James Schulz: Double Bass: Exercises, Scales, and Reference

About the Book This book is a collection of things that I wished for as a teacher and as a player. These are warmups I love to play. These are exercises I would time and time again scribble out in terrible handwriting for students or give photocopied photocopies of old pages. These are references for straightforward scale fingerings and theory concepts that I think are most important and practical for bass players. This is not a comprehensive method book; it is supplemental material to the likes of Simandl, Rabbath, Portnoi, Petracchi, etc. Exercises include: Half/First Position modal scalesScale Fragments, exercises, variations, and applicationBow DistributionBow RecoverySelection of Bow StrokesLeft Handshape ExercisesVomitsDouble StopsArpeggiosThumb positionVibratoOrchestra Excerpts (studying Legato, Bow distribution/recovery, and Spiccato)Major Scale Fingerings (1, 2, and 3 octaves)Natural Minor Fingerings (1 and 2 octaves)Music Theory reference (basic scales, modes, chords, chord