SKU: BT.YE0007

Born in Oxford in 1917, Francis Baines was a well-known and much respected professional double bass player. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Claude Hobday, where he later taught. Something of an eccentric,he immersed himself in early music at a time when few people were taking it seriously. He owned a beautiful Amati bass that he had restored as a violone, which it probably was originally, and he was a regular fixture as aprincipal player in a number of orchestras and ensembles that dedicated themselves to period performing, including those directed by Denys Darlow, with whom he broadcast and recorded frequently.

Besides playing thedoublebass, Francis Baines was an exponent of the treble viol and led the Jaye Consort of Viols which he founded. He also played several kinds of bagpipe and the hurdy-gurdy. As a composer he dabbled in many styles, one of hisgreatest claims to fame being that of writing for the popular Hoffnung concerts in the 1960s.

He was the author of a number of papers about the history of the double bass, sometimes arriving at scholarly conclusionsthat were colourful, if not always entirely accurate. He discovered the Giovannino del Violone sonatas, subsequently published by Yorke Edition, although today it is thought that they were probably not written for a 16' pitchinstrument at all. His edition of the Capuzzi double bass concerto, published by Boosey & Hawkes, was for many years one of the few solo works available for the instrument. This, however, he largely re-composed because hethought it could be improved: towards the end of his life he confessed that with hindsight he probably should have treated it differently.

Grounds was written in 1969 as a sort of party piece and was given to YorkeEdition in support of a drive to enlarge the repertoire for the instrument in a wide variety of styles. It was set on the syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for many years.

Francis Baines died.

SKU: BT.MS0195

Este libro presenta una serie de ejercicios musicales muy progresivos destinados sobre todo a los contrabajistas principiantes. Siguiendo los diferentes cap tulos de esta iniciación Vd encontrará unos valiosos consejos sobre las bases del toque de contrabajo Jazz, abordando as unas dificultades y unas enseñanzas cuya evolución resultará tan eficaz como progresiva. El autor es músico acompañador en bandas de Jazz y entrega aqu su saber, sus conocimientos, de manera sencilla e inteligible. Le iniciará en el arte de situar bien sus notas en el instrumento, en la lectura, en el conocimiento de escalas y modos, as como en la interpretación Jazz bajo todas sus formas(estándar, baladas, 3/4, walking bass...). El DVD V deo facilita la comprensión, presentando cada ejercicio, mientras que el CD Audio le brinda numerosos playbacks en los cuales uno podrá aplicar lo que ha aprendido y también tocar lo suyo con toda libertad.

SKU: YM.GTW01092683

ISBN 9784636926835.

Written in Japanese; Capuzzi/Contrabass Concerto 1st Movement
Ri Yu Ban Ben ; Qia Pu Qi /Di Yin Ti Qin Xie Zou Qu Di Yi Le Zhang .