer another perspective.
What an eye-opener that lesson was! I'm at the early stages of Vance's first book and Mr. Green took a lot of his time to go into detail of thumb position technique, to the point of physically positioning each finger, my thumb and arm. He was showing me the how's and why's of hand placement and bow adjustments. My notes were sounding less-choked by the end of the lesson. It was like a veil was lifted.
The good part was I left the lesson without the urge to turn my bass into firewood.
What an eye-opener that lesson was! I'm at the early stages of Vance's first book and Mr. Green took a lot of his time to go into detail of thumb position technique, to the point of physically positioning each finger, my thumb and arm. He was showing me the how's and why's of hand placement and bow adjustments. My notes were sounding less-choked by the end of the lesson. It was like a veil was lifted.
The good part was I left the lesson without the urge to turn my bass into firewood.
