Ha! Thanks very much, maestro! I'm allowing myself to leave the goofs in there just to force myself to recover however I can. Hope you're well through this.

Thanks Wayne!

You're welcome! Thanks for the note

Thank you, Santi! Will do!

Thanks, Wizard! Yeah, that one keeps me humble every time I think I'm in good shape. Glad you're enjoying them!

You're welcome!

Thank you!

Hello Wei! I have many fond memories of you as well! I would love to go back to have some dumplings with you when this is all over. Thank you for saying hi, and I hope you are well!

@@incrediblyusefulexercises Thank you so much for sharing as well! Nice done!

Thanks for watching! So glad to hear.

Thanks Kevin! Thanks for watching - much appreciated. You're too kind! :-)

@@incrediblyusefulexercises hey my pleasure. I'll add, that you explained what the etude focuses on, so that is extremely helpful. I noticed right away, that my velocity increased. Have fun, and stay safe!!

@@KevinJohnson-tw9ip Excellent! Thank you, and you too

DAYDREAM ICT Love It! Anything FFX music related is always a winner.

Hi, Sebelaskan, and thanks for the note. I use a lot of these exercises when I'm conditioning for jazz playing. Coordination, grip strength and good callouses on my right hand are important, and these work beautifully. Obviously not the right hand exercises, but this one with many others does great, if not better, than the ones with the bow. Good luck, and let me know how they go!

Ha! Maybe a little bit... I'm glad it's helping - thanks for watching!

Hi, Jose. Thanks very much for walking and commenting! The exercise books are available on Amazon.com, or the amazon site in your country. Just search for "incredibly useful exercises". For 8-12 year old kids, are they beginners, or have they played for a while? If they are beginners, I suggest they play the songs in George Vance repertoire book 1, and play them in 1st and 4th positions. His songs are much better for general technique learning. Also, Johnny Hamil's book "jamming on the bass" is great for teaching kids how to improvise. My exercises are geared towards abstract technique and conditioning. If the kids are intermediate or advanced players, then I suggest the 6th position harmonic songs in the book, the Disco exercise, or the String Crossings to develop the right hand muscles. Let me know their level, and I can be more specific. Hope you're well!

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Hi, Alexander. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the message. Of course I'm happy to hear any questions you have! Fire away.

@@incrediblyusefulexercises Hey Hi. I believe ( I think anyway ?) that I have sorted out my dumb question with loads of help from the Double Bass community .My question was/is say your looking at a piece of sheet music/score and its in the G clef (for arguments sake) If the first note/tone was (for arguments sake say its a quarter note) on the FIRST SPACE that would be an A correct ? which A on the fretboard am I to play ? The open A or the A on the E string 5th fret ? Another example say the next note/tone is a B ,is this B depicted/shown on the staff/measure as the B on the SECOND LINE ? And where di I play this B is it on the A string 2nd fret or the B on the E string the 7th fret ? Surely there is a designated place on the staff/measure for each respective note on the fingerboard/fretboard ?? Trying to teach myself how to play the Double Bass using the bow has been a somewhat rocky road of discovery, filled with deviating pitfalls and hair pulling questions. Trying to sight play and understand music theory is another monster all together , combined it's like trying to climb mount Everest in the dark barefoot and slightly tipsy. But I am slowly chipping away at this mountain and will continue to do so. Thank you for replying. Cheers. Gavin.

Hi, Gavin. Yes, I get it. The notes on the staff actually represent the PITCH to play, but not HOW to play it. Think of each string like a voice in a choir - the E string is the bass, the A is the tenor, the D is the alto and the G is the soprano. Each string has a different "color". Most notes (except the ones on the E string) can be played multiple ways, and you can choose which one is either "easiest" or "sounds the best". It's like choosing a different shade of red, or blue, or any color. The choice of how to play the note is entirely up to you and your creativity. See which sound you like the best and play that one. Good luck and keep it up! DW

@@incrediblyusefulexercises Incredibly Useful Reply thank you . The more I read up on this topic and the more questions I ask and get answered the closer I get to unlocking the mystery of reading score/sheet music, thank you again for getting back to me. Cheers. Gavin.

@@incrediblyusefulexercises that comment you made about "Most notes ( except the ones on the E string ) is playing over and over in my mind , music theory is one step forward , two steps back....

Hi, Menmnb. Thanks for the question and comment. I use "Quick and Dead" to exercise my left hand independence - to make sure that my left hand doesn't always move at the same time as my right hand. (This is useful in Bach, when my fingers need to move by themselves to prepare the next notes or chords in the suites, usually very far ahead of the bow movement), and I also use it to exercise my velocity, where my left hand has to move ahead of my bow in very fast passages. If the left and right hand are dependent on each other for movement, then it limits how fast I can move. Let me know if that makes sense! Hope you're well. Take care

Incredibly Useful Exercises huge thanks Professor!!! Now I understood. Take care 👌👌👌👌

Hi, Edmond. I can't post the links here, but please go to this video, and you can find the links to the books in Amazon in the description: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eq6Visl3t5mVoo0.html

Let me know if they look. You should be able to find them on Amazon. Let me know if you can't. Thank you!

Gracias por ver!