I'm a complete beginner to double bass coming from bass guitar. I found a school where I can take private lessons after work. My assigned instructor teaches Rabbath technique and is a classical musician.

I watched a few videos and found articles and old TB posts about Rabbath and have the following questions:

1) Does it matter if one starts with a focus on classical or jazz in the very beginning? I'm open to classical but expect to play jazz more frequently.

2) To my inexperienced eyes...

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