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Bowing (classical)

David Allen Moore

November 14, 2024

Bowing (classical)

Fingers as Shock Absorbers – Bowing Lesson

David Allen Moore

November 14, 2024

Bowing (classical)

Fingers as Shock Absorbers – Bowing Lesson

Classical master, David Allen Moore, teaches how to avoid chatter in the bow when it makes contact with the string in under 3 minutes!

David Allen Moore

November 7, 2024

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Techniques for Perfect Practice – Mozart 35

David Allen Moore

November 7, 2024

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Techniques for Perfect Practice – Mozart 35

Classical master, David Allen Moore, teaches practice techniques using a well known difficult passage from Mozart 35.

David Allen Moore

June 27, 2024

Bowing (classical)

Weight Transfer & The Point of Contact

David Allen Moore

June 27, 2024

Bowing (classical)

Weight Transfer & The Point of Contact

Classical master, David Allen Moore teaches he topic of transferring weight into the string and how that relates to the point of contact in German bow.

Jason Heath

December 29, 2023

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

Introducing Spiccato - Double Bass Technique Lesson

Jason Heath

December 29, 2023

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

Introducing Spiccato - Double Bass Technique Lesson

Jason Heath teaches the basics of spiccato bowing technique on the double bass.

Geoff Chalmers

December 7, 2023

Bowing (jazz), Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical), Left Hand Technique (jazz), Right Hand Technique (jazz), Soloing (jazz), Thumb Position (classical), Walking Bass Lines (jazz)

Top 10 Intermediate Double Bass Lessons

Geoff Chalmers

December 7, 2023

Bowing (jazz), Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical), Left Hand Technique (jazz), Right Hand Technique (jazz), Soloing (jazz), Thumb Position (classical), Walking Bass Lines (jazz)

Top 10 Intermediate Double Bass Lessons

Our top 10 lesson suggestions for intermediate and advancing, including thumb position, intonation, bowing technique and scales!

Phoebe Russell

August 2, 2023

Left Hand Technique (classical), Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical)

Beethoven 5, Scherzo Orchestral Excerpt Lesson

Phoebe Russell

August 2, 2023

Left Hand Technique (classical), Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical)

Beethoven 5, Scherzo Orchestral Excerpt Lesson

In a preview lesson from her course, Phoebe teaches how to excel at the orchestral excerpt Beethoven 5, Scherzo.

Heather Miller Lardin

January 19, 2023

Bowing (classical), Baroque (classical)

Air on the G String - Bass Line Reduction

Heather Miller Lardin

January 19, 2023

Bowing (classical), Baroque (classical)

Air on the G String - Bass Line Reduction

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 Heath

June 15, 2022

Thumb Position (classical), Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Shifting In and Out of Thumb Position

Jason Heath

June 15, 2022

Thumb Position (classical), Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Shifting In and Out of Thumb Position

Jason teaches how to correctly shift in and out of thumb position on the double bass.

Jason Heath

May 5, 2022

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

How to stop flying fingers! (Left-hand technique)

Jason Heath

May 5, 2022

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

How to stop flying fingers! (Left-hand technique)

A quick lesson where Jason explains how to maintain the correct left-hand shape with the fingers that aren’t doing anything.

Jason Heath

February 17, 2022

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

What a Good Sound Looks Like

Jason Heath

February 17, 2022

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

What a Good Sound Looks Like

In this lesson, Jason explains what a good sound looks like.

Jason Heath

September 30, 2021

Thumb Position (classical), Left Hand Technique (jazz), Bowing (classical)

A Guide to Thumb Position Technique

Jason Heath

September 30, 2021

Thumb Position (classical), Left Hand Technique (jazz), Bowing (classical)

A Guide to Thumb Position Technique

A guide to perfecting thumb position technique from Jason Heath’s new course ‘Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass’.

Jason Heath

July 22, 2021

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

Bow Lifts

Jason Heath

July 22, 2021

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

In this preview lesson from Jason Heath’s course ‘Beginner's Classical Bass’, Jason teaches bow lifts for the double bass.

Joseph Conyers

April 22, 2021

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical)

'It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Mozart' - Mozart 40 Excerpt

Joseph Conyers

April 22, 2021

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical)

'It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Mozart' - Mozart 40 Excerpt

A preview lesson from Orchestra Chops Vol. 2 by Joseph Conyers, where he explores phrasing in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.

Jason Heath

September 17, 2020

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

How to Trill on the Double Bass

Jason Heath

September 17, 2020

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

How to Trill on the Double Bass

Jason Heath teaches how to get a clean, good-sounding trill on the double bass.

Jason Heath

September 10, 2020

Bowing (classical), Bowing (jazz), Beginners (classical)

My Double Bass Bow Hold (Not Grip)

Jason Heath

September 10, 2020

Bowing (classical), Bowing (jazz), Beginners (classical)

My Double Bass Bow Hold (Not Grip)

Jason Heath shows and explains how he holds the double bass bow, and how it should be centered, support and well-balanced.

Jason Heath

September 3, 2020

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

How to Apply Rosin to the Double Bass Bow

Jason Heath

September 3, 2020

Bowing (classical), Beginners (classical)

How to Apply Rosin to the Double Bass Bow

In this quick video, Jason Heath shows us how to correctly apply rosin to a double bass bow.

Joseph Conyers

May 21, 2020

Bowing (classical)

Scooping - Bowing Technique Lesson

Joseph Conyers

May 21, 2020

Bowing (classical)

Scooping - Bowing Technique Lesson

A demonstration by Joseph Conyers on how to get a rich, full sound from your double bass using the scooping technique.

Joseph Conyers

May 14, 2020

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Playing the Melody from Mozart #39, Exposition

Joseph Conyers

May 14, 2020

Bowing (classical), Excerpts and Performances (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Playing the Melody from Mozart #39, Exposition

This is a preview lesson from Joseph Conyer’s course ‘Orchestra Chops Vol. 1’. The lesson covers the exposition melody from Mozart Symphony 39.

David Allen Moore

February 28, 2020

Thumb Position (classical), Bowing (classical), Scales (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical), Beginners (classical)

The Phantom Hand Exercise

David Allen Moore

February 28, 2020

Thumb Position (classical), Bowing (classical), Scales (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical), Beginners (classical)

The Phantom Hand Exercise

In this double bass lesson, David Allen Moore teaches the Phantom Hand exercise.

Marcos Machado

November 1, 2019

Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Pivot Hand Positions

Marcos Machado

November 1, 2019

Bowing (classical), Left Hand Technique (classical)

Pivot Hand Positions

In this lesson, Marcos Machado describes the different hand positions of the pivot.

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