The ?Easy Concert Pieces? series offers a wide spectrum of pieces from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. The repertoire enriches the daily exercises and double bass tutor and is suited for all kinds of auditions. It contains original works for double bass solo as well as orchestral excerpts and arrangements of famous classical masterpieces. Volume 1 (easy) contains pieces in half and first position, with easy rhythms and melodies. It includes easy strokes and articulations such as portato, staccato and legato. Some pieces contain easy Flageolets. This volume offers a broad selection of classical masterpieces in easy arrangements.Volume 2 (easy to intermediate) contains pieces up to the 3rd position. As some new double bass tutors have a different approach in introducing position changes, volume 2 offers several pieces which reach the 2nd position, some pieces using only 1st and 3rd positions and some more difficult pieces which encompass all positions from half to third position. This volume consists of more original works.Volume 3 (intermediate) increases the repertoire up to the 6th position and requires a good control of the lower positions. It makes higher demands on expressive playing and interpretation, velocity and rhythm, as well as bowing techniques with articulation and phrasing./ Recueil / Contrebasse et Piano

25 Easy Pieces From 5 Centuries In Half And 1St Position. The 'Easy Concert Pieces' series presents a varied selection of easy concert pieces for double bass and piano from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods through to the modern era. To facilitate choosing individual pieces for performance and auditions at music schools, competitions or examinations these pieces have been ordered according to level of musical and technical difficulty. Book 1 (ED 22551) contains pieces in half and first position. Pieces in each position and some using position changes are presented from each era. Simple techniques such as portato, staccato and legato bowing are introduced along with pizzicato, using rudimentary dynamics ranging from piano to forte, crescendo and decrescendo and simple phrasing. The pieces selected here are varied in character with memorable tunes, a few different time signatures and simple rhythms. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Contrebasse et Piano

31 Easy Concert Pieces From 5 Centuries. This book offers a varied spectrum of very easy pieces from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras, including works by Beethoven, Charpentier, Haydn, Humperdinck, Mozart, Praetorius, Reinagle or Schubert, as well as easy folk tunes and Canons, which are excellent for class teaching. The repertoire enriches the daily exercises and any double bass tutor. All pieces can be played in half and first position, using easy rhythms and meters, easily playable major and minor keys, easy bowing and articulation as well as easy dynamics from piano to forte, crescendo and decrescendo. All pieces are included on CD. This book is a treasure trove for beginners and can be used even earlier than the first book in the series 'Easy Concert Pieces” (Schott ED 22551). / Niveau : Très Facile à Facile / Recueil / Contrebasse et Piano

The complete resource for the Grade 3 double bassist. Par . La série Grade By Grade (De degré par degré) tire sa substance du catalogue classique, contemporain et pédagogique riche et varié de Boosey and Hawkes. On y trouve à côté de compositeurs comme Serge Prokofieff, Dimitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt et Christopher Norton des arrangements de musiques traditionnelles du monde entier signés Peter Wastall et Edward Huws Jones, entre autres. Ce florilège d'usage pratique, dont les morceaux ont été soigneusement choisis par Cathy Elliott, fournit un répertoire complet à l'apprenti(e) contrebassiste de niveau 3. C'est une somme idéale pour l'apprentissage, la préparation des examens et l'exécution en public. Chaque volume comprend : une grande diversité de morceaux, chacun étant complété par des conseils utiles pour le travail et l'interprétation des gammes et des arpèges en rapport avec les morceaux et conformes au niveau de difficulté, accompagnés d'instructions et d'exercices sur mesures de nouvelles rubriques de déchiffrage, de théorie musicale et d'improvisation de nouveaux exercices pour former l'oreille un accompagnement de piano en partition séparée Des démonstrations interprétatives complètes, des pistes d'accompagnement de piano et des ressources de sensibilisation auditive pour différents niveaux sont disponibles en streaming ou téléchargement. Cathy Elliott est une contrebassiste freelance. Pendant vingt ans, ella a fait de nombreuses tournées et des enregistrements avec l'Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Depuis le début des années 1990, elle s'investit avec passion dans l'enseignement. Pour ses élèves, qui ont entre six et dix-huit ans et vont du niveau débutant à avancé, elle ne cesse d'écrire des morceaux, d'en arranger et d'en publier. Elle est consultante pour divers comités d'examen. En 2009, la Société internationale de contrebassistes l'a nommée ambassadrice des jeunes contrebassistes. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Recueil / Contrebasse et Piano