Learn to play traditional Irish melodies on the cello. This book covers traditional articulations, concepts, and practices of Irish music, many traditionally for fiddle, but here adapted to the cello. It includes technical lessons and a tune book of over 100 traditional Irish melodies. Includes online access to demonstration and play-along tracks featuring a traditional Irish ensemble. You will learn to play Irish melodies using traditional articulations and performance nuances, such as cuts, pats, rolls, and slurs. You'll also learn to recognize distinguishing features of song forms, adapt melodies to the cello, play in a traditional Irish ensemble, and much more.
Boosey & Hawkes Instrumental Anthologies New solo instrumental anthologies featuring works by the most prominent Boosey & Hawkes composers, including Adams, Argento, Bartok, Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Finzi, Jenkins, Kodaly, Maxwell Davies, Rorem, Stravinsky, and others. Special study was paid to state contest solo lists, making these ideal collections for advanced high school and college players.
Gabriel Koeppen's Cello Method Lesson Book 1. The three-volume textbook with complementary tune books lays the foundation for a solid technical and musical training. Structured in an easy and understandable way, it is aimed at older children, young people and adults. The accompanying CD offers a rhythmic motivating playback of many pieces. This is how cello playing is great fun!
Solo part and piano reductions. Inspired by the use of the bass viol in Bach cantatas as well as jazz groups. Includes two piano reductions: Concert Pitch and Solo Tuning in D. Co-commissioned by 15 orchestras and the International Society of Bassists.
This re-engraved edition of Volume 1 of Alwin Schoreder’s celebrated 170 Foundation Studies for Violincello keeps intact Schoreder’s organized studies in a pedagogically progressive order and adds editor, Richard Hughey’s, lifelong experience learning from and teaching with the collection. These are wonderful studies for the beginning cellist and also works to renew and further develop experienced players as well.
34 Original Cello Duets from 5 Centuries 2 Cello Playing Score
The present volume contains 34 original duets for the collective music in class, concert and free time. The pieces are easy to intermediate and are aimed at advanced students, lovers and amateurs.
The edition is based on first prints and autographs and offers a reliable original text. Sparingly supplemented fingerings and strokes are intended to be an aid to teaching and rehearsing. For practical reasons and with a view to the better turning possibilities, the duets are offered as separate parts.
Pirastro Evah Pirazzi strings are made with the newest manufacturing techniques and offer a focused sound, wide dynamic range, quick response and are the most intensive brilliant sounding synthetic core strings. One of our most popular strings!
Pirastro Obligato strings are based on an exclusive new core material, along with advances in manufacturing techniques, resulting in the true warmth and complex overtones of gut core strings with the stability and quick response of synthetic core strings.
The celebrated Principal Bassist of the New York Philharmonic offers a bass-fingering methodology that reflects a lifetime of experience as both a teacher and a performer in this comprehensive book.
His teaching approach in The School of Agility focuses on developing fingerings that will improve rhythm, intonation and ease of fingerboard movement. Highlights include:
. A variety of fingerings that allow individual players to find the most suitable for their level and style of playing.
. Fingering that are appropriate to specific playing situations.
. Techniques for producing a clean, clear low frequency sound.
Simply put, The School of Agility will provide the modern string bass player with an innovative and effective approach to mastering the instrument.