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Double Bass Resources in PDF

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SmashbrothaX said:
Hello!

I recently purchased an iPad Pro and I'm looking for PDFs I can load onto it: scales, etudes, orchestra excerpts, etc. Does anyone know of a good source?

Thank you!

Kevin
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I hope you splurged for lots of storage. And pay a little extra to increase iCloud storage. There is a wealth of stuff out there. Start searching.

For scales, Mark Smith at Talkingbass.com has pdf books with scales. If it’s etudes you want, try Paul Wolfe’s how-to-play-bass.com. Can’t help with the orchestral stuff; I’m just a rocker.

The iPad is a great device.
 
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If you are looking for some transcriptions from Jazz, you for example could take a look here:
Jazz Capacitor | transcriptions
or here
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...95/Jazz+Double+Bass+Repertoire+Sabin+2022.pdf
Martin Hess Bass Transkriptionen
More classical stuff you'll find here:
Scores
or here
New York Philharmonic | Digital Archives
If you are looking for some Midi-Files, you can find some there:
Elbsound: Free Double Bass MIDI Files

In the Blog from mentioned Jason Heath you'll find some links to scales, arpeggios and so on for exercise:
Scales and Technique – Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog
or you'll take a look to Johannes Schädlich's arpeggios:
Bass Tutorial › JOHANNES SCHAEDLICH Bassist Jazz Bass
Unfortunately the website of Henk Haverhoek is offline, but you can find his exercises still in the Web Archive:
Henk haverhoek's Bass Exercises
 
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LaFaro01 said:
If you are looking for some transcriptions from Jazz, you for example could take a look here:
Jazz Capacitor | transcriptions
or here
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...95/Jazz+Double+Bass+Repertoire+Sabin+2022.pdf
Martin Hess Bass Transkriptionen
More classical stuff you'll find here:
Scores
or here
New York Philharmonic | Digital Archives
If you are looking for some Midi-Files, you can find some there:
Elbsound: Free Double Bass MIDI Files

In the Blog from mentioned Jason Heath you'll find some links to scales, arpeggios and so on for exercise:
Scales and Technique – Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog
or you'll take a look to Johannes Schädlich's arpeggios:
Bass Tutorial › JOHANNES SCHAEDLICH Bassist Jazz Bass
Unfortunately the website of Henk Haverhoek is offline, but you can find his exercises still in the Web Archive:
Henk haverhoek's Bass Exercises
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These are awesome links — thanks for posting!
 
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I neglected to suggest the app forScore in my previous post. Once you have some sheet music on your iPad, you might want to check it out as a means of organizing and editing. You can use forScore to make set lists, group compositions by style and composers etc. It can be used to make cuts or transpositions as well as adding bowings and fingerings.
I also recommend iReal Pro for playing along with a virtual band.
Notion is a music engraving app that is useful for creating sheet music or inputting tricky passages that you might want to isolate and hear alone.
I own (paid for) these and am getting no compensation for recommending them
 

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