Double Bass Chromatic tuner for staying in tune during practice

[CaseyVancouver]

I’ll go with David Allen Moore on this one.

 

[statsc]

Multitasking is the enemy of practicing the bass! I'd recommend scales with a drone BEFORE working on etudes or rep then turn it off. You need to trust yourself more than you check yourself.
An unconfident but in tune note will sound far worse that a note that is not dead on but is beautiful, strong, and full.

Check a note or phrase with a tuner is great, leaving it on while you try to work on something would be inadvisable.

I’m starting to come around to Damon’s point of view regarding avoiding multitasking when practicing. It seems to me that thinking about and working on several aspects at once during practice dilutes the intensity of our attention on any single aspect and thus slows down our growth towards mastering that one aspect. I’m finding it surprisingly difficult to do, however. Today when practicing vomits, I endeavored to just focus on only maintaining correct arm weight of the bow arm; however, my attention kept drifting to intonation, bow speed, bow angle and other aspects. I had to consciously bring my mind back to focus on just arm weight. I think I gained more from this, however, than when I’m constantly thinking about and adjusting arm weight, bow speed, intonation, etc. Maybe tomorrow or next week I’ll focus on bow speed….

it seems to me when we play with others we are multitasking to the max!

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

TonalEnergy Tuner is recommended by David Moore, so I went with it.
It is an inexpensive app you can install on your phone or iPad.
https://www.tonalenergy.com/

There is something about the lowest notes on a bass that makes it very difficult to be in tune. I regularly play around on the violin and it is easier to be in tune than our basses.

The beauty of TE Tuner is you can see clearly where and how much you are off. You can play along with a drone. It does a lot more than only telling you how in tune you are. Check out the link.

Many say they don’t get the point of playing with a tuner. It’s recommended by David Moore, who kinda knows more than most of us here. Playing with a tuner is another practice tool to be better in tune when you play with people.

Top violin soloists do this kind of practice. It’s not meant to be used as a crutch, but a tool to improve.

Wow this looks really useful.