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Here are the most recent Discover Double Bass video lessons, transcriptions, written articles and gear reviews. They are designed to make the learning process as fun and fast as possible. Our tutors cover a wide range of topics so whatever your background and goals, there should be something for you.
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In this preview lesson from ‘Bessie’s Bass Busters’, Russell Hall covers the three main rhythms you’d use in your bass lines.
A list of some of our favourite popular songs that feature the double bass.
A whistle-stop tour of Slick Joe Fick’s course, Slap That Bass!
Katie Thiroux teaches how to build awesome melodic bass lines with a few simple tips.
Petros Klampanis teaches his solo arrangement of the classic standard, ‘Just Friends’.
Geoff Chalmers teaches finger replacement technique to help you navigate the fingerboard.
Our top 10 lesson suggestions for intermediate and advancing, including thumb position, intonation, bowing technique and scales!
John Goldsby teaches I Got Rhythm in the style of the Hampton Hawes Trio, highlighting the ensemble value of the double bass.
DDB artist, John Goldsby, teaches his tune Hey You, Remember Me? The lesson includes a play-along track and downloadable transcription.
Katie Thiroux teaches how to create awesome melodic bass solos from just a few notes.
Russell Hall performs his own epic solo bass composition, Black Bart.
Here’s my photo report from the 2023 International Society of Bassists convention at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Katie Thiroux with her trio teaches an awesome exercise to turbo charge your bass solos!
Katie Thiroux helps you get started with developing ear training with the double bass as your tool.
In this preview lesson from ‘Bessie’s Bass Busters’, Russell Hall covers the two feel and how to make your bass lines dance!
In this video, we feature our incredible jazz bass specialist Russell Hall in a performance of his original composition, Black Caesar.
In this preview lesson from ‘My Approach to Bluegrass Bass’, Barry Bales covers how to adapt your right-hand technique when playing with different strings.
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Funk champion Chris Minh Doky teaches how to build up a funk bass line.