30-Minute Bass Warm-Up #1

This is a guided 30 minute technique warm-up routine, similar to what I would do in a group bass class. It starts out with some larger motions and long tones, moves on to focus on left and right hand challenges, and then finishes with long tones again. This specific warm-up is good for bassists who know their 2-octave scales, and have some experience with both legato and spiccato bowing.
*One tip for the scale portions: Particularly for play-along videos like this, I find it most helpful to join the scale after two notes, so you are playing in thirds with me. It's easier to hear yourself, and it also helps you learn to blend. This may get distracting when playing the rhythmic patterns later on in the video, but it's a good way to play the simpler scale exercises.
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[@pgs4804]

this will definitely help, great video, definitely will start using some of these on my warm up tomorrow

[@christiana6437]

Thank you for posting these warm up’s extremely helpful!

[@nirolf49]

Thanks. These 30 min. with you saved hours of searching for me. Best regards Florin.

[@sybarite5videos]

Nice video! FYI Louis approves!! ❤❤❤

[@JeremyKurtz-Harris]

Thanks, Louis! I'll need to remember to include your signature bow/rosin warm-up move on the next one ;)

[@misterobtuse6242]

dat tone doe

[@gert-janmaas5866]

30 minutes? No time left for repertoire study!

[@JeremyKurtz-Harris]

@@gert-janmaas5866 well, it might sound like a lot, but it depends on how much you are practicing, and how you divide up your time. When I was in college, we were expected to spend around 1/3 of our practice time on technique work to both warm up and also to challenge our current skills and limits. So if we were aiming for 3 hours total a day, 1 would be on scales, bowings, and other technique, and then an additional 2 hours on orchestral and solo repertoire.
If you count this "warm-up" as part of your technique work, then it is certainly not out of the range of a normal practice day.