Acoustic and Electric Bass
classical technique:
Technical Skills:
(Freshman Year) First semester: All major and minor scales: one octave
up to F on the G string, open and closed position with thumb roll. Second
semester: All major and minor scales: one octave to the C above harmonic G on
the G string.
(Sophomore Year) All major and minor scales: two octaves.
Exercises/Studies:
(Freshman Year) Simandl, Method for Double Bass, Book I, pp.
1-67. Rabbath: Studies for Double Bass, Book I, pp. 1-100. Sevcik:
School of Bowing #4, examples 1-60.
(Sophomore Year) First semester: Simandl, Method for Double Bass, Book
I, pp. 68-129; 30 Studies, #1-15. Sevcik: School of Bowing #5.
Repertoire
(Freshman Year) Vivaldi, Six Sonatas for Double Bass, slow and fast
movement from one sonata. Simandl, Method Book, p. 32, #8. Giovannino, one
Sonata either in F or a minor. Simandl: p. 61, example #1; pp. 64-67.
(Sophomore Year) Telemann, Sonatas in f minor or a minor. Corelli,
Sonata in d minor. Eccles, Sonata in g minor.
jazz
technique:
Technical Skills:
(Freshman Year) All major and minor, pentatonic and blues scales: one
octave minimum.
(Sophomore Year) All modal scales, two octaves.
Exercises/Studies:
(Freshman Year) Friedland, Building Walking Bass Lines, Book I.
(Sophomore Year) Friedland, Building Walking Bass Lines, Book II.
Reid, The Evolving Bassist, pp. 45-100.
Repertoire
(Freshman Year) All Blues, Blue Bossa, A Night in Tunisia, or
equivalent; Gershwin, Porter, Ellington; Bass lines: My Girl, What's Goin' On,
Same Old Song, or equivalent; Led Zeppelin, Cream, Clapton.
(Sophomore Year) Some Day My Prince Will Come, The Girl From Ipanema,
Wave, or equivalent; Gershwin, Porter, Ellington; Bass lines: Stevie Wonder
songs, or equivalent; Zeppelin, Rush, Motown.
Additional Jazz Repertoire
