Watch The Video Lesson A few tips about getting your first double bass: If you are in school use the school’s bass to get started learning the basics. When you’re ready for your own, you can RENT or BUY. (Take an expert with you: Your teacher or a friend who plays bass.) Local music instrument […] The post DB-2 What kind of bass should I get? appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

Watch The Video Lesson First, a few questions: What’s the purpose of this bass lesson series? These lessons are different that other lessons that you may have come across. I am presenting them as my step-by-step journal and commentary from a student’s perspective as I learn how to play the double bass. In each lesson […] The post DB-1 Frequently Asked Questions About My Bass Lessons appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.

I purchased a Samuel Eastman double bass several months ago. Since I having been an electric bass player until now, I have been working on learning how to play on an upright these past few months.  It is a VB90 model, which is a step up from the entry level VB80 bass and it has a […] The post Eastman Upright Bass appeared first on Christopher J Hartzog Music.