Written in French by Pierre Jacquier and Jean-Louis Charbonnier  L'Art De Jouer La Basse De Viole ? Vol. 1 is a method for beginners who want to discover this instrument. The book introduces the player to the history of the Viola da Gamba and to the necessary techniques to be able to play. The book is divided as per below as if it were a game: the first part ?Pieces of the game? explains where the instrument comes from and the ?Rules of the Game? part gives directions to follow to be able to play the instrument. It includes scales studies scales and small pieces as well asadvice. This really interesting volume requires some solid music theory knowledge.

Edition for Gamba (Viola)-Like his father Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote three sonatas for viola da gamba. They were written during his time at the Berlin court of Frederick the Great and gave the excellent viola da gamba player in the court orchestra anopportunity to show his virtuosic ability. While the two Sonatas Wq 136 and 137 have a basso continuo Bach followed his father???s example as far as the Sonata in g minor Wq 88 was concerned: the right and left hands of theharpsichord compete with the solo instrument in three equal parts. The original register of the viola da gamba part also permits a version for viola a practice that has been verified in the sources of the time. This version isavailable in our Urtext edition as an alternative part.

für Viola da Gamba solo mit Werken von Goodall, Jenkins, Kingslake, Sumarte, Young u. a, herausgegeben und bearbeitet von Dietmar Berger. Das Manchester Gamba Book enthält 258 vorwiegend in Tabulatur geschriebene Kompositionen. Dem Usus der damaligen Zeit entsprechend wurden Einleitungen, Doubles und Schlusswendungen in dieser Übertragung hinzugefügt. Der Band soll so zu eigenen Improvisationen anregen. CD-Einspielung von Dietmar Berger (Naxos Nr. 8.572863-64), Reihe Collegium Musicum ' Kölner Reihe Alter Musik