Learn Double Bass

Take Double Bass Lessons with Virtuoso Musician Brian Johnson, bassist in The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Here are 25 video lessons that will teach you how to play the double bass today! The curriculum was created by some of the leading music educators in the world. This step-by-step method will teach you the basics as well as advanced techniques. (Music notation is included).

The lessons cover:

Meet Your Teacher

Parts of Bass

Holding Your Bass

Plucking Open Strings: Pizzicato

Tuning

The Bow

Bow Hold

German Arco

French Arco

Au Claire

Staccato & Legato

Introducing 3rd Finger

Long Bows & String Crossings

Shifting 4th Position

Shifting 2nd Position

The D major scale

The A major scale

The G major scale

Triads, Arpeggios

Double stops

Lifting the bow (circle bows)

Stopped bows/hooked bows

Slurs, whole bows and legato

16th notes

2-octave scale

Ode To Joy

Simple Gifts



Music Lifeboat’s double bass lessons provide world-class video instruction at a low cost to help you become an excellent bassist and musician. 10% of all proceeds go to The Harmony Project of America, a nonprofit that brings music education and instruments to underserved students. We are working on a solution to bring free music education to the world that is sustainable. We can use your support by joining us on social media so we can work together to begin a movement so every child has access to music education. To learn more visit our website at www.musiclifeboat.org