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Double Bass Bowing books?

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BassBluesNRoots

Sep 17, 2012
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Hi, i'm currently working my way through simandls new method vol 1 and bottesinis method but i'm looking for books specifically in the instruction of bowing techniques (for example, spiccato, tremolog etc) I did come across this book on amazon and was wondering if anyone else had used it? Thanks

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BassBluesNRoots said:
Hi, i'm currently working my way through simandls new method vol 1 and bottesinis method but i'm looking for books specifically in the instruction of bowing techniques (for example, spiccato, tremolog etc) I did come across this book on amazon and was wondering if anyone else had used it? Thanks

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Yes, it's pretty popular book. But, as I understand it, it's function is more about getting the right-hand concept in synch with contemporary left-hand concepts than it is about developing the various strokes. It contains etudes and exercises across the strings with many different articulations, and some applied examples from excerpts.

Do you have a teacher? He or she will probably have exercises that will help you.
 
#4
The Zimmerman book is great, but not for what you want. There are tons of exercises and permutations of exercises, but very little in stroke development and diversity.

Bradetich's Double Bass: the Ultimate Challenge may have more of what you are looking for. It is a very descriptive text and discusses articulations in more detail than a lot of bass method books. Using that as a basis for exploration and experimentation would probably yield some fine results.
 
#6
No problem. I want to clarify that this book is a comprehensive overview of bass technique and you may still need further illumination after reading the text, but the section on bow strokes is 27 pages long with detailed descriptions, excerpts, etc.

I find it best to read the sections and, short of discussing with a teacher, search for video of competent players playing the excerpts that correspond to the different strokes.
 

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