| 58810 | Bass Builders 1 |
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| Mortiz, Andy | |
| Category: Methods/Collections |
| Instrumentation: db |
| Comments: Preparatory Exercises and Etudes for Beginning Bass Player. BUILDING BLOCK 1: Setting the Foundations of Bass Playing: Counting Out Loud; Bow Lifting; Stretching Bows; Little Etude No. 1: Rhythmic Foundations. BUILDING BLOCK 2: Setting up 2nd and 3rd Positions: Grandma’s Clock; The Big Jump; Scotland’s Burning; Gabey’s Game; Major Jumping Blocks. BUILDING BLOCK 3: Filling in the Fingerboard Gaps: Little Etude No. 2: Introducing Half Position; Little Etude No. 3: Staying in Half Position; Introducing the Micro Shift; Little Etude No. 4: Finger Swap Stomp; Rock Climbing; Cliff Diving. BUILDING BLOCK 4: Fluent Operations in 1st and 2nd Positions: Four on the Floor; The Waterfall; Old Faithful; The Doo-Wop; Little Etude No. 5: Anchor Bolt Jig. BUILDING BLOCK 5: Expanding Operations to 3rd Position: Little Etude No. 6: Sunnyside Up!; Little Etude No. 7: Shifting Shadow Sarabande; Little Etude No. 8: Fiddle Fun; Machine Dreams; Spooky Machine Dreams; Crazy Machine Dreams; Little Etude No. 9: Shifting Around; Little Etude No. 10: Chromatic Groove. BUILDING BLOCK 6: Adding the Bow Variable: Major and Minor Jumping Blocks with Even and Offset Slurs. |
| Description: Bass Builders 1 provides the all-important foundation for setting up the beginning player. Focusing on left-hand facility and bow technique, each section of Bass Builders 1 targets concepts of left-hand shape, position practice, and endurance-building sometimes lacking in classroom method books or beginning ensemble repertoire. Designed to be easy to follow, each “building block” in this book focuses on various aspects of bass playing: from rhythmic concepts and bow distribution, to small and large interval shifts, harmonics, and major, minor, and chromatic finger patterns. Fun etudes allow the player to put new skills into practice, building layers on previous concepts. Bass Builders 1 offers both students and teachers the essential tools to construct a solid understanding of finger patterns and positions to successfully practice and perform increasingly challenging repertoire. |