For Double Bass. Contains a high-quality printed music score with informative li...(+)
For Double Bass. Contains
a high-quality printed
music score with
informative liner notes,
and compact disc (with
accompaniments only),
voluminously indexed for
ease of practice.
Published by Music Minus
One.
Double Bass SKU: HL.48024112 Double Bass. Composed by Gerd Reinke....(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.48024112
Double
Bass. Composed by
Gerd Reinke. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical, Etude,
Instruction. Softcover.
48 pages. Bote & Bock
#M202534755. Published by
Bote & Bock
(HL.48024112).
9.0x12.0
inches.
Preface:
The emphasis of the
present etudes is on
systematic exercises for
the left hand. The lower
positions demanded above
all in orchestral
playing, and the
accompanying physical
effort required, are
consciously employed here
in many variants and
offer outstanding
practice material. At the
beginning, a slow,
constant tempo should be
paramount, the tempo then
being increased with
theaid of a metronome. I
recommend these etudes as
daily exercises for
double bass players of
all proficiency levels.
Klaus Trumpf (Professor
emeritus at the Colleges
of Music in Berlin,
Saarbrucken, and
Munich).
Double Bass SKU: BT.YE0007 Yorke Edition. Composed by F. Baines. B...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
BT.YE0007
Yorke
Edition. Composed by
F. Baines. Book Only.
Yorke Edition #YE0007.
Published by Yorke
Edition (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.
Besi
des 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.
Gro
unds 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.
Kontrabass! Contre Basse [Conducteur] Breitkopf & Härtel
Double bass solo SKU: BR.EB-8814 Eine Schule fur Kinder und Jugendlich...(+)
Double bass solo
SKU:
BR.EB-8814
Eine
Schule fur Kinder und
Jugendliche. Composed
by Thomas Schlink.
Arranged by Thomas
Blomenkamp. Solo
instruments; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf. We
didnt want to let all
those enthusiastic
double-bass students wait
too long for the second
book of Kontrabass! so
here it is! Music
pedagogy. Score. 124
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8814.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8814).
ISBN 9790004183816. 9
x 12 inches.
In
Book 2 we progress from
the first position up and
beyond the half, second
and third positions to
reach the second high
position. Shifting is
also obviously treated in
detail. New bowing
techniques such as
spiccato and col legno
are on the program, as
well as typical
double-bass parts from
orchestral works of
famous composers and
information concerning
the instrument. This runs
like a red thread through
every chapter. In
addition, students can
indulge in jazz bass
playing through their
first jazz
standards.Kontrabass Book
2 offers a wealth of
material for the
progressing young
bassist. Although the
text is in German, most
of the technical
requirements are easy to
understand. (David Heyes
, Double Bass Sheet Music
Reviews)
We didnt
want to let all those
enthusiastic double-bass
students wait too long
for the second book of
Kontrabass! - so here it
is!