Easy Double Bass / Contrebasse

SKU: BT.YE0046

A quartet of medium difficulty by one of Australia's leading composers. The first part is sometimes difficult, but the others are moderately easy. The writing is low, sonorous and effective.

Grade: Medium.

SKU: HL.49019606

ISBN 9790001187176.

Teac hers again and again ask for easy-to-play double bass music suitable for lessons or the competition 'Jugend musiziert'. The composer Peter Wittrich from Munich has undertaken this task and composed a varied cycle of seven easy pieces for double bass and piano. All pieces have been tried and tested in double bass lessons and are well positioned on the instrument. Some can even be played in the first position. The collection covers various styles, including blues, tango and classical. The piano part is more demanding so that the demands made on the ensemble playing are somewhat higher. An interesting addition to the repertoire for lessons and concerts. Contents: Giovannino discovers the Blues • Gostly Cadenza • Walking Bass with Johann Sebastian Bach • Salute to Vienna with a kiss on the hand for Elise • Danse grotesque • Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass (Theme and Variations) • Basso doble.

SKU: BT.YE0074

Three double basses. 'Seven short movements in contrasted tonal style. Lovely straight forward writing...useful in bringing pupils together'. Music Teacher. Few difficulties. Score and parts.

Grade: Easy.

SKU: HL.49047264

ISBN 9783795731076. UPC: 196288176510. 9.0x12.0x0.205 inches.

The Easy Concert Pieces series features easy to moderately difficult works for double bass with piano accompaniment. Ordered by difficulty in three volumes, the pieces are suitable for auditions, competitions or exams. The series contains original works by Bottesini, Dragonetti, Gretchaninoff, Hindemith, Laska, Regner, Reinagle, Teppo Hauta-aho and others as well as orchestral excerpts by Beethoven, Dvorak, Haydn, Mahler and arrangements of famous classical masterpieces. All pieces are included on the accompanying audio, as a full version and as a piano accompaniment. 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.

SKU: HL.49046908

UPC: 196288082071.

The Easy Concert Pieces series contains easy to moderately difficult works for double bass with piano accompaniment. Arranged according to the level of difficulty in three volumes, there are representative pieces for all epochs that are suitable for auditions, competitions or examinations. In addition, the Easy Concert Pieces serve as a motivating supplement in the classroom. All pieces are included in the booklets for download, as a full version and as playback (piano accompaniment). Volume 1 (ED 22551) contains pieces in the half and first position. Pieces for each individual position as well as pieces with change of position are offered in each epoch. Light bowing styles such as portato, staccato and legato as well as pizzicato are worked on, as well as simple dynamic gradations from piano to forte, crescendo and decrescendo and light phrasing. The selected pieces have varied characters with catchy melodies, different meters and various simple rhythms.

SKU: RM.SL10378

ISBN 9790231093780.

SKU: BT.YE0031

Very short and easy; ideal for a school concert. Duration c. 3'.

Grade: Easy.