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Author: Jason | 11 December 2007 | 5 comments
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Welcome to the Bass Blog free downloads page! If you have material that you would like to contribute to this downloadable archive, please fill out the contact form at the bottom of this page. Transcriptions (PDF) Transcriptions by Kirsten Paige: Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, op. 24 (the “Spring Sonata”) – PDF [...]

Check out PlayJazzNow.com tracks for free!

Author: Jason | 13 August 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, student resources

Bill Harrison from PlayJazzNow.com has made some sample tracks available to Bass Blog readers. Just click the downloads tab to check out these tracks for yourself. At PlayJazzNow.com there are tracks available for all instruments. These particular tracks allow the jazz bassist to practice walking bass lines and solos. Put them on your iPod or [...]

Anybody have technique materials to distribute?

Author: Jason | 23 May 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, student resources

I am always working on adding new material to my downloads page. I actually have a ton of new orchestral practice reference material from Lyric Opera of Chicago double bassist Andy Anderson, but I will have to wait until June to put this material up. Late May is nuts for me. Let me now if [...]

New scale sheets

Author: Jason | 01 May 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, student resources

Of interest to bass nerds only: I just put up scale sheets for all three octave major scales. These sheets have no fingerings at all, allowing for teachers and students to add their own fingerings as they see fit. I have had several requests for this kind of scale sheet, so hopefully people will find [...]

More Downloads, Better Downloads

Author: Jason | 07 January 2007 | No comments
Categories: bass, student resources

I have been doing some work on my download offerings from this blog, adding some new materials (new scales from John Floeter, blank sheet music). I am planning on adding a large number of downloadable double bass MIDI practice tracks. This makes much more sense than putting up Finale or Sibelius files. With MIDI files [...]

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