Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass: Volume 8 - Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery Part 1

"Incredibly Useful Exercises for Double Bass" is a focused cover-to-cover workout that is tailor-made to condition specific aspects of Double Bass performance. Each exercise takes about an hour, and contains a warm-up, exercise and cool-down, with detailed instructions and focus points for each exercise. Volumes 8-9, "Upper Octave Fingerboard Mastery", lead you through workouts that take place only in thumb position, ignoring the lower octave. This focus allows you to condition techniques demanded of you in the majority of advanced solo repertoire . The workout builds habits that will add comfort and familiarity to all other upper-octave exercises in your arsenal, and will carry over naturally to all public and critical performances. Number 8 in a 17-part series of focused workouts.