New Technique for the Double Bass part 5- Bass player François Rabbath born in 1931 in Aleppo is a real character in the world of music. He settled in Paris in 1955 where he played with the stars (Barbara Aznavour…) while continuing as a classical instrumentalist. Throughout the four preceding volumes Rabbath’s Nouvelle technique de la contrebasse presented in a four-language version (French English German and Spanish) endeavours to free the pupil from the shackles of traditional teaching. Always guided by the same conviction -that there is no need to torture one’s body to become an instrumentalist - Rabbath rounds off his educational epic with this fifth book which will offer great musical pleasure to the trainee bass player who can take pride in having overcome the technical difficulties covered in the first four books. This collection includes real concert pieces - works of great charm such as the nostalgic Cri de Venise for double bass and piano and the Troisième Concerto with its enveloping lyricism as well as short pieces such as Souviens-tu des douze peupliers and the irresistible Mama Bahija for bass drum and organ.

A first of its kind approach to the learning of double bass incorporating traditional classical studies with practical jazz and popular music applications. Michael Moore who has been at the top of the jazz bass scene since his arrival in New York in the 1960s and pioneer of jazz education Clem DeRosa combine to produce an easy to follow method designed for individual or classroom application.

18 Lektionen / 18 Lessons-The long awaited Sassmannshaus method Early Start on the Double Bass is now here. At last students of the largest instrument in the string family can make use of this tried and tested method for beginners developed by Egon Sassmannshaus for the other string instruments and applied here to the double bass by Holger Sassmannshaus and J. Peter Close. This method will meet the needs of the growing number of young bass students. “Early Start on the Double Bass” encompasses everything that one would expect from a Sassmannshaus method: an easy start progression at a suitable rate many cross-references to the other string instruments songsand scales in different positions from early on as well as many duets. Lively and colourful illustrations by Charlotte Panowsky complete the edition. For more than three decades “The Sassmannshaus Tradition” has been the household name for excellence in beginner string methods in German-speaking countries. The English editions for violin viola and violoncello which were introduced to the international market in 2008 have proven to be very successful particularly in the United States. Kids to the Bass!While children learning other string instruments can start as early as the age of four the appropriate age to begin the double bass is approximately eight (possibly even six); this allows for a faster progression than on the other string instruments and the method consists of only three volumes. The first volume will be published separately in an English and a German edition; the following two volumes will have German and English text in each book. Original compositions by Boguslaw Furtok enrich the volumes. Based on the tried-and-tested Sassmannshaus methods for violin viola and cello Volume 1: Separate editions in German and English Volumes 2 and 3: Bilingual German/English editions Moderate increase in difficulty Position playing duets Includes new original compositions by B. Furtok Volume 3 with piano accompaniments to 7 pieces The authorsHolger Sassmannshaus is a double bass player with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker in

For Violone-Very little is known about the two sonatas which appear here in their original keys. They were placed in the library of the Music School in Oxford at the end of the seventeenth century in a form convenient for playing (i.e. unbound). The library was catalogued by Hake between 1850 and 1855 and the sonatas were eventually bound in 1855 with other instrumental and vocal manuscripts of the same period some of which are dated 1698.The sonatas are both inscribed on the title page Sonata Violone Solo. Col Basso per l'Organo o Cembalo. A third sonata bears the words Sonata Violino e Violoncino … di Giovannino del Violone. Giovannino (=Little or Young John) musthave been a performer and although the third sonata has been copied by a different hand it is conceivable that Giovannino is a connecting link between the three. He cannot however be assumed to be their author.The Violone was a six-stringed instrument with frets and there is evidence to suggest that the Contrabasso of the same period was similar but probably a little larger; the Violoncino (=Little Violone or Violoncello) must have been smaller. The word 'Violone' was also used as a collective term embracing all members of the Viol family which means that the sonatas might well have been written for a tenor or a bass Viol and not necessarily a Violone as such. Indeed when they are played on a Violone or Double Bass the continuo bass line must be played at a lower pitch than the solo instrument to prevent inversion of the intended harmony. (The use of a Violone/Double Bass continuo or 16' organ tone would overcome this problem.)The editor has added no ornaments or embellishments to the solo part as it appears in the original manuscript. It is open to debate whether a Violone player owing to the very nature of his instrument would have used any but the simplest melodic decorations. Nevertheless the performer should acquaint himself thoroughly with those seventeenth century traditions that are known today (see Dart

Ce livre est avant tout un hommage à un pays frappé en 2010 parla dévastation du tremblement de terre. Face à cette tragédie, nous avons réalisé combienl'image stéréotypée d'Haïti comme une 'île magique' a été cruellement injuste.Haïti continue de déchaîner un charme énorme, mais sa musique et des sortschorégraphes nous raconter les vicissitudes de souffrances sans fin et tente de sublimeren quelque sorte la même souffrance. Le livre raconte l'histoire vraie de l'île dans uncivilisation qui a choisi, ou qui a été forcé de choisir, comme le principal moyen decommunication, la musique et la danse, cette histoire peut être racontée que parrecherche musicologique. Haïti est la manifestation d'un syncrétisme musical unique,né de l'alchimie des chocs incroyables et des bouleversements de l'histoire, les combatsentre les différentes cultures, la musique des rencontres entre la Cour européenne - sont arrivés sur l'îleau XVIIe siècle - et plus spécifiquement les traditions africaines quement, des religieux,sont arrivés avec les esclaves. Même aujourd'hui, dans ses montagnes les plus reculées, Haïti perpétuelleet reconstruit le mythe de l'Afrique avec le paysan Guinin, rurales, peuplées par des dieux'Libérateurs de l'esclavage' qui sont exprimées dans des alexandrins entrecoupés'Plait-il?' ('Vous aimez?'), En mélangeant bien à chaque menuets d'autres, contredit et cérémoniesvaudou. / Livre

24 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries using half to 3rd Position. Par . La série Easy Concert Pieces contient des pièces d’un niveau facile à moyennement difficile pour contrebasse avec un accompagnement au piano. Organisées en trois volumes selon leur niveau de difficulté, les pièces sont représentatives de chaque époque et peuvent être jouées aux auditions, aux concours ou aux examens. Easy Concert Pieces représente un complément motivant au cours. Toutes les pièces sont enregistrées sur le CD fourni avec le livre, en version complète et en version play-back (avec accompagnement au piano). Le volume 1 (ED 22551) contient des pièces dans la demie et la première position. Pour chaque époque, il y a des pièces en position fixe et des pièces avec des changements de position. On y travaillera des styles d’archets simples, le Portato, le Staccato, le Legato et le Pizzicato, ainsi que des dégradés dynamiques simples allant de piano à forte, crescendo et decrescendo et des phrasés simples. Les pièces choisies ont des caractères multiples, des mélodies reconnaissables, des mesures variées et des rythmes simples. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2023-10-06/ Recueil / Contrebasse