The peer-reviewed article I read aims to address the problem of teaching music students the ability to have a well-tuned ear. The context of this problem is that it is widely accepted among music educators that having a well-developed ear is essential in the education of any and all music students. The approach of this article is to use the standard combination of sight singing classes and applied lessons, in a way that both incorporate the emphasis on aural and visual methods. The student must be able to both hear something and replicate it on paper, as well as see a piece of written music and hear in their head how it will sound. This article also mentions specifically, the Rabbathian techniques used for double bass as a method that executes this idea of education well. This is an article that promotes rabbath, but makes no mention of the simandl techniques I wish to compare it to, because it refers to teaching music in general, rather than specifically teaching double bass, but is insightful to bass teaching.
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