It is rare in music pedagogy that something truly revolutionary comes along. Progressive Repertoire is the first English language method for beginning Double Bass to incorporate the innovative division of the Bass fingerboard into six positions developed by renowned French bassist Fran?ºois Rabbath in his three volume Nouvelle Technique de la Contrebasse. Mr. Vance has created a method that introduces these revolutionary ideas in a progressive manner using familiar folk and classical material to produce studies and pieces that will appeal to novice Basses of all ages. In addition a Compact Disc is included with each of the primary books containing all the music performed byFran?ºois Rabbath with Elizabeth Azcona-Hartmark piano.Progressive Repertoire for Double Bass will introduce American teachers and students to the most important techniques developed for the instrument.

Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. This transcription of Suite italienne is the first full-scale composition by Igor Stravinsky to enter the double bass solo repertoire. Brian Powell, Associate Professor of Double Bass at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, has adapted the versions of Suite italienne for violin and for cello as best suits the double bass. Moreover, he has widened the selection of movements, thus continuing a practice Stravinsky established with his instrumental collaborators (Dushkin and Piatigorsky) of allowing the performers to select material from the ballet Pulcinella. In this case the movements comprise Introduzione, Serenata, Aria, Vivo, Tarantella, Gavotta con due variazione, Scherzino and Minuetto e Finale. The Vivo movement is derived directly from the orchestral Pulcinella Suite: widely recognised by classical bassists as one of the most significant solos in the orchestral repertoire, the bass part is faithfully reproduced as in the original score. Suite italienne has music that will appeal to bassists of various performance levels – solo, chamber and orchestral bassists alike will appreciate different aspects of this music. The suite also possesses an abundance of flare and technical virtuosity that will excite audiences./ Répertoire / Contrebasse

Par D'ADAMO DANIEL. “Ombres portées” was commissioned by Radio France for the radio program Alla Breve. The piece is dedicated to Florentin Ginot. Performed without interruption, each of the five pieces of this cycle highlights certain characteristics and specific resources of the double bass, as are the natural harmonic sounds, the instrumental spectrum, the bowing techniques or those of the left hand, the possibility of sliding every sound, the natural inertia and speed of the instrument, its heaviness and its lightness, etc. “Ombres portées” was first performed by Florentin Ginot on February 29, 2017, as part of the Présences/Radio France Festival. / Date parution : 2022-02-03/ Répertoire / Contrebasse

Revisione di Piermario Murelli. Par BOTTESINI GIOVANNI. Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) is certainly the most famous of all double bass virtuosi; his compositions are an essential pillar of the literature on this instrument. His Metodo, published in 1870 by Ricordi, is remarkable for the exceptional beauty of its studies which, with effectiveness, good taste and imagination, develop an extraordinarily modern pedagogical vision. For this reason, on the bicentenary of the composer\'s birth, it seems most opportune to re-propose the studies in the method, appropriately fingered according to the current system, which is different from the one used in Italy in the mid-19th century. These short pieces not only help the student to acquire an excellent technique in a short time, but they are also extremely useful to better understand the instrumental language of Bottesini; in particular the second part, constitutes an excellent propaedeutic base for the study of his famous pieces./ Etude / Contrebasse

Essential Elements for Strings ? Book 2 with EEi
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Series: Essential Elements Format: Softcover Media Online Authors: Robert Gillespie, Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Michael Allen
Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.
Essential Elements now includes Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today\'s beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home. For more information, visit Hal Leonard Online - Essential Elements Interactive. / Méthodes et pédagogie / Cordes / Contrebasse / HAL LEONARD

This book and accompanying audio is a detailed guide to learning how to play the upright Bass. Designed for beginners no prior musical knowledge is necessary. Included are lessons on technique fundamentals reading music andbasic music theory. The book also emphasizes the importance of crafting a personal approach and relationship to the instrument. Although having a private teacher to help you through all of the exercises and concepts isideal the book is designed to supply you with anything and everything you might need to start on your own. Includes access to online audio.

Comme l'indique clairement le titre de cet ouvrage, vous trouverez réunis ici, trente morceaux pour la contrebasse. Trente morceaux pour le plaisir de jouer tout d'abord, mais aussi pour progresser dans la pratique de votre instrument. Dans cette optique, les morceaux sont progressifs et classés par ordre de difficulté croissante. Chacun y trouvera donc son compte, du débutant (qui pourra travailler depuis le début) jusqu'au contrebassiste plus avancé, qui a, lui aussi, du pain sur la planche ! Bien entendu, et c'est tout l'intérêt d'un tel recueil, vous pourrez écouter ces parties de contrebasse sur le CD joint au livre, puis les jouer sur les playbacks qui suivent les exemples avec instrument. Vous aurez ainsi l'impression de jouer en groupe, comme si vous étiez au beau milieu d'une formation complète. Hormis le côté pédagogique et 'ludique? des morceaux proposés, notez également que ces derniers ont pour objectif de vous faire pratiquer un petit tour d'horizon des différents styles musicaux dans lesquels la contrebasse évolue. Ainsi, vous passerez du blues à la musique de variété, du jazz à la samba, en passant par les walkings, les patterns, les ballades, le folk, la valse, le be-bop, la bossa, etc... et ce, pour votre plus grand bien ! / Contrebasse

Cet ouvrage propose une suite d'exercices musicaux originaux, très progressifs, destinés en premier lieu aux contrebassistes débutants. En suivant les différents chapitres de cette initiation, vous trouverez ainsi de précieux conseils sur les bases du jeu de la contrebasse Jazz, abordant tour à tour des difficultés et des enseignements dont l'évolution reste aussi efficace que progressive. L'auteur, qui est aussi accompagnateur d'orchestres de Jazz, vous livre ici son savoir, ses connaissances, de manière simple et intelligible. Il vous initie à l'art de bien poser vos notes sur l'instrument, à la lecture, à la connaissance des gammes et modes, ainsi qu'à l'interprétation jazz sous toutes ses formes (standard, ballade, 3/4, walking, anatole...). Enfin, le DVD Vidéo reprend chaque exercice pour en faciliter la compréhension, alors que le CD Audio vous propose de nombreux playbacks sur lesquels vous pourrez mettre en application les enseignements mais aussi vous exercer en toute liberté.

Par RAVEL MAURICE. In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tzigane”. Written originally for violin and piano or luthéal (a mechanism invented in 1919 that attaches to a piano, producing a sound similar to the rich overtones of the Cimbalon), the premiere took place in London in April 1924. The composer had finished the work only days beforehand. Ravel later orchestrated 'Tzigane” and both versions remain a 'must” for music-lovers and aspiring violinists today. Jelly D'Aranyi performed both versions regularly throughout her long career. This Urtext edition presents the first scholarly-critical edition of Ravel's masterpiece. It is published both in the orchestral version, complete with full score and performance material, as well as in the composer's earlier version for violin and piano. All known sources, including letters, have been drawn on for the new edition - one of the available sources, consulted for the first time, was a copy of 'Tzigane” from the estate of Jelly D'Aranyi, which is today part of a private collection. The version for piano and violin contains, besides the Urtext part, a second violin part as a facsimile with performance instructions by Jelly D'Aranyi. D'Aranyi's alterations and fingering reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and performance and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. The cooperation between Ravel and D'Aranyi is comparable to that of Brahms and Joachim working on the Brahms violin concerto. - First scholarly-critical Urtext edition of the work - Presented are both versions: for violin and orchestra and for violin and piano - Includes Jelly D'Aranyi's fingering/ Répertoire / Contrebasse

Cette pièce, dédiée à Joëlle Léandre, est une commande du Ministère de la Culture pour contrebasse solo, sans projet de chorégraphie à l'origine. L'idée d'une chorégraphie est venue se greffer par la suite alors que j'étais en résidence de compositeur à Metz, sur la proposition de Susan Buirge, également en résidence à Metz au même moment que Joëlle Léandre et moi-même. C'est ainsi que j'ai eu l'idée de cette Danse de l'aube . Ce titre fait allusion au combat de Jacob avec l'ange, texte de la Genèse: Jacob resta seul et quelqu'un lutta avec lui jusqu'au lever de l'aurore. Ce passage est généralement interprété comme étant le symbole de la lutte avec Dieu que Jacob, la hanche démise, a vu face à face cette nuit-là. Edith Canat de Chizy Enregistrement: 1 CD aeon, AE0210 , Moving Irisations - Tiempo - Moving - Hallel - Vivere - Danse de l'aube Trio à cordes de Paris, Quatuor Parisii, D. Tosi, M. Siffert Compositeur/Auteur : CANAT de CHIZY Edith Discipline/Instrument : contrebasse solo Support : Partition Style/Genre : contemporain Date de parution : janv.-98 Nombre de pages : 6

1965-'...straight thematic writing...a dreamy spell of harmonic and a frenzied patch of pizzicato.' Financial Times London. Brussels Conservatoire and Geneva Competition 1978.Grade: 7