Double Bass Technical Exercises
Duncan McTier, professor
Alfredo Fajardo Ramos, student
Professor McTier inquires about the sound the student is producing while playing and asks him to focus on it in order to play in tune. They work on the correct placement of the fingers for the first position. Then, McTier asks him to practice in front of the mirror so that the student can control the placement of the fingers and adjust the tuning of each note.
Later, Duncan McTier suggests doing exercises on major and minor seconds because the student needs to improve the tuning for those intervals. They work on the position of the hand and fingers on the strings, checking the appropriate tuning for each moment.
In addition, the professor gives the student some advice to improve the tuning of certain problematic intervals. It is important to question oneself about the correct tuning at each moment in order to locate where one is failing and be able to correct it. Another suggestion from the professor is to play the intervals with the piano and sing them to practice their tuning.
Language: English
