Contrabajisimo

/ Contrebasse Et Orchestre (Cordes, 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors, 2 Trompettes, Basson (Contrebasson) Et Timbales)

/ Contrebasse Et Orchestre (Cordes, 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors, 2 Trompettes, Basson (Contrebasson) Et Timbales)

/ 2 Hautbois, Hautbois D'Amour, 2 Cors Anglais, Hautbois Baryton, Basson, Contrebasson

/ Contrebasse Et Orchestre (Cordes, 2 Hautbois, 2 Cors, 2 Trompettes, Basson (Contrebasson) Et Timbales)

History and Technique-The aim of this book is to provide the student with a thorough knowledge of the technical and expressive fundamentals of the contrabassoon. It is the ideal book to accompany students throughout their professional career acting as a constant guideand offering assistance to improve and perfect the skills required to build a career in the world of music. The book also addresses the needs of teachers offering useful suggestions for the entire academic period including fingering and trills basic and advanced exercises orchestral excerpts how to construct reeds and the history of the contrabassoon.

A trumpeter is a cavalry or artillery soldier who gives signals with a trumpet. (Gerald Barry, 1998)This piece may be performed on any of the following instruments in different transpositions. If played by a string instrument, there should be no vibrato. It may be played by Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Basset Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba, any other Brass Band instrument, Mouth Organ, Ondes Martenot, Concertina, Bagpipes, Tubular Bells, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass.In thinking of the register in which to play it, thought should be given to the drama and colour of the instrument involved. For example, if it were played by a Contrabassoon, the version in this edition should be transposed down two octaves and a minor 6th, so that the lowest note in the melody is B flat, the lowest note on the Contrabassoon. / Tout Instrument

The solo group consists of a sextet of the woodwind instruments which are normally doubled with more regular members of the orchestra: these six strangers now brought to the fore are piccolo alto flute cor anglais clarinet inEb bass clarinet in Bb and contrabassoon. They make a motley group diverse in colour as in register and one of the tasks of the piece sets itself is to have them blend and cohere both together as an ensemble and in partnershipwith the string orchestra (which itself is used with unusual variety and subtlety). Another evident task of the work is to provide fine solos for each member of the woodwind sextet: bright dances for the piccolo recitativesfor the alto flute a stoical song from the contrabassoon in the extreme bass. The work is cast as a single movement which begins in the composer's first-movement style of rapid regeneration. This is interrupted by slowinterventions including one for divided strings which gives rise to a sextuple cadenza for the soloists. Out of this comes a slow movement or sequence of short slow movements followed by a dancing finale with its own slowepisodes. Altogether this is music of songs and dances heavily tinged with Scottish rhythms and tonalities: one might think of a magic bagpipe having six chanters and a drone of variegated string texture.