The best double bass method that NOBODY uses! | a look inside George Bornoff’s approach

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TIMECODES:
0:00 - intro
0:55 - my time at the National Bornoff String Teachers Workshop
2:08 - Finger Patterns (book 1)
3:20 - the open string cycle (on bass)
4:42 - Debbie Lyle on using all 4 strings from the beginning
5:34 - the 4 fundamental bow strokes
6:38 - next steps for open string cycle (on bass)
7:22 - benefits of focusing on the bow
8:49 - the 5 finger patterns - overview
9:31 - demoing the 5 patterns (on bass)
10:25 - Jess Amir interview
11:00 - applying the 5 patterns to the string cycle
12:47 - Alisa Pederson interview
13:16 - how Bornoff focused on large motions first
13:46 - adding in slurs
14:12 - double-stops
14:40 - Jacob Dakon and the Bornoff Rapid Violin Method
16:19 - Patterns in Position - the "second level" book
27:48 - Bornoff song :-)
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Пікірлер: 29

@allihaywood8561 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and timely for me. Thank you for this! I love that your content is so full of great information with no messing around; even on longer vids. Rare to find on YT. 😊

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This was a lot of fun to put together. I filmed a bunch of the footage last summer, so it’s nice to finally see one of these long-term projects go public. Definitely a cool way to think about technical progression on the instrument.

@lindaslater6522 Жыл бұрын

I’m impressed! I’d be interested in adding these books to my library. I’m working through the Nanny book which my understanding is all about the bow. Great info Jason. Love your work!

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is a cool approach to the bass (and all stringed instruments). My first impression was how contemporary it all felt.

@johns4858 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Jason! There are a lot of great things we can pull from the “unused” methods. I love using the duets from the Sassmanshaus method (composed by Boguslaw Furtok!)

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Very cool that you’re using those duets! It’s kind of like finding buried treasure when you discover a quality work like this that is not in the top handful of bass methods.

@jeffjacobsen8400 Жыл бұрын

I used the Bornoff with my students for years. The finger position exercises are great for a solid interval/pitch foundation. Great for warm-ups. Good sequential approach. Can also be used in groups of strings - not just bass.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

For sure! I figured I’d put my “bass player spin” on this since that’s the audience for this channel, but you’re 100% right about being for all the stringed instruments. It was so cool to be a part of the workshop for the week last summer.

@duanedietz7472 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jason this weekend we got 1.1" of rain in my backyard in Santa Cruz Ca. We are now approaching 35" this year . I always watch your Double Bass videos like I watch Davie504. He just got married & is getting back into the groove. Bass on brother love playing bass

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Crazy rain season, huh? It looks even wilder down in Santa Cruz. Thank you so much for following along!

@debbielyle3917 Жыл бұрын

Although - Bornoff did NOT say that "I can't even do that with one" as far as teaching at a high level (Beresford comment). He and his wife Mary had an incredibly successful music school where students were achieving at a high level. Bornoff refined his group teaching as time went on for sure, but his understanding of violin pedagogy was deep. What Bornoff did was codify beginning through virtuosic technique so that it can be used in a group class of mixed instruments. :)

@steveleeatfullmeasure Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Facinating and seems like an excellent approach. Now I need a video telling me how to choose a method, or indeed none! :)

@ngarber Жыл бұрын

There's nothing in these books that you can't find in other methods. If you have a teacher, use the method they suggest.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

There are so many methods! Good problem to have, I guess. This is the only “classroom method” I’ve found that I can see working great for bass lessons also.

@paulo948 Жыл бұрын

Hey Jason, very interesting method, it seems to fill some gaps!

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

It does! Very cool approach for sure.

@ok2kt Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@walkingbassline Жыл бұрын

Cool. Very interesting.

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking this out!

@bbrooks107 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video! I am returning to the Double Bass after 50 years. This method has great appeal to me. Would you happen to know of any teachers using this method in the Indianapolis, Indiana area!?

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking this out! Not sure if anyone is using this approach in the Indianapolis area, but I know there are a bunch of great bass teachers in that area.

@anahatatutu Жыл бұрын

Just had a student order book 1. I've had book 2 for decades. Dark yellow. Must have been printed ages ago.

@TheBassdan Жыл бұрын

Well, thought out video, Jason thank you! I wonder why I had never heard of Bornoff before. Why would a method that advanced and encompassing all strings be largely forgotten?

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

Good question! I’m so glad that you dug this one. It took me a while to get the idea together for this one, but I’m so happy that folks are digging it.

@larrykaufman768 Жыл бұрын

Is it worth getting all three books? I'm not clear what the Primer is for?

@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын

The primer is more of a classroom teacher guide, so probably not necessary for most people practicing on their own. I think the two main books are a great sequence, though.

@fase_inc Жыл бұрын

The Primer bass book is for young beginners, and the Primer score is a teacher's guide for getting started with the approach - as Jason mentions, gives you a lot of the "why" and "how" to use the materials. The other two books are strictly technique, the Primer includes a few beginner tunes and a section to get started with improv.

@oe1freak 10 ай бұрын

ok, but where is the music ????? My teacher Klaus Stoll would never give us students exercises without any musical content like this. I am sure he never in his career practiced any exercises like these...