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The Incredibly Useful Exercises Complete Collection

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Vol. 1 — Mindfulness, Awareness, Control

"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 from the practice room to public 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.  

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Vol. 2 — Expression, Beauty

"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.

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Vol. 3 — Hand Shaping, Precision

"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.

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Vol. 4 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 1

Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual-playing scenarios.

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Vol. 5 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 2

Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual-playing scenarios. 

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Vol. 6 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 3

Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual-playing scenarios.

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Vol. 7 — Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 4

Volumes 4-7, "Lower Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in the lower octaves of the fingerboard. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of orchestral and casual-playing scenarios.

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Vol. 8 — Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 1

Volumes 8-9, "Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in thumb position. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of advanced solo repertoire.

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Vol. 9 — Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 2

Volumes 8-9, "Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in thumb position. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of advanced solo repertoire.

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Vol. 10 — Whole Fingerboard Mastery 

"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.

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Vol. 11 — Velocity

"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.

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Vol. 12 — Power

"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.

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Vol. 13 — Hybrid #1

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.

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Vol. 14 — Hybrid #2

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.

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Vol. 15 — Hybrid #3

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.

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Vol. 16 — Hybrid #4

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.

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Vol. 17 — All Exercises

"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.

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Vol. 18 — Primers

Primers for 3-note progressive scales, vomits, and oompah (3 of the more complex excises in the series.)

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