SKU: FP.FDW03
ISBN 9790570500789.
Gounod's classic piece, arranged for double bass, with piano accompaniment.The music in the beginning tells the listener that two of the members of the Marionette troupe have had a duel and one of them has been killed. A party of pallbearers is organised and the procession sets out for the cemetery in march time.The piece soon takes on a more cheerful spirit, for some of the troupe, wearied with the march, seek consolation at a wayside inn, where they refresh themselves and also descant upon the many virtues of their late companion. At last they get into place again and the procession enters the cemetery to the march rhythm -- the whole closing with the bars intended to reflect upon the briefness and weariness of life, even for marionettes.
SKU: SU.80103049
Three movements: 1. Prologue-Cadenzas, rhythmically free through most of its length; 2. Threnody , a more introspectiv e slow movement; 3. Scherzo: Perpetuum mobile, in a quick unrelenting triple meter. Scordatura tuning of a whole step higher is used for the double bass Duration: ca 15' Published by: Columbia University Music Press.
SKU: AP.36-52740602
ISBN 9781429126281. UPC: 679360617915. English.
This volume continues the development of playing skills found in Book 1 and progresses to more complex rhythms, left-hand finger patterns and techniques, bowing techniques, and preparation for shifting. Book 2 introduces students to: long and controlled bow strokes, slurred legato and staccato bow strokes, string-crossing slurs, and producing dynamic contrasts; new rhythmic patterns including dotted notes, triplets, sixteenth notes, swinging eighth notes, and syncopated rhythms; new time signatures including 6/8 and 3/8, along with cut time for cello/bass; and major and minor left-hand string patterns, extended fingerings, and beginning octave harmonics and shifting. Online audio available.
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