Vol. 1 — Mindfulness, Awareness, Control
“Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. This volume, "Mindfulness, Awareness, Control", conditions the all-important psychological skillset that governs every aspect of a bassist's performance in critical and non-critical environments. This workout builds habits that flow naturally to public and private performances, with the aim of unifying the performance mindset to allow the performer to recreate the psychological challenges of public performance in the practice room. Number 1 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 2 — Expression, Beauty
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. This volume, "Expression, Beauty", conditions the awareness and development of your individual beautiful voice on the bass. This workout highlights the qualities of a naturally vibrating string, a perfect mechanism of nature, and brings your focus to the qualities of resonance and beauty. The workout builds habits that will add beauty to all other exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 2 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 3 — Hand Shaping, Precision
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. This volume, "Hand Shaping, Precision", conditions a high-powered and efficient technique for your left hand. This workout exercises a dependable left-hand shape, which eliminates wasted motion and allows you to depend on the correct action of your fingers for more reliable intonation. The workout builds habits that will add precision to all other exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 3 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 4 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 1
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard, ignoring thumb positions. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual playing scenarios. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other lower-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 4 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 5 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 2
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard, ignoring thumb positions. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual playing scenarios. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other lower-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 5 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 6 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 3
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard, ignoring thumb positions. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual playing scenarios. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other lower-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 6 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 7 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 4
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard, ignoring thumb positions. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual playing scenarios. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other lower-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 7 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 8 — Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 1
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 8-9, "Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in thumb position, ignoring the lower octave. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of advanced solo repertoire. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other upper-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 8 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 9 — Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 2
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 8-9, "Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in thumb position, ignoring the lower octave. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of advanced solo repertoire. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other upper-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 9 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 10 — Whole Fingerboard Mastery
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volume 10, "Whole Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that span the entire fingerboard. This focus allows you to condition techniques in both "short arm" (lower octave) and "long arm" (upper thumb position) positions. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 10 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 11 — Velocity
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volume 11, "Velocity", conditions left hand finger actions and coordination, allowing you to focus on note velocity and faster tempos. High velocity does not appear overnight, but this workout, if done regularly and persistently, can increase velocity in a variety of settings. The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 11 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 12 — Power
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volume 12, "Power", focuses on exercises that demand and develop strong primary and supportive muscular development in both arms. Strong support muscles in the arms and hands promote a powerful tone, louder volume and greater endurance. The workout builds habits that will add power and volume to all other exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 12 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 13 — Hybrid #1
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 13-16, "Hybrid Exercises", present interesting exercises that condition a variety of performance aspects as presented in the earlier volumes in this series. These workouts demand and develop different performance aspects in different contexts, which will stabilize your focus during any workout. This adaptability will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 13 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 14 — Hybrid #2
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 13-16, "Hybrid Exercises", present interesting exercises that condition a variety of performance aspects as presented in the earlier volumes in this series. These workouts demand and develop different performance aspects in different contexts, which will stabilize your focus during any workout. This adaptability will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 14 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 15 — Hybrid #3
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 13-16, "Hybrid Exercises", present interesting exercises that condition a variety of performance aspects as presented in the earlier volumes in this series. These workouts demand and develop different performance aspects in different contexts, which will stabilize your focus during any workout. This adaptability will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 15 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 16 — Hybrid #4
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 13-16, "Hybrid Exercises", present interesting exercises that condition a variety of performance aspects as presented in the earlier volumes in this series. These workouts demand and develop different performance aspects in different contexts, which will stabilize your focus during any workout. This adaptability will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 16 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.
Vol. 17 — All Exercises
"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volume 17, "All Exercises", is the entire collection of all exercises in this series. Think of them as weight machines in a gym. Use this collection to craft your own timed workout to condition the specific performance aspect of your choosing. Number 17 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.