An Auditioning Double Bassist's Tool Kit


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"An Auditioning Double Bassist's Tool Kit" is a compilation of standard orchestral bass audition excerpts, from Bach to Verdi, supplemented with background material, bowings, fingerings, and practice tips. It is intended for bassists looking to make their next steps towards professional orchestral auditions, and a reference for accomplished bassists alike. Including excerpts from: Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Brahms' Symphony No. 2, Mozart's Symphony No. 35, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, and much more!




The Working Bassist's Tool Kit


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(Book). This book by Bass Player contributing editor and columnist Ed Friedland teaches electric or acoustic bassists of any style the musical skills essential in the working world, survival tips for tackling any gig, and techniques for achieving a competitive edge. It helps new working bassists hit the ground running, and pro players grow stronger. Topics include time and groove, chord charts, ear training, doubling, thumb technique, keeping time, faking tunes and many more, plus ways to assess a gig and deliver the goods. Includes lots of musical examples and exercises, both in the book and on the play-along CD.




The Double Bass Book


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Bass Standards (Songbook)


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(Guitar Collection). The latest release in our acclaimed Classic Jazz Masters series, this book features note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded. Includes: Blues Minor * Body and Soul * But Beautiful * Falling in Love with Love * Have You Met Miss Jones? * How Deep Is the Ocean * Moose the Mooche * My Romance * Old Devil Moon * So What * Take the "A" Train * Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) * and more. Includes a detailed discography, and a foreword from the editors.




Off Bass


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Rock star. Rich. Famous. I’m Nate Calloway, bassist for The UnBroken. I’m living the dream. Only it’s not my dream. Mine was bigger and classier with the love of my life at my side. Don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful for everything the band has done for me. I just want… more. The cost of having it all means choosing fame, money, and screaming fans over my passion for playing. After a hand injury forces me to take some time away from touring, I just might find out that having it all is still within my grasp. As long as I don’t fall in love with her all over again. Ballerina. Stardom. Prestige. I’m Alexis Thompson, ballerina for the New York City ballet. I worked my whole life—sacrificed my heart and soul—to get here. Especially my heart. When I say I gave up everything to dance, I mean…everything. Maybe my torn Achilles tendon is karma for breaking his heart. I can’t let that sacrifice be in vain. When an old friend offers me the chance to rehab with a similarly injured musician, I’m all in. My new partner will help me get back en pointe. If only I can make him fall in love with me all over again. Spending time together—so close to our dreams yet so far from where we used to be—has us completely Off Bass.







The Dance and Opera Stage Manager's Toolkit


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The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers beginning to navigate the fields of dance and opera stage management in live performance. This book demystifies the genre-specific protocols and vocabularies for stage managers who might be unfamiliar with these fields and discusses common practices. Filled with valuable industry-tested tools, templates, and practical information, The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit is designed to assist stage managers interested in pursuing these performance genres. The book also includes interviews and contributions from a range of professional stage managers working in dance and opera. From the student stage manager studying in Theatrical Design and Production university programs to the experienced stage manager wanting to broaden their skill set, this book provides resources and advice for a successful transition into these worlds. The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit includes access to an online repository of resources and paperwork examples to help jumpstart the reader’s journey into dance and opera stage management. To access these resources, visit www.routledge.com/9780367566579.




Bass World


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Walking Bassics


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This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines. Comprehensive, easy to understand, with page after page of great transcriptions of the author's walking lines on the accompanying CD. The CD of NY professional jazz players can also be used as a swinging play-along CD. Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Haslip, John Goldsby, etc.




Dictionary of Music


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" ... Assist[s] ... the student of music toward a better understanding of the musical heritage of the Western world. It seeks to present in compact and understandable form information regarding the history of Western music, the constitution of its more important forms, biographies of the greatest composers, and accounts of compositional techniques, performance media, and acoustic phenomena, together with brief definitions of basic terms in performance and theory ..."--Preface