Michael Montgomery: Sight Reading for Double Bass Students

About the Collection

This work is a 56-page collection of play-along videos, worksheets, and exercises originally put together to aid my own young bass student in reading music. It is organized into three sections.

Table of Contents

Part A – Six play-along videos that start with only open strings and progress to the 1st through thumb positions.

Part B – 14 pages of photos and worksheets on bass clef notation on the fingerboard of the bass.

Part C – 40 pages of reading exercises covering the 1st position up to the 7th position.

Play Along Videos

Michael created a playlist of these pieces that is available here.

About the Author

Double bassist Michael Montgomery, a student of Robert Rohe (Principal Bass,

New Orleans Symphony) and Lucas Drew (Principal Bass, Miami Philharmonic), earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in double bass performance from the University of Miami, played full-time in the bass section of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra for two decades.

He now lives in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, where he teaches double bass at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and privately in his home studio. Michael has composed numerous works for young double bassists (including over five dozen

short bass quartets for young students) which are published by Recital Music and two American publishers.

His articles about bass performance, literature, and teaching have been published in American Suzuki Journal, Bass World, and Pastoral Music.