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How Tight Should Your Bow Hair Be?

Posted on June 17, 2018

When the bow is tightened and ready to play, it should still be possible to for the hair to the touch the stick if your […]

Wiedoft Rosin – Thoughts After 2 Months

Posted on June 14, 2018

After using Weidoft Rosin for two months here are my thoughts: It does not flake or chip off when applying it to the bow. I […]

Mini Reviews – Wiedoft Rosin & String Emporium Bass Wheel

Posted on May 1, 2018

I recently got two new bass accessories: Wiedoft Bass Rosin and the String Emporium Bass Wheel. I have to say I’m really impressed with the […]

Teaching Long, Long Ago Variations on Violin

Posted on February 22, 2018

As a public school orchestra director I have my students perform solos out the Suzuki books. Long, Long Ago is a favorite but students struggle […]

The ErgoBass – A Review

Posted on February 21, 2018

The ErgoBass ABOUT THE ERGO BASS Designed by Petru Iuga, a bassist and university teacher in Germany. View his short YouTube video. He has done […]

Celebration for Bass Quartet

Posted on February 11, 2018

Here’s a quick arrangement I did of Kool and The Gang’s “Celebration” for bass quartet.

Jingle Bells for String Orchestra

Posted on November 15, 2017

March from The Nutcracker…for Bass Quartet!

Posted on November 14, 2017

That’s right! The arrangement bass players everywhere have been wishing for! Ok maybe not but I thought it would make a cool piece for bass […]

Bottesini Elegy

Posted on June 5, 2017

Here’s a free download of my edits of Bottesini’s Elegy (updated 06/05/17)

Jazz Pizzicato

Posted on June 2, 2017

Last year I did Samuel Applebaum’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s Jazz Pizzicato with my middle school orchestra. I wanted to demonstrate to my students that […]

Bottesini Reverie Accompaniment in Orchestra Tuning…and more!

Posted on April 3, 2017

I originally did this to have the accompaniment in orchestral tuning as I couldn’t find it elsewhere. As I was revising it I decided […]

Egos, the Students, and The Greater Good

Posted on February 14, 2017

What do we want as teachers? All of us want our students to be successful in their endeavours. That success can take many forms and […]

Ramblings on the Future of Music

Posted on February 11, 2017

Oh no! Run for the hills. No, wait. Run for the old days. The internet is ‘destroying’ traditional income streams and product sales! People are […]

I don’t want to be a lapsed member any more!

Posted on February 9, 2017

I’ll admit it. I’m not member of the International Society of Bassists or American String Teacher Association. Yep, I know. I was a member for […]

Valse Miniature Arrangment “Donationware”

Posted on February 6, 2017

As an orchestra teacher I rarely have access to an accompanist. But I see a string orchestra every day. And I’m sure there are bassists […]

What’s inside “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing”?

Posted on January 8, 2017

Here is the table of contents for my textbook “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing”. Click here to download the table of contents PDF

3 Zombies & A Ballerina

Posted on January 7, 2017

Check out a short video I did on teaching beginning upper string players the bow hand.

Contrabass Conversations Podcasts

Posted on December 26, 2016

I am fortunate to have been on Jason Heath’s Contrabass Conversations podcast several times. Thank you! My 2016 episodes made Jason’s top 5 most downloaded for 2016!! Wow!!!! […]

Which Way is Down?

Posted on December 22, 2016

Need help teaching bow direction? I’ve got ya covered with my new packet, “Which Way is Down?” 12/21/16 Updated & Improved

Free eBook Downloads

Posted on December 21, 2016

Originally posted 8/28/2009 Author Jon Gorrie has released a few free downloads and has given me permission to post them here. 1st Aid! For Controlling […]

BEADGCF Banner

Posted on December 19, 2016

Only 1 left in stock! A banner of the order of flats and sharps. I tried having two banners for each but students found it […]

Composer Pronunciations

Posted on December 8, 2016

How do you pronounce Bach? Debussy? Schöenberg or Lutoslawski? Unless you met the composer, it is probably slightly different than I or someone else says […]

Amazing! 6th grade violinist becomes prodigy by not practicing!

Posted on November 30, 2016

“Amazing! 6th grade violinist becomes prodigy by not practicing!” Despite a string of 0 minutes in his practice log, Sean thinks he’s just seconds away […]