Lotter, A: Practical Tutor for the Double Bass

Contents

• Rudiments of Music
• Illustration of the Instrument
• Holding of the Double Bass
• Holding the Row
• Fingering and Bowing Marks
• Notation of Clefs
• Tuning
• First Exercises
• The Slur
• The Positions
• The Ordinary Position
• Exercises on each of the four strings
• Exercises on all the strings
• First Position and various exercises
• Second Position and various exercises
• Syncopation
• First Medium Position
• Third Position
• Second Medium Position
• Fourth Position
• Fifth Position
• Third Medium Position
• Sixth Position
• Grace Notes
• Fourth Medium Position
• Exercises in thirds in all keys
• Pizzicato
• Seventh Position
• Exercises in fifths in all keys
• Scalic exercises in all major keys
• Exercises in sixths
• Study
• Exercises in sevenths
• Study
• Exercises in Octaves
• Study
• Preparing for the Shake
• Various grace notes and shakes
• Study embodying embellishments
• Legato Exercises
• Exercises on Staccato playing
• Tremolo and Ponticello
• Study
• Thumb Position