Double Bass Question Regarding Finding the Right Teacher and Learning Double Technique on Bass Guitar

#22
In my humble opinion...

The best teachers in South Florida have been under the tutelage of Don Coffman at some point or another. I recently moved to Fort Lauderdale, and I can honestly say. I've learned more from Don Wilner in under a year than I did studying with Veasley, Reid, Donald R. Garrett and others (equaling what I learned in '87 from John Pennell of Union Station). Good players aren't necessarily good one on one teachers. Don showed me "one" fingering in thumb position and now I can honestly say I've learned more from him than almost anyone in my previous 50+ years on earth. An educator is not always a teacher. Don plays acoustic and electric. There is a legacy of tutelage in S. Florida associated with Coffman. I've looked and I've learned...

Just my opinion...

Good Luck,

D.
 
#23
I would give a hard no to this. 1-2-3-4 in the left hand is the best reason to pick the bass guitar. Best to find a great bass guitarist and learn from them.

Donald Thompson said:
Hello, I'm currently learning bass guitar and I looking to focus on tehcnique. The local teachers I've gotten tutoring from have been ok, but they don't really focus on learning technique and proper posture and music reading.(and a lot of them tend to be guitar players) The current one I have made me learn A night in Tunisa, which was a little difficult for me, but learnable. Should I learn from a double bass teacher? And how do I look for the best teacher without wasting too much time? I live in Miami Florida, close by Cutler Bay.

Also, I've watched a video on the new Simandl Method by Cole Davis:

Would this transfer over to the bass guitar?

Thank you in advance.
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#24
damonsmith said:
I would give a hard no to this. 1-2-3-4 in the left hand is the best reason to pick the bass guitar. Best to find a great bass guitarist and learn from them.
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So, from my fourth months of learning jazz, 1234 is definitely the staple technique. It's just on the first couple of first there's a lot of stretching or micro shifting for me to hit the notes. I tend to use 124 for octaves and fifths and 1234 for the rest.
 
#26
damonsmith said:
Best to not even use it for octaves or fifths, then you have go back to 1234 to play. Take your time it will be comfortable later.
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Agreed.

Having started life and played only the DB for 15 years or so before starting to play BG (to play “other music”), I am just now in the last 5 years incorporating one finger per fret method. In the beginning and for about 20 years, I played Simandl fingering on the BG - probably the main reason being that I went out and bought a BG at the beginning of the week and started gigging that weekend. That was survival method, because all I had to go on was what I knew from playing the DB. Plus, I never actually sat down with a pure bass guitarist and have him/her show me the merits of one finger per fret (and other things).

It took me many years to understand that the DB and BG are actually quite different instruments that happen to serve a similar function in music.
 
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