Mastering Tan Dun's chromatic lick with exercise 3.120 from Tao of Bass
Good morning! Thank you for the many emails commenting and asking about the Tan Dun Concerto. Many of you asked me a "higher" camera...
Tan Dun Double Bass Concerto
Learning the beautiful Tan Dun concerto for the upcoming performance with the University of New Mexico Symphony orchestra on April 4th.
Marcos Machado: Contrabass Conversations
Jason Heath interviews Marcos Machado. "Marcos Machado is in the middle of launching his excellent and fascinating series Tao of Bass. I...
Question: Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn)
From Vincent: Dear Marcos Machado, could you record the excerpts of the Italian symphony by Mendelssohn with 4 fingers technique? Thank...
Question: Smetana Overture
From Guilherme: Prof. Marcos, how do you play the excerpt Smetana "Overture to the bartered bride" ? Do you have any exercise that can be...
Application of the Tao of Bass in Orchestral Playing
The exercises and concepts found in the books* will make orchestral playing super easy and fun. This is a short excerpt from Mozart's...
Another daily warm-up. Revising Tao of Bass Vol. 2.
Great way to start the day. Revising volume 2 of Tao of Bass.
Revising Tao of Bass Vol. 2. More than 300 pages...
Great way to start the day. Revising volume 2 of Tao of Bass, then Bach cello suites and off to teach.
Machado plays Fryba
Some fun during Thanksgiving holiday. Testing some recording equipment with my former student Guilherme Zils. Bach, Billé Caprice and...
Question: exercise 3.112
From Vincent: Dear professor Marcos, could you explain the hand movement of the exercise 3.112 " fan from the top"? Good morning Vincent!...