ADVANCED DOUBLE BASS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUS PERF 437 Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate ability to identify and strategically address performance deficiencies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Employ developing aural skills in investigating sound and intonation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Show technical performance skills (arco and pizzicato). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate developing strength for stamina and physical longevity. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate knowledge of performance practices appropriate to the music studied. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Show technical proficiency on the instrument in performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Contextualize double bass performance using reference to current and past practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Describe instruments and musical tone succinctly, both verbally and in writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Use historical resources in speaking and writing about double bass performance. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate ability to identify and strategically address performance deficiencies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Employ developing aural skills in investigating sound and intonation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Show technical performance skills (arco and pizzicato). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate developing strength for stamina and physical longevity. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate knowledge of performance practices appropriate to the music studied. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Show technical proficiency on the instrument in performance. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Contextualize double bass performance using reference to current and past practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Describe instruments and musical tone succinctly, both verbally and in writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Use historical resources in speaking and writing about double bass performance. Audience: Graduate