Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Octet in F major Op. post. 166 D 803 for Clarinet (in B-flat), Bassoon, Horn, Violin (2), Viola, Violincello, Double Bass “I have done little new by way of lieder. In compensation I have tried my hand at several instrumental things, for I have composed two quartets for Violins, Viola and Violincello [A minor, D 804; D minor, D 810] and an octet [F major, D 803] and will write y…

François Rabbath was born into a musical family in Aleppo, Syria, in 1931. Self-taught, he discovered the Double Bass at the age of thirteen. After moving with his family to Beirut in 1946, he played in a quartet with his brothers in restaurants and hotels. At the age of twenty-two, with the encouragement of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianist José Iturbi, he developed an original approach to the…

/ Flûte Traversière, Hautbois, Clarinette (En Sib), Basson, Cor Français, Trompette, Trombone Et Contrebasse

Par TAUZIN BRUNO. Comme l'évoque clairement son titre, cette méthode enseigne les bases du jeu en accords à la basse, une technique a priori accessoire mais devenue essentielle pour bien des bassistes. Ainsi, après quelques conseils pratiques, vous rentrerez dans le vif du sujet avec un premier chapitre consacré aux 'double stops” (majeurs et mineurs). Le deuxième, dédié aux triades (accords à 3 s…

Cette méthode, unique en son genre, s?adresse à tous les bassistes qui veulent passer au niveau supérieur. Celle-ci propose en effet un programme complet, qui va progressivement les amener sur le chemin de la maîtrise : agilité, endurance, synchronisation des mains, travail des gammes et arpèges sur tout le manche, double stops, jeu legato, etc... Mais si avoir une excellente technique est indispe…

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British …