Beginner Double Bass & Piano- 5 short pieces for the beginner bassist. Written in a lively enjoyable and accessible style each piece uses a limited number of notes and rhythmic patterns to help develop musical and technical skills from the outset. The piano accompaniments are simple and supportive aimed at the pianistic skills of the average teacher offering new and inventive first concert or exam repertoire. Limited to 1st position they use a number of keys and musical styles which should appeal to players and teachers alike. Double Bass caricature used by permission of Cameron Ford (Australia). Jan Faulkner was a member of the BournemouthSymphony Orchestra for many years and is also a Specialist Percussion Teacher at Wells Cathedral School alongside her recent appointment as Outreach Officer at the school. She has composed music for almost every occasion and is writing a series of double bass books for the young bassist. [Initial & Grade 1 - Trinity-Guildhall 2010 onwards]Marching Together (No.2) and The Haunted House (No.3) have been selected for Level 1 by MTB Exams (www.mtbexams.com)Performance Level: Beginner;1;2.

A very well constructed brief 'serious' work this short piece offers effective and accessible music for the intermediate bassist using almost a three octave range with scope to demonstrate a range of sounds colours and moods. Two editions included together - for solo double bass or for 2 or more bassists. 'Erkon Elegia is accessible to advanced beginning bassists with the ability to perform with confidence into the lower thumb positions.' [ISB] 'Erkon Elegia is a versatile little piece that can be played as a solo duo trio or ensemble. In only 49 bars and using elementary music Hauta-aho manages to use many of his trademark compositionalcharacteristics...it's friendly geography and varied colourscape should prove popular with beginning bassists.' [Double Bassist]

Sheila Nelson's award winning teaching approach available in a clearly structured progressive method covering preliminary to grade three in all stringed instruments. The Essential String Method - Double Bass Book 2 develops the pupil as a musician as well as an instrumentalist through an integrated programme of games activities songs and pieces. Developed by Double Bassist Cathy Elliott. ABRSM Double Bass Syllabus Grade 1.

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method giving equal treatment to both electric and double bass. Covering styles like bebop Latin funk and fusion this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. The Total Jazz Bassist also covers theory technique tunes solos jazz styles and includes great advice for practicing and doing business. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines how to solo bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes and major and minor 'two-five-one' progressions dominant 7th chord scales approaches for playing 'Rhythm Changes ' and much much more! This is the one place to get everything youneed to make you not only a great jazz bassist but an asset to any band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

4-CD Double Bass Play-Along-Performed by Andrew Kohn Accompaniment: Gail Kusbit piano For the first time all 30 of Franz Simandl's famous etudes are available with full piano accompaniment for your learning and practice pleasure. These are some of the most important pieces any double bassist will use. Covers all aspects of performance technique including: attack bowing mordents and trills intonation dexterity legato/marcato leaps syncopation cantilena playing and much much more! Includes a newly engraved solo part printed on acid-free ivory paper as well as four compact discs featuring Mr. Kohn performing each piece then the accompaniment alone for your performance.

Con non meno di 50 grooves in slap alla maniera dei più grandi ?slappatori? di tutti i tempi (Marcus Miller Alain Caron Flea Larry Graham Jonas Hellborg Victor Wooten Stanley Clarke Louis Johnson?) questo metodo appagherà di sicuro tutti i bassisti che hanno voglia di ?groovare? senza fine... con l?aiuto di questa tecnica euforizzante! Tutti i gesti dello slap sono perciò rappresentati: thumb slap e popping ovviamente ma anche left hand slap double stops ghost notes hammer-on pull-off slide double thumb slap... di che perfezionarvi e rendervi più creativi. Un capitolo preliminare vipresenta brevemente le diverse tecniche. Il DVD Video permette inoltre di ascoltare e soprattutto visualizzare i 50 grooves così come devono essere suonati... a velocità normale poi ridotta. Il CD mp3 invece è composto da tante basi musicali quanti grooves ossia 50 playalongs suonati a due velocità diverse: la prima è quella normale cioè la velocità da raggiungere mentre la seconda è ridotta per aiutarvi nello studio. Questi playalongs hanno una durata volontariamente lunga (da 4 a 5 minuti ognuno ossia più di 7 ore di musica in tutto!) per darvi il tempo di esercitarvi nelle migliori condizioni possibili.

Sadie Harrison's A Not-So-Sonatine for Double Bass and Piano. Composed in 2013 and revised and published in 2016. Duration: 10 minutes.A Not-So-Sonatine is so called as it is rather more than a sonatine being uncharacteristically virtuosic for both Double Bass and Piano. This is a light-hearted piece which references the plethora of accessible mid-twentieth century sonatines with delight! The second movement is also known as Josie’s Piece premiered by Josie Jobbins in 2014 at the Taunton Young Musician of the Year Final. ANot-So-Sonatine is dedicated to the virtuoso bassist David Heyes. The work is in four movements: Molto moto!Molto cantabileMolto scherzandoMolto brillante! A Not-So-Sonatine was premiered at the Auditorio de Almuñecar (Granada Spain) on 30th November 2015 by bassist Frano Kakarigi and pianist Juan José Muñoz Cañivano.Watch a video of this performance: 

The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to electric and double bass. Covering such styles as bebop, Latin, funk, and fusion, this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines, how to solo, bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes, major and minor two-five-one progressions, dominant 7th chord scales, and more! A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is also included.

Composed in France over a century ago these three short pieces are ideal for the intermediate bassist. The style is lyrical tonal and approachable offering interesting study or concert repertoire with lively supportive and effective accompaniments. Parade is lively and rhythmic remaining in bass clef throughout; Cantabile is melodic and dramatic offering cantabile and musical challenges in equal measure and Menuet Varie has lyrical and rhythmic contrasts and is the most challenging of the three. Ratez was a fairly prolific composer and these pieces were dedicated to M. Charpentier Professor of Double Bass at the Paris Conservatoire. These piecesare popular with students and teachers alike.

Par GILMORE S.. For All musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording (sold separately) until you feel you’ve mastered his “feel” and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all of our Play-A-Long recordings, switch the bassist off and play along by yourself with just the piano and drums! This book (like all the Aebersold bass line transcription books) is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold Play-A-Longs. Combo instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes notes in bass clef withchord symbols above each measure. THIS BOOK: Transcribed bass lines to the chord changes of: Blue Moon, Don’t Blame Me, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Invitation, Just Friends, Laura, My Secret Love, No Greater Love, On The Trail, On Green Dolphin Street, Once In Awhile, Over The Rainbow, Spring Is Here, Star Eyes, Stompin’ At The Savoy, The Shadow Of Your Smile, You Stepped Out Of A Dream, and Without A Song. / Rép International / Recueil / Guitare Basse

Stuff All the Pros Know and Use-In 101 Upright Bass Tips renowned bassist Andy McKee presents valuable how-to insights that Double Bass players at all levels will benefit from.The text photos music diagrams and accompanying audio tracks provide a terrific easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics including: right- and left-hand technique improvising and soloing practicing proper care of the instrument ear training performance and much more.

For All musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording (sold separately) until you feel you’ve mastered his “feel” and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all of our Play-A-Long recordings, switch the bassist off and play along by yourself with just the piano and drums! This book (like all the Aebersold bass line transcription books) is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold Play-A-Longs. Combo instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes notes in bass clef with chord symbols above each measure.Transcribed bass lines to chord changes similar to: Body And Soul, Cherokee, I’ll Remember April, It’s You Or No One, Stella By Starlight, There Will Never Be Another You, The Song Is You, and What Is This Thing Called Love. Langue : en anglais

16 pieces in various styles-Double Bass Playtime offre un aperçu diversifié du répertoire pour le contrebassiste débutant. La première partie de cet ouvrage réunit des pièces légères et divertissantes ; l?accompagnement a été confié à un combo. La deuxième partie présente des pièces avec accompagnement de piano (sur compact disc et en version papier). La musique s?apparente à une « esthétique » classique. Sur le compact disc vous trouverez également une version de démonstration de chaque pièce. (Position 1-4)