Orchestral excerpt Lesson by Phoebe Russell
This lesson is from Phoebe Russell’s new course for intermediate/advanced players:
Smash Your Audition!
This is a preview lesson from Phoebe Russell's brand-new course, Smash Your Audition! In this video, Phoebe teaches the classic double bass excerpt: Beethoven 5, Scherzo (from bar 20). She covers bowing technique, sound production, vibrato, fingering, shifting, phrasing, expression, and more to help you get the most out of your performance. Make sure you follow along with the sheet music with all of Phoebe's fingerings and markings through the link below. This is an excellent example of a lesson from Phoebe's course, where she covers six orchestral excerpts in detail, as well as one solo excerpt and general technique.
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ABOUT PHOEBE RUSSELL:
Phoebe Russell is a virtuosic soloist, performer and educator from Melbourne, Australia, with a busy performing schedule worldwide. She is the principal double bassist of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and is regularly invited to be guest principal at orchestras, including the Australian World Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, working under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Daniel Barenboim, and Zubin Mehta.
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