A New Pedagogy for The Total Violinist You already know how to play the violin. You play confidently in the orchestra and in your quartet. So why is it that playing jazz, blues, rock, pop or Latin feels so uncertain and sounds so stilted, so inauthentic? The likely answer is your bowing; simply put, the […]
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A Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique for the Double Bass
Author Frederick Zimmerman played principle double bass for the NY Philharmonic, and taught at Juilliard, Columbia, Manhattan School of Music, and NYU. Through many helpful exercises and patterns, this book teaches double bassists techniques to help them master the fingerings and bowing patterns needed to play this instrument.