SKU: HL.49047264
ISBN 9783795731076. UPC: 196288176510. 9.0x12.0x0.205 inches.
The Easy Concert Pieces series features easy to moderately difficult works for double bass with piano accompaniment. Ordered by difficulty in three volumes, the pieces are suitable for auditions, competitions or exams. The series contains original works by Bottesini, Dragonetti, Gretchaninoff, Hindemith, Laska, Regner, Reinagle, Teppo Hauta-aho and others as well as orchestral excerpts by Beethoven, Dvorak, Haydn, Mahler and arrangements of famous classical masterpieces. All pieces are included on the accompanying audio, as a full version and as a piano accompaniment. Volume 2 (easy to intermediate) contains pieces up to the 3rd position. As some new double bass tutors have a different approach in introducing position changes, volume 2 offers several pieces which reach the 2nd position, some pieces using only 1st and 3rd positions and some more difficult pieces which encompass all positions from half to third position.
SKU: HL.49046908
UPC: 196288082071.
The Easy Concert Pieces series contains easy to moderately difficult works for double bass with piano accompaniment. Arranged according to the level of difficulty in three volumes, there are representative pieces for all epochs that are suitable for auditions, competitions or examinations. In addition, the Easy Concert Pieces serve as a motivating supplement in the classroom. All pieces are included in the booklets for download, as a full version and as playback (piano accompaniment). Volume 1 (ED 22551) contains pieces in the half and first position. Pieces for each individual position as well as pieces with change of position are offered in each epoch. Light bowing styles such as portato, staccato and legato as well as pizzicato are worked on, as well as simple dynamic gradations from piano to forte, crescendo and decrescendo and light phrasing. The selected pieces have varied characters with catchy melodies, different meters and various simple rhythms.
SKU: HL.49019606
ISBN 9790001187176.
Teachers again and again ask for easy-to-play double bass music suitable for lessons or the competition 'Jugend musiziert'. The composer Peter Wittrich from Munich has undertaken this task and composed a varied cycle of seven easy pieces for double bass and piano. All pieces have been tried and tested in double bass lessons and are well positioned on the instrument. Some can even be played in the first position. The collection covers various styles, including blues, tango and classical. The piano part is more demanding so that the demands made on the ensemble playing are somewhat higher. An interesting addition to the repertoire for lessons and concerts. Contents: Giovannino discovers the Blues • Gostly Cadenza • Walking Bass with Johann Sebastian Bach • Salute to Vienna with a kiss on the hand for Elise • Danse grotesque • Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass (Theme and Variations) • Basso doble.
SKU: HL.49016668
ISBN 9790001145145. UPC: 884088261153. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches.
Original music for the novice double bassist. The twelve pieces progress in difficulty through the book, and are written in a contemporary style.
SKU: HL.49046027
ISBN 9790001204828. UPC: 842819101871. 9.0x12.0 inches.
Joseph Reinagle (1762-1825), pupil of the well-known cellist Johann Georg Schetky, was a versatile musician and composer. In 1800 he published 'A Concise Introduction to the Playing of the Violoncello' from which the three movements of the Sonatina have been taken. With its appealing melody and classical style, this music closes a major gap in the beginner's literature for double bass and piano. Reinagle's Sonatina is highly recommended for pupils' concerts and competitions. The musical text is based on the text of the first edition, using the original bowing and phrasing. Dynamic indications have been added by the editor as suggestions for lessons.
SKU: HL.49047325
UPC: 196288201427.
The composition Tango basso by the double bass teacher Charlotte Mohrs is ideal as a lecture and exam piece for advanced students. Equipped with fingerings and bowings and complemented by an easy-to-play piano part, the motivating piece is an ideal addition to the teaching repertoire.
