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Phillip Powell

Phillip Powell: Diatonic Position Studies for double bass

Phillip Powell: Diatonic Position Studies for double bass

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Overall Concept

This exercise is based on the concept of playing each note, using each finger on each string, diatonically throughout all 12 keys. The application of this concept produces scalar patterns, which are useful towards gaining an effective command of the fingerboard.

Organization

Each key is split into four different sections:

1. Lower Position

Open string to the octave harmonic.

2. Block Position

Use of thumb between fingered D (G string) and the octave harmonic.

3. Thumb Position

Use of thumb between the octave harmonic to the highest tonic pitch on the G

string. Interval of a third between thumb and second/third finger.

4. Expansion

Use of thumb between fingered D (G string) and the highest tonic or dominant pitch. Interval of a fourth between thumb and third finger.

About the Author

Philip Powell has been a member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Double Bass Section since 2007. Powell is a graduate of The Cleveland Institute of Music. His primary teachers include Scott Haigh, Maximilian Dimoff, and Harold Robinson.

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