18 Lektionen / 18 Lessons-The long awaited Sassmannshaus method Early Start on the Double Bass is now here. At last students of the largest instrument in the string family can make use of this tried and tested method for beginners developed by Egon Sassmannshaus for the other string instruments and applied here to the double bass by Holger Sassmannshaus and J. Peter Close. This method will meet the needs of the growing number of young bass students. “Early Start on the Double Bass” encompasses everything that one would expect from a Sassmannshaus method: an easy start progression at a suitable rate many cross-references to the other string instruments songsand scales in different positions from early on as well as many duets. Lively and colourful illustrations by Charlotte Panowsky complete the edition. For more than three decades “The Sassmannshaus Tradition” has been the household name for excellence in beginner string methods in German-speaking countries. The English editions for violin viola and violoncello which were introduced to the international market in 2008 have proven to be very successful particularly in the United States. Kids to the Bass!While children learning other string instruments can start as early as the age of four the appropriate age to begin the double bass is approximately eight (possibly even six); this allows for a faster progression than on the other string instruments and the method consists of only three volumes. The first volume will be published separately in an English and a German edition; the following two volumes will have German and English text in each book. Original compositions by Boguslaw Furtok enrich the volumes. Based on the tried-and-tested Sassmannshaus methods for violin viola and cello Volume 1: Separate editions in German and English Volumes 2 and 3: Bilingual German/English editions Moderate increase in difficulty Position playing duets Includes new original compositions by B. Furtok Volume 3 with piano accompaniments to 7 pieces The authorsHolger Sassmannshaus is a double bass player with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker in

The second volume of studies and exercises for Double Bass concentrating on second to fourth positions. Editor Rodney Slatford has selected a relatively simple and tuneful repertoire designed to aid technique and fluency in playing. Both volumes of Double Bass Studies include a glossary of terms scales arpeggios and orchestral excerpts. Suitable for the equivalent of ABRSM Grade 5.

Both volumes 1 and 2 of the Yorke Studies for Double Bass have well over 100 short studies and exercises each with different fingerings and in different keys. This first volume continues from elementary studies and contains simple yet tuneful exercises for beginners which constitute a complete guide to the half and first positions. ABRSM Double Bass Syllabus Grades 1-3.

It is rare in music pedagogy that something truly revolutionary comes along. Progressive Repertoire is the first English language method for beginning Double Bass to incorporate the innovative division of the Bass fingerboard into six positions developed by renowned French bassist Fran?ºois Rabbath in his three volume Nouvelle Technique de la Contrebasse. Mr. Vance has created a method that introduces these revolutionary ideas in a progressive manner using familiar folk and classical material to produce studies and pieces that will appeal to novice Basses of all ages. In addition a Compact Disc is included with each of the primary books containing all the music performed byFran?ºois Rabbath with Elizabeth Azcona-Hartmark piano.Progressive Repertoire for Double Bass will introduce American teachers and students to the most important techniques developed for the instrument.

4-CD Double Bass Play-Along-Performed by Andrew Kohn Accompaniment: Gail Kusbit piano For the first time all 30 of Franz Simandl's famous etudes are available with full piano accompaniment for your learning and practice pleasure. These are some of the most important pieces any double bassist will use. Covers all aspects of performance technique including: attack bowing mordents and trills intonation dexterity legato/marcato leaps syncopation cantilena playing and much much more! Includes a newly engraved solo part printed on acid-free ivory paper as well as four compact discs featuring Mr. Kohn performing each piece then the accompaniment alone for your performance.

Out of print for most of the 20th century this method comprises some 200 valuable progressive studies newly edited for a four stringed instrument with revised fingering and modern notation. ABRSM Double Bass Syllabus.

Amusez-vous avec le Double Bass est une nouvelle publication unique qui ajoute la joie et la diversité de l'apprentissage de l'instrument. Ce second volume développe les connaissances et l'apprentissage afin de développer la lecture et de l'expérience de l'élève. Les exercices courts peuvent être accompagnés par l'enseignant sur le piano. / Contrebasse

Studies for Bass - Based on the Violin Studies of Franz Wohlfahrt-The goal of Mastering The Bow Part 1 is to help bassists expand their tonal vocabularies: to learn to make a wide variety of colours and shapes with music. The left hand makes no sound; it is the bow that creates articulations rhythms and rises and falls within a phrase. Using the famous Franz Wohlfahrt Studies for Violin as the basis Gaelen McCormick has selected and edited these etudes to teach and reinforce bowing techniques for the bass. Quite simply there is no other book out there for string bass players that addresses bow technique in this manner and Mastering the Bow will greatly enhance the pedagogical repertoire for theinstruction of the bass. All bassists should have this as part of their study materials. For beginning to intermediate players.

The Belwin String Builder is a string class method in which the violin, viola, cello, and bass play together throughout. Each book, however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. The material in this book is realistically graded so that only a minimum of explanatory material is required. Each melody is interesting and will provide the basis for a fine left hand technic and bow arm. Available in three levels for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano accompaniment, and teacher's manual.

This contains a wide variety of musical styles from the Baroque and Classical eras to Christmas carols folk music and popular favourites. In addition there are many original pieces studies and technical exercices.

Text: English / deutsch Completely revised and enlarged edition! Jazz Bass Compendium is one of the most comprehensive method books. 208 pages filled with information and aspects on jazz bass playing. The right hand: position, effect on sound and timing, exercises, three finger technique, drops The left hand: position, shifting positions, intonation, pizzicato technique, vibrato Coordinating both hands Bass lines: rhythm, pulse, timing, walking bass, two-beat feel, arpeggios, diatonic passing notes, leading notes, chromatic lines, scales and tetrachords, pentatonic scales, bass lines over II V progressions, harmonic clichés, pedal point, rhythmic embellishments, bass lines on standard chord progressions, straight 8ths bass lines, Latin bass lines The elements of sound Various improvisation concepts Arpeggios Studies and etudes on the chord changes to Sunny, Footprints, I Hear A Rhapsody, Solar, Confirmation Upper structure voicings Phrasing and articulation Scales and scales studies, chord-scales, breaking up scales Practice concepts, different learning fields 4 bass duets and one solo, including Georgia On My Mind, Blues 4U and More Bass Hit Sigi Busch is one of the most respected European jazz bassists/educators. He heads the jazz departement at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, Germany.

(Downes Mike)-This is a comprehensive approach to the construction of improvised bass lines. Intended for beginners and professionals alike the book deals with playing in '2' creating walking bass lines 3/4 time using a 'broken feel' modal and slash-chord harmony ballads and much more. Each chapter is full of fundamental and advanced concepts and ideas accompanied by transcribed examples from the masters of jazz bass playing. Mike Downes is currently the head of the bass departement at prestigious Humber College in Toronto. He is much in demand as a clinician and he continues to be one of the most sought after bassists in Canada.

Inscrit dans la continuité de ' La contrebasse volume I' précédemment paru aux Editions Delatour France, cet ouvrage propose un répertoire inédit de transcriptions (du XVIo au XXIo siècle) et de pièces originales. Les oeuvres sont présentées par chapitre (renaissance and baroque, classique and romantique, danse and musique traditionnelle, oeuvres nouvelles, études et traits d'orchestre) en suivant un ordre chronologique. Un chapitre consacré à l'archèterie réalisé et illustré par Boris Fritsch complète ce volume. / Contrebasse

Cet album propose aux contrebassistes un répertoire instrumental varié et inédit de pièces originales composées pour cette occasion, et de transcriptions d'oeuvres du XVIo au XIXo siècles. Les oeuvres sont présentées par chapitre (renaissance and baroque, classique and romantique, musique traditionnelle and chanson française, oeuvres nouvelles, études and traits d'orchestre) en suivant l'ordre chronologique. Les pièces en duo de cet album sont illustrées par les enregistrements de Daniel Marillier (contrebasse), accompagné par Vérouchka Nikitine (piano) et Régis Prudhomme (contrebasse). Un ensemble d'articles et de photos sur la lutherie de la contrebasse, réalisé par Patrick Charton, complète cet ouvrage. / Contrebasse