SKU: HL.49045091

ISBN 9790220136306. UPC: 841886026414.

SKU: BR.EB-8813

ISBN 9790004183588. 9 x 12 inches.

First steps with the double bass It's not by chance that Kontrabass! (Double Bass!) has an exclamation mark in its title, for Thomas Schlink's method begins from scratch, i.e. it requires no practical knowledge of the instrument. The Kontrabass! concept is so broad that all teachers can proceed from their own playing techniques and methods, and can teach them without difficulty. In Book 1, the student goes from plucked and bowed playing on open strings to the first position. In order to let the student interact with others from the very start, the book often includes an accompanying part for bass, piano or melody instrument. Of course, such a well-planned instrumental method offers more yet: work materials, exercises, suggestions in a word, double-bass lessons are rounded off perfectly with Kontrabass!

The Kontrabass! concept is so broad that all teachers can proceed from their own playing techniques and methods, and can teach them without difficulty..

SKU: HL.50602262

ISBN 9781540092182. UPC: 888680987596. 9.0x12.0x0.07 inches.

The Not-Doings of an Insomniac - Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts - was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Not-Doings of an Insomniac developed as a result of Philip Glass's frequent travels to unfamiliar cities and different time-zones, changes that often bring on bouts of insomnia. While on a trip in Europe in 2015, Glass decided to turn these redundant waking hours into something useful, and one of the results is this Partita for Solo Double Bass, written for Robert Black of Bang on a Can All-Stars fame. The piece is written in seven movements, each with its own title: Not Dreaming, Tasting, Smelling, Hearing, Seeing, Touching respectively, and finishing with Not Beginning. Not Ending. What raises this set into something atmospheric and theatrical are the poems in between each movement. These are by Glass's friends or associates, and the texts by Lou Reed, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Arthur Russell are read on the recording of this work by Robert Black.

SKU: HF.FH-3356

ISBN 9790203433569. 9 x 12 inches.

1. Big Smile; 2. Tatu tata, the firefighters; 3. Dear Mama; 4. A green old dragon sneers; 5. Brother John; 6. Come with me to New York City (version a); 7. Three Chinese with a doublebass; 8. The Bi-Ba-Boogeyman; 9. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz; 10. Hansel and Gretel; 11. Fox, you stole my goosey gander; 12. Do you know, how many stars there be? (Melodie: Westfalen, Text: W. Hey); 13. On the wall, on the lookout; 14. Come with me to New York City (version b); 15. Just look there the frog is sick; 16. My coloured minibass; 17. Witching hour; 18. Bass Knights; 19. Hey! Hey! Let's start!

SKU: HL.49045993

ISBN 9790001160384. UPC: 840126938203. 9.0x12.0x0.055 inches.

This 2014 arrangement for double bass solo is based on the 1968 version for cello solo.