Discover new ways to advance your bass improvisation skills through systematic practice techniques chord/scale studies and innovative theory concepts. Whether you play electric acoustic or upright bass this book/CD pack will take your playing to the next level and beyond. The accompanying audio CD features 34 piano play-along tracks to further hone your ears and fingers. Covers: practical techniques improvisation concepts jazz theory chord studies scale patterns arpeggios and standard notation (no tab).

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is even considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. Scarlatti's music forms an important link between the early Baroque Italian vocal styles of the 17th century with their centres in Florence Venice and Rome and the Classical school of the 18th century. His legacy was carried further by his two composer sons Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Three Sonatas For Double Bass are slightly simplified in this arrangement to be tackled by intermediate players (Grade 4-6) of the DoubleBass and the Piano. The Baroque tunes and rhythms will help to advance playing abilities in a highly enjoyable way.

'Well written'. The Strad. 'Undemanding'. MusicTeacher. Melodic easily approachable work with chamber orchestra (or piano) in a light tonal style. Duration c.11'. Opus 64.Grade: 8

Nine tuneful pieces by Michael Rose for the young bass player. These superb tunes are in distinct styles including waltz ragtime and a hornpipe with a nod towards Handel. All pieces also include full Piano accompaniments and are ideal for early recitals and festivals. ABRSM Double Bass Syllabus

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

New Technique for the Double Bass part 5- Bass player François Rabbath born in 1931 in Aleppo is a real character in the world of music. He settled in Paris in 1955 where he played with the stars (Barbara Aznavour…) while continuing as a classical instrumentalist. Throughout the four preceding volumes Rabbath’s Nouvelle technique de la contrebasse presented in a four-language version (French English German and Spanish) endeavours to free the pupil from the shackles of traditional teaching. Always guided by the same conviction -that there is no need to torture one’s body to become an instrumentalist - Rabbath rounds off his educational epic with this fifth book which will offer great musical pleasure to the trainee bass player who can take pride in having overcome the technical difficulties covered in the first four books. This collection includes real concert pieces - works of great charm such as the nostalgic Cri de Venise for double bass and piano and the Troisième Concerto with its enveloping lyricism as well as short pieces such as Souviens-tu des douze peupliers and the irresistible Mama Bahija for bass drum and organ.