Intermediate/Advanced. When Charlie Parker made his famous with strings recordings, jazz musicians realized the potential of lushly orchestrated strings to enhance their own creativity. Legendary players soon followed suit, making a with strings album almost an essential rite of passage. Here are 10 beautiful standards arranged by jazz great and award-winning arranger Lennie Niehaus. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Steve Davis (d); Peter McHugh (Violins); Alan Oldfield (Synth Strings) Includes: # I Cover The Waterfront # Fools Rush In # You Go To My Head # September In The Rain # You're My Everything # You & The Night & The Music # Autumn In New York # When Your Lover Has Gone # Namely You # Lover, Come Back To Me

Essential Tools for Jazz Improvisation. Sher Music Co.?s highly-regarded book, The Blues Scales: Essential Tools for Jazz Improvisation is now available in bass clef. As Michael Brecker said, ?This is an excellent addition to the growing number of books dedicated to mastering the art of jazz improvisation. Useful to beginners as well as advanced players, The Blues Scales admirably addresses the vocabulary of the blues ? the ?root of jazz.? ? Step-by-step exercises to get beginning students able to quickly solo using the two basic Blues Scales. ? Extensive dictionary of classic Major and Minor Blues Scale phrases. ? Help with transposing the ideas learned into other keys. ? Numerous ways to expand the Blues Scales to make them even more useful. ? Appendices for advanced players showing how the masters of jazz use the Blues Scales in their own playing.

Sound Innovations: développement sain for Advanced String Orchestra poursuit l'accent sur ??la lecture avec une caractéristique, belle sonorité, mais aussi met l'accent sur ??des échelles 3 d'octave, en particulier les échelles que les étudiants auront besoin pour les auditions régionales et tous-Etats. Compétences techniques avancées sont présentées en quatre niveaux, conformément à la structure des innovations de son révolutionnaire: (1) Tone Sound, (2) Son archet, (3) Son décalage et (4) Balances sonores et arpèges. Les niveaux peuvent être utilisés dans l'ordre qui est le mieux pour vos élèves, comme chaque warm-up, ou sous forme d'unités structurées. Le livre idéal pour suivre un développement judicieux pour Intermediate String Orchestra, ou pour tout étudiant avancé ou ensemble de cordes, vos élèves perfectionnera la bonne utilisation de l'arc, coups d'archet, déplacement, et les échelles 3 d'octave. / Contrebasse

Zingaresca A czardas-influenced work which is full of the fire and passion of the typical Gipsy idiom. Zingaresca offers much for the advanced bassist and would be ideal for conservatoire or university students who are confident playing throughout the solo range of the instrument. A slow and lyrical introduction leads into a rhythmic and lively czardas these with opportunities to demonstrate both musical and technical prowess in equal measure. Ideal as the final work in a recital and performed many times by the composer. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. Performance Level: Advanced Miloslav Gajdos is one of Europe's most active and inventive bassist-composers. He was born in northern Moravia in 1948 and initially learned violin before transferring to the double bass, studying with Alois Kriz, Jiri Bortlicek and Ludwig Streicher. He has been Professor of Double Bass at the Vejvenovsky Conseravtoire in Kromeriz (Czech Republic) since 1971, and was a member of the Olomouc Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. He is Director of the Gregora International Double Bass Competition, founded in 1979 and held every two years in Kromeriz, and has been a juror at many competitions in Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic. Miloslav Gajdos is a prolific composer and arranger and, for almost 40 years, has produced a vast body of original works and transcriptions for double bass which are performed worldwide. His original works combine Czech lyricism and melody with brilliant technical demands, and music from one to sixteen double basses. He writes in a traditional and accessible style, producing music for every level of performer, particularly for the advanced bassist, and his many works for unaccompanied double bass are frequently chosen as international competition repertoire. Miloslav Gajdos was Recital Music's Featured Composer in 2007 and has recently revised a number of earlier works for the intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music.intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music.

French composer Alain Weber (b. 1930) writes 15 Rhythmic And Melodic Studies for Double Bass with much experience and expertise in the field of pedagogy. Following graduation from the Paris Conservatoire Weber spent time in Italy to develop his own musical style. However he soon returned to the institution as a professor of theory and counterpoint. 15 Rhythmic And Melodic Studies addresses a range of advanced techniques including chromaticism complex rhythms varying time signatures articulation bowings and double stops amongst other aspects. Weber is a significant contributor to importantteaching materials and 15 Rhythmic And Melodic Studies is no exception.

A large-scale solo piece using the blues form and jazz language changing meters contrasting tempi and vocal sounds to fuse the jazz world with the world of concert music in a unique way. The composer is one of the world's foremost exponents of contemporary bass music. Duration c.4'.Grade: Advanced

Book 1-A comprehensive musicianship String method.About The Book:Unique chapter layout provides a goal-orientated format organised by school quarter.4 full-page assessments include:- Critical Listening- Playing By Ear- Theory and Terminology- Composing Arranging and Improvisation- Performance- Advanced Bow StudiesWealth of classical and world music.8 arrangements and original compositions for String Orchestra.Duets rounds and a solo with Piano accompaniment.Play-along accompaniments feature demo and performance tracks with professionalmusicians.Featured in SmartMusic.Correlates with science and world history.Fully integrated with the National Standards for Music Education.Video tutorials with master teachers and students. About The Accompaniment Tracks:Each track includes a demo version with professional musicians followed by accompaniment only.Outstanding accompaniments explore a wide variety of musical styles to make practice exciting and fun.Play classical and world melodies with characteristic accompaniments that include:Full OrchestraRockLatinJazzFunkCountryElectronicWorld MusicMedia Options:DVD Features:Video tutorialsAccompaniments for the entire bookAbility to transfer MP3 files to a computer or portable deviceOnline Features:Stream or download all accompaniments at no chargeStream all video tutorials at no charge

Piccola musica - Fünf kleine Stücke. Par MICHAEL FRANK. Une composition contemporaine par Frank Michael ajoute à la série traditionnelle ad Gradus Symphoniam pour les orchestres scolaires et orchestres amateurs. 'Pendant longtemps, déjà, j'avais joué avec l'idée de convertir une danse pour le piano en date du 1969 dans une version orchestrale. Dès le début, j'ai considéré la possibilité d'effectuer avec des orchestres amateurs.' Michael a ajouté 4 pièces plus courtes à cette danse (Introduzione, Elegie, Bicinium, Kanon). Malgré leur simplicité, ces pièces sont assez raffiné dans le détail. Cela est particulièrement vrai pour leur structure rythmique qui est la danse de type complexe et en même temps. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Contrebasse (Partie séparée)

A standard and much-used edition of this well-known concerto with a piano reduction by Clive Pollard prepared from Bottesini's autograph score. Distinctive attractive melodies ...the Finale propels the music with verve almost abandon'. Musical Times. Orchestral material available.Grade: Advanced

Concerto No.2 'Haydn' A series of works based on the surviving two bars of Haydn's 'lost' Double Bass Concerto. Based on the two surviving bars of Haydn's 'lost' Double Bass Concerto and dedicated to David Heyes, this magnificent new concerto is a tour-de-force from a respected and leading Czech bassist-composer. In a tonal and accessible style, there are musical and technical challenges for the advanced bassist and this edition is only available in solo tuning. Influenced by the late 18th-century style, but imbued with Czech lyricism and influences, this new three-movement concerto is a major addition to the repertoire and utilises the entire range of the double bass. The concerto has been performed throughout Europe many times, most recently in Macedonia and Serbia by the composer. Miloslav Gajdos has composed and transcribed many works for double bass in a 40 year career and is Professor of Double Bass at the Vejvenovsky Conservatoire in Kromeriz (Czech Republic) alongside many international recitals and masterclasses. Concerto No.2 'Haydn' is available in three orchestrations alongside the published edition with piano. Please contact the publishers for more information about the various orchestrations. Performance Level: Advanced Miloslav Gajdos is one of Europe's most active and inventive bassist-composers. He was born in northern Moravia in 1948 and initially learned violin before transferring to the double bass, studying with Alois Kriz, Jiri Bortlicek and Ludwig Streicher. He has been Professor of Double Bass at the Vejvenovsky Conseravtoire in Kromeriz (Czech Republic) since 1971, and was a member of the Olomouc Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. He is Director of the Gregora International Double Bass Competition, founded in 1979 and held every two years in Kromeriz, and has been a juror at many competitions in Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic. Miloslav Gajdos is a prolific composer and arranger and, for almost 40 years, has produced a vast body of original works and transcriptions for double bass which are performed worldwide. His original works combine Czech lyricism and melody with brilliant technical demands, and music from one to sixteen double basses. He writes in a traditional and accessible style, producing music for every level of performer, particularly for the advanced bassist, and his many works for unaccompanied double bass are frequently chosen as international competition repertoire. Miloslav Gajdos was Recital Music's Featured Composer in 2007 and has recently revised a number of earlier works for the intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music.

Vivaldi, Sonata da camera e-Moll. No. 1 : Vivaldi, Sonata Da Camera E Minor/ Répertoire / Contrebasse (Partie séparée)

A good arrangement of a beautiful operatic melody; useful as an introduction to advanced playing particularly in legato.Grade: 8

Since this first authentic collected edition of Bottesini's solos in modern notation appeared many items have been recorded and reproduced in other versions. Elegia e Tarantella Meditazione (Aria di Bach) Fantasia Cerrito.Grade: Advanced

In D major. A reliable edition of two standard classics with original cadenzas. The 18th century manuscripts have been closely researched; cuts and alterations made by previous editors have been fully restored enabling authentic performance on period instruments if desired. Grade: Advanced