Warm Up Guide for Double Bassists

[@bethjay5225]

Before I start my actual warm-up on the instrument, I do a physical warm-up to get my body and muscles moving and relaxed. This includes neck and shoulder rotations, exercises to strengthen the wrist and thumb of my left hand, plus exercises with putty for grip and finger strength of my left hand. I've had a problem with my left hand thumb, and now that I no longer have this issue, I still do all these physical warm-ups to get my mind and body ready to play. THEN I start warming up on the bass.

[@jip8793]

Hello, I'm a professional orchestra musician from Germany. First of all thank you for spreading knowledge about this beautiful groovy instrument. I would like to ask you, if you could do one very very basic video about holding of a French bow (I have never had an occasion to do that, as the German bow is naturally always required and I'm extremely interested in learning that), also I would like to get to know, how do you sit or stand by the bass as a soloist and orchestra player, like how do you measure how high the bass should be comparing to the body, how changes the position of bass after switching to 5string and orchestral stool.. I suppose it can differ depending on the continent :) I would really appreciate that!

[@saxore850]

It has been very exciting and gratifying in watching this video thank you very much

[@Musicman914]

Fantastic tutorial, thank you.

[@ecliptechkoala]

Hi!!! I was wondering where you get your drones. Also, I very very much appreciate and love this channel. I can't afford lessons, and this channel has helped me so much.

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Lauren was using drone notes from her electronic tuner in this video, but there are lots of ways you can get free ones. There will very likely be a free app and there are also ones on KZbin. I hope that helps and good luck with your playing :-)

[@jimfricker4785]

Modacity: Pro Music Practice by Modacity, Inc. itunes.apple.com/us/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981?mt=8 I’ve really enjoyed using this practice app

[@jimfricker4785]

Modality has a drone that will also pulse with a metronome.

[@kanjariyaketan]

Hi i purchased my 1st bass and your videos helping me a lot. Thanks a lot.

[@gerardstroh9970]

Hi Lauren Pierce** My Name Is Gerard Stroh In Tracy California*** I am A Former Double Basses and I Use To Play In The Junior High and High School and 5 Years Ago I got Me A Cheep Electric Stagg Stick Bass And Got Back Into Upright Bass Playing and Recording!!!! But I Really Want Get Into A Real Acoustic Double Bass So I Got My New One And So I Got Me One Online And I Did Some Recording With It and It Broght Me Some Good Memories and I Was First Chair Player In My Orchestra Class and My Good Friend Janet Play The Violin In My Orchestra Class!!!! And So Desighted To Get Me That Double Bass and I Want To Learn To Play The Double Bass and Do Cello Lines On The Double Bass and The Fingering Pass The 12th Fret Like On The Bass Guitar and Been Waitching Your Videos On Your Bass Channel and Learning Alot and When I Play My Classical Record's I Think Of My High School Day's In Orchestra!!! I Also Play Bass Guitar and Al The Instruments In A Band and I Play Some Little Bit Of Violin But Reall Play The Double Bass!!!! What Kind Of Double Bass Strings Do You Use On Your Bass and What Size Double Bass Do You Play** Like Your Videos*** Learning Alot From Your Channel*** Thank Lauren Pierce For Your Lessons*** From Gerard Stroh***

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Hey Gerard, I'm just jumping in as you asked for information on Lauren's bass. You can learn more about that here discoverdoublebass.com/lauren-pierce Thanks for watching, - Team Discover Double Bass.

[@Shohoko14]

Thank you miss

[@Atomic_pavarotti]

Great video

[@alexandrossofianos2446]

Hi Lauren and congratulations for your lessons, I usually break my pratice sessions during my day for example morming 1h , midday 2h and after dinner 1 or 2 hours.In your opinion should I warm up in every practice session or only at the beginning of the day(morning)?

[@andrewstuijfzand2816]

Thank you for this lesson. The leadsheet in F major shows “numbers”. Wat does -1 mean? Best wishes Andrew 🇳🇱

[@DiscoverDoubleBass]

Thanks, I'm glad you've enjoyed it. The numbers above the stave are fingerings, so 1 is the 1st finger.

[@_pinheirojo]

Send hi to Brazil

[@owenmccready5328]

@Ariel L. Lázaro Hi Brazil!

[@zackbochicchio]

Hello! So the other day during my lesson, my teacher and I switched bows for a minute (his obviously being way nicer than mine). I was blown away by how different my bass sounded. It took my cheap plywood bass to a whole new level and it got me wondering. Now that I’m in the market for a new bass and bow, for the budget conscious bassist, would getting a standard whatever bass with an extremely nice bow be a better option that spending all the money on some fancy bass and then getting a crappy bow? Thanks!

[@paulduncan9239]

Zack Bochicchio you want to a balance between the two

[@jodi183]

Upgrade your bass to a fully carved one that you really like that fits your budget and likewise with the bow. You don't need to upgrade everything up to the most expensive bass & bow on the market. You can get a really nice instrument & bow that suits your playing ability now and upgrade again as your skill level increases. Fyi, a good bass & bow will appreciate in value. Your plywood bass & cheap bow might only get you one or two thousand to go toward an upgrade. When you have say a $5k bass and a $300 bow (arbitrary numbers), it would make sense to put that toward a $10k and $1500 bow (that $5k bass might be worth another $1-2k in several years) and so on. Does that make sense? Anyway, good luck.

[@alfieharries]

Edgar Meyer plays with a $100 bow and a VERY expensive bass. The hair makes a big difference to tone as well

[@thebadcellist]

Being sleeveless certainly helps. Can a male bassist do that?

[@Akschyn]

Max Dimof :)