For solo Double Bass and speaking musician-For Double Bass and speaking musician. Taxi! was inspired by those frantic cabs in Paris but the problems are universal. An hilarious music-theatre style piece by the French virtuoso equally successful for speaking bassist or with narrator. Grade: Medium

Dirt Simple Upright Bass. Although designed for newcomers to the upright bass and bluegrass music in general, this unique approach to creating basslines has something for everyone! The first half focuses on bass-playing essentials, giving the reader a solid technical footing with the instrument. Then, using his own baritone voice and the classic bluegrass song, ?Going Down the Road Feeling Bad,? author Nate Sabat reveals his creative process in crafting effective basslines from the song?s melody and chord progression. The second half focuses on bass playing within the specific context of complementing bluegrass vocals. Well beyond what you might expect from an introductory method, Nate tastefully guides the reader by presenting multiple composed bassline options for each of five well-known bluegrass songs: Rabbit in the Log, Don?t this Road Look Rough and Rocky?, Long Journey Home, I Am a Pilgrim, and Angel Band.Nate?s warm, pitch-perfect vocals can be heard on virtually every track, giving this method an undeniable musicality. A lightly accompanied vocal track with no bass is also provided, so you can be the sole upright or electric bassist in the band. You?ll not only want to back Nate up?but sing harmony with him too! The impulse to sing can?t help but influence your bass playing in a natural and positive way. Nate provides notated versions of the eight major scales most commonly used in bluegrass. Once you get them under your fingers, you?ll soon be able to play along with the book?s 50 companion online recordings.With its simple harmonic palette and repetitive nature, bluegrass music offers bassists the perfect opportunity to become musically literate. If you?ve hesitated to learn to read music, this is the time and place to eliminate that drawback. Working through these 46 pages will provide the tools and confidence needed to create your own engaging and musical basslines and hopefully, you?ll be inspired to continue your bluegrass bass journey for years to come. Includes access to online audio.

Take Your Bow is a collection of 20 concert pieces for beginner string players written by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. Years of string teaching have given them the inspiration to produce pieces which will both delight and engage. Their imaginative writing strengthens rhythmic and stylistic concepts whilst employing a variety of adventurous playing techniques that students will find to be a fun and achievable challenge. Each piece is compatible with any of the other instruments in the series in any combination making it an excellent resource for individual or group teaching. Take Your Bow is available in 4individual editions — for violin viola cello and double bass each with piano accompaniment — and as a separate full score.

Compositeur de l'époque baroque, Johann Sebastian Bach a été un acteur majeur et influent dans le développement de la musique occidentale. Il a inspiré les plus grands. C'est ainsi que vous retrouverez tout son génie à travers cette partition SUITES I-II-III POUR VIOLONCELLE BWV 1007-1008-1009 qui a été écrite pourContrebasse. Les éditions Billaudot qui ont éditées cette oeuvre l'ont répertoriée sour la référence GB6802. / Contrebasse / Partition

Fac-similé pour contrebasse.Klaus est une oeuvre pour un contrebassiste devant aussi chanter.Cette composition fait allusion au défunt compositeur Klaus Hashagen (1924-1998), qui a inspiré le titre de cette oeuvre.Des réminiscences du matériel musical de la Suite pour hautbois et clavecin, composée par le maître, sont à la base de ce travail.Cependant, trois autres oeuvres du défunt sont également évoquées, dans l'ordre d'apparition : Gesten pour flûtes à bec et bande (Edition Moeck, 1966) - ...alla scarlati..., étude radiophonique pour synthétiseur et ordinateur (bande, 1982) - Suono del telajo, oeuvre radiophonique probablement perdue, dont la date de composition est inconnue. / Contrebasse