Easy Concert Pieces : For Double Bass and Piano

Easy repertoire selected from the Renaissance up to the modern era. This colourful selection with it''s musical, stylistic and technical challenges will enrich beginner double bass lessons. Volume 1 contains pieces in the half and 1st position. When practicing at home, or if there is no pianist available, all the pieces are included as demo and playback versions for download.Besetzung:double bass and piano

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."A very welcome publication for beginner double bass players, this collection is right on target...Thoroughly recommended" - Cathy Elliot, ESTA ARCO Instrumentation:double bass and piano