Par HARRIS PAUL. Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan? The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill, enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve Your Sight-reading! series, by renowned educationalist Paul Harris, is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems, especially in the context of graded exams. Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces. New edition, devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012./ Etude / Contrebasse

Par GILMORE S.. For All musicians wishing to learn fantastic bass lines. While reading from the book, play along with the bassist on the recording (sold separately) until you feel you’ve mastered his “feel” and nuances. Then, using the special stereo separation on all of our Play-A-Long recordings, switch the bassist off and play along by yourself with just the piano and drums! This book (like all the Aebersold bass line transcription books) is a great study in professional bass line construction, and is a natural companion to the Aebersold Play-A-Longs. Combo instructors can use this book to give their bass students instant, professional bass lines. Includes notes in bass clef withchord symbols above each measure. THIS BOOK: Transcribed bass lines to the chord changes of: Blue Moon, Don’t Blame Me, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Invitation, Just Friends, Laura, My Secret Love, No Greater Love, On The Trail, On Green Dolphin Street, Once In Awhile, Over The Rainbow, Spring Is Here, Star Eyes, Stompin’ At The Savoy, The Shadow Of Your Smile, You Stepped Out Of A Dream, and Without A Song. / Rép International / Recueil / Guitare Basse

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.

A great primer for the beginning upright bass player taught in Tammy Fassaert's clear, concise teaching style. Let bluegrass musician Tammy Fassaert introduce you to the upright bass in her articulate, relaxed manner. Some of what you will learn includes: --Holding and Tuning Your Bass --Right Hand Techniques --Muting and Damping --Chord Progressions --Learn Handsome Molly --Left Hand Notes and the Chromatic Scale --Marking the Stops on Your Bass --Learn East Virginia Blues --Timing and working effectively with a metronome --Waltz Time --And more! / Contrebasse / 69 pages / niveau : Débutant / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Killer Technique: Upright Bass is designed to help open up your technique. It encourages an approach that will make you think and work hard in the practice room but relax while performing. The content is geared toward an improvisatory approach. The lessons included are designed for pizzicatoplaying but work just as well with arco. You will find exercises that present challenges to each hand. Above all this book stresses that technique is a means to an end: creating beautiful music.

' L'équipe Abracadabra Strings ont déjà créé une série très réussie - maintenant deux autres consultants ont ajouté leur expertise pour faire un tuteur de première classe pour contrebasse enseignants et les élèves seront ravis avec cette collection de soin classés airs bien connus qui comprennent . . beaucoup de duos et trios ainsi que des pièces en solo un intérêt particulier pour les enseignants wil être le tie-in avec Abracadabra violon , alto et violoncelle - double livre de basse contient les mêmes pièces dans les mêmes touches , permettant aux étudiants des différents instruments à faire de la musique ensemble de la leçon 1 .Le CD contient des performances de chaque élément joué à la contrebasse , accompagné par le piano ( la musique écrite peut être trouvée dans Abracadabra Cordes Piano Accompagnement ) . La contrebasse et le piano sont enregistrées sur des canaux séparés , si les machines CD ont cette facilité , les étudiants peuvent se tourner vers le bas ou l'autre canal à écouter chaque instrument lui-même. Espèce en voie de disparition - Fondation Youth Music a lancé une initiative de 1m £ qui mettra instruments de musique spécifiques dans les mains de plus de 5000 enfants , Double Bass est l'un d'entre eux ' . / Contrebasse

Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, but knowing how to play stylistically correctly in a large jazz ensemble is also a necessity. How to Play Bass in a Big Band offers tips, suggestions, examples and a play along CD to help you put it all together. The repertoire covers many jazz styles from Basie to Latin and African-influenced music to ECM and contemporary jazz (the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Brookmeyer, etc.). / Contrebasse Ou Guitare Basse

Fine Day? is a work for unaccompanied double bass that portrays a conversation between two Hirta wifies perhaps meeting by chance while going about their daily lives. The first lady is older calm and serene - she's seen it all before and expects to see nothing new. In bar 9 a younger lady appears - much more animated and excited and bursting with gossip.The characters converse with a double bar and often a tempo change indicating the change of speaker. While the younger lady becomes very animated (and slightly frustrated) trying to ply her elder with today's juiciest gossip the older lady remains calm and serene apparently showing little interest untilthe final bars where after her neighbour has walked away she smiles and we see that she was listening after all...Skerry Selkie: 'Skerry' is an old Norse word for a small rocky island in the sea. Most Skerries are populated only by birds and seals. 'Selkie' is a local dialect word used right along the north coast of Scotland to describe seals. It also refers to a creature of Norse myth which could transform from seal to human form at will. Selkies like mermaids would mischievously enchant sailors with their beautiful singing...

Get a Better Grip on Neck Navigation!-Mastering the bass neck has always been a challenge even for very experienced players. The diagrams in Bass Fretboard Atlas will help you quickly memorize scales and arpeggios that may have previously seemed impossible to grasp. You'll be able to easily see and understand how scale and arpeggio shapes are laid out and how they connect and overlap across the neck. The material in this collection is presented in all 12 keys using complete 17-fret neck diagrams with color-coded displays of the most common fingerings.

Note-for-note transcriptions of 18 classic performances-A tribute to Ray Brown including 18 transcriptions performance notes photos and a foreword by Christian McBride.Songs include: Autumn in New York • Custard Puff • Days of Wine and Roses • Easy Does It • Gravy Waltz • Have You Met Miss Jones? • How High the Moon • I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) • I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People) • Killer Joe • Love Is Here to Stay • Mack the Knife • Minor Mystery • Moten Swing • Night Train • Sometimes I'm Happy • The Surrey with the Fringe on Top • Tune Up.

Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned bassist Andy McKee presents valuable how-to insight that upright bassists of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying audio tracks provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: right- and left-hand technique, improvising and soloing, practicing, proper care of the instrument, ear training, performance, and much more. / Guitare Basse

A tutor book which takes you from basic fingering and instrument parts to playing a range of extracts of increasing difficulty.

Par WILSON MARK. Stringtastic Book 2: Double Bass teaches through playing in an engaging exploration of musical styles. Part of the fully integrated Stringtastic series in which violin, viola, cello and double bass can all learn and play together in any combination. Learn as you play through the world of Stringtastic, with 62 imaginative pieces that have been specifically designed to establish a secure playing technique and build confidence one step at a time. Following on from Stringtastic Book 1, this book takes the student from Grade 1 (Early Elementary) to Grade 2 (Elementary) level. Featuring equal-level duets for all instruments, the pieces are ideal for individual and group tuition as well as flexible ensemble and classroom settings. Every piece is supported by an exciting backing track plus a piano-only track for practice, all available to download. The Stringtastic Book 2: Teacher’s Accompaniment book provides the complete piano score which works with any combination of the instrumental parts. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Recueil / Contrebasse

Par WILSON MARK / WOOD PAUL. StringTastic Beginners is the first in a fun new series designed to teach through playing, for violin, viola, cello and double bass, fully integrated so that all instruments can play and learn together. Each book contains over 40 imaginative pieces to steadily establish a secure playing technique and build confidence, from complete beginner to Initial Grade level. As well as being a fully integrated series, the first 20 tunes are presented as duets to accommodate multiple stages of progress, ideal for individual tuition as well as group and classroom settings. Every piece is supported by an exciting backing track to transport you into its unique sound world, in addition to piano-only audio for practice. Plus, the teacher?s book provides the complete piano accompaniments which work with any combination of instrumental parts. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Recueil / Contrebasse