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Here are the most recent Discover Double Bass video lessons, transcriptions, written articles and gear reviews. They are designed to make the learning process as fun and fast as possible. Our tutors cover a wide range of topics so whatever your background and goals, there should be something for you.
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Classical expert, Phoebe Russell, teaches great left hand technique for shifting in thumb position.
Classical expert, Phoebe Russell, gives her top tips for vibrato technique on the double bass.
Our top 10 lesson suggestions for intermediate and advancing, including thumb position, intonation, bowing technique and scales!
In a preview lesson from her course, Phoebe teaches how to excel at the orchestral excerpt Beethoven 5, Scherzo.
Introducing our latest tutor to the website, Phoebe Russell! She teaches how to work with an accompanist effectively in this lesson.
A lesson on bass line reduction in a Baroque style, using Air on the G String by J.S. Bach. This is a preview lesson from our course, Baroque Double Bass.
Jason teaches how to correctly shift in and out of thumb position on the double bass.
Our top 10 lesson suggestions for double bass beginners or bass guitarists switching to upright bass, including getting set up, bowing, left-hand and right-hand technique, and scales!
A quick lesson where Jason explains how to maintain the correct left-hand shape with the fingers that aren’t doing anything.
Learn your 1-octave major scales with our free sheet music PDF with complete fingerings and 12 backing practice tracks.
A guide to perfecting thumb position technique from Jason Heath’s new course ‘Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass’.
Celebrate our 8th anniversary with us! Get a free transcription of this piece by Geoff Chalmers plus a thank you message from the founder.
In this preview lesson from Jason Heath’s course ‘Beginner's Classical Bass’, Jason teaches bow lifts for the double bass.
A simple scales exercise to help you master the fingerboard and thumb position.
This scale exercise is a really effective approach to learning all of the double bass fingerboard.
A preview lesson from Orchestra Chops Vol. 2 by Joseph Conyers, where he explores phrasing in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.
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Jason Heath teaches the basics of spiccato bowing technique on the double bass.