Susan Hagen is a Boston native and is extremely active in that city’s musical scene. She serves as principal double bassist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, teaches bass at the Berklee College of Music, and is a regular substitute in the Boston Symphony. She recently updated her remarkable book BASSics of Bass, and we dig into… Continue reading 1009: Susan Hagen on her new edition of BASSics for Bass
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866: The “rules” of double bass fingering
Today’s solo show is a deeper dive into this week’s video topic of bass fingering “rules.” Enjoy, and you can download a PDF of these rules here. Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically! Check out our Online Sheet Music Store with 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists. Listen to Contrabass Conversations… Continue reading 866: The “rules” of double bass fingering
865: Remembering Inez Wyrick
Inez Wyrick, one of our young bassist pedagogy pioneers, passed away at the end of 2021. In this episode, we rebroadcast our interview with her from 2016 and reflect on her impact on countless bassists across the globe. About Inez (from Tribute Archive): She began performing music in the 8th grade with her father, and… Continue reading 865: Remembering Inez Wyrick
480: Yoshi Horiguchi on George Vance
Yoshi Horiguchi is a Baltimore -based double bassist and educator as well as a faculty member of Maryland’s thriving Bass Works program. In the fall of 2017, Yoshi got in touch with me about putting his analysis of George Vance’s Progressive Repertoire Book 1 online. We got it up on the blog, and it has… Continue reading 480: Yoshi Horiguchi on George Vance