Acoustic Bass Bowing Tips: Exercise 3

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Summary: Bowing an acoustic bass is very different from plucking it and has specific techniques to get the best possible tones from the instrument. learn this free bowing exercise from a bass expert in this free video clip.

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By Shane Allesio
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Shane Allessio lives in Boston, where he studies classical/jazz music, and gigs at night with local jazz, R&B, and rock groups. He has been musical since childhood. At the age of...read more

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"In this video we'll be demonstrating string crossing exercise number one. This is very similar to the first two bowing exercises except you'll be crossing a string. So you start on the A string, stop cross the D string over to the G string. Cross back. It's very important to practice with a metronome. Set it at forty beats per minute, two beats per bow. Now the E string."

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