Double Bass Simandle Book 2, French Bow

[neilG]

I like etudes because they are complete pieces of music, and you could perform one if you wanted. I don't need to practice Beethoven 9 any more. Those are wacky fingerings.

 

[Bass Man Kirk]

actually i have played in the local civic symphony for a couple of seasons. and string quintets but it has been since 2012 when my exwife had convinced me to get rid of my hybrid upright bass that i have been without a bass. but since Christmas a couple of friends bought me a Czech Upright Bas for Christmas present and i have been practicing it for 2-3 hours a day to get my skills back up to where they were 3 years ago. and where they were in college as well.

 

[damonsmith]

IMO, the Petracchi "Higher Technique" book wasn't worth the money. I can explain all that to a student on one page of music and then have them apply it to anything they work on. Notes is notes. Find some notes you like, apply technique, repeat.

I used to think that - I certainly don't use the whole book in my practice or teaching, but there are a few low end excercises that are just great. Also, even if the book was the one or two pages laying out how the chromatic and semi chromatic positions work it would be worth the money. I use two of his excercises in my daily warm up and have for over a decade.

 

[neilG]

Ten years doing the same warmup? Every day? I need a drink.

 

[robobass]

Ten years doing the same warmup? Every day? I need a drink.

If you think that's bad... I have a friend who is a jazz player but took lessons from Homer for awhile. It doesn't matter if I last spoke with him yesterday or five years ago. Every time we talk, he will somehow within minutes work into the conversation how important it is to warm up with Homer's "slow bow" etude!