Simandl hey, im new here and have been happy to read a good deal of posts in support of both simandl and rabbath methods. Double bass solo pieces and bass sheet music at quantum. Of course he won the spot and he remained there for 15 years until65 years old. It amazes me how many students i work with that havent heard of gary karr or edgar meyer.
The capacity of a bassist to fully support an ensemble is something that can be. Green has studied with the legendary bassist francois rabbath. This lavishly produced volume large format and hardcover is a wondrous celebration of the instrument, including its origins and history, and the weird and wonderful shapes it has taken. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Founded in 20 by geoff chalmers, discover double bass has pioneered online double bass education. Lemur stocks dozens of arco technique books, bowing studies, and fingering methods for upright bass. Hello, ive only found one online outlet for purchasing francois rabbath s method books. Also included are excerpts of musical scores showing how each instrument fits into each variation of salsa, an historical synopsis, numerous photos of salsa. Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. Jul 07, 2014 doublebassist is the high priest of the low notes selftaught and utterly unique, musician francois rabbath is a pied piper who can make the humble bass sing like an orchestra. This list could easily go into the hundreds, but lets start small. Not to mention other double bass innovators like francois rabbath, renaud garcia fons, adam ben ezra, and jazz bass giants like ray brown and charles mingus. Rabbath and can advise me what books i need to buy to study the double bass for the technique.
Here are my top three essential double bass albums. Jun 22, 2019 francois rabbath demonstrates his crab fingering system as an alternative to traditional shifting. In the entry, i was confused by eds initial use of a 124 finger position for the fretting hand, instead of onefingerperfret, which i was used to seeing. Francois rabbath born in aleppo, syria is a contemporary french double bass player, another technique used by francois rabbath is the crab technique, named for the way the hand movement resembles a crabs sideways walking. This includes works originally scored for solo double bass. I dont mean to start a fight between the two, but as a young student who has studied with teachers of both methods i was wondering if we could get a polite discussion about the pros, cons, and similarities are. Double bass solo double bass string bass grade 1, grade 2 digital download composed by renaud gruss. From which double bass methods other than rabbath do you teach, if. For the players and aficionados of the double bass, a. Right hand follows traditional approach, class method part i, b b. Featured are all the historic and contemporary forms of theses extant so beside the traditional dissertations on. Each piece is recorded with a generous supply of index marks, making practicing and rehearsing much easier than usual when working with tape.
Strings magazine published an article by james reel, straight from the heart 2006, which is both an interview with rabbath and a tale of his life and development. Whats the big deal about the double bass in string class. Access to information via websites like youtube means you can now find many freely available lessons. Rabbath versus simandl jason heaths double bass blog. Following the three previous volumes, it can be used by upper beginners or intermediate players and requires some basic musical knowledge in. He was born into a syrian family of musicians but his only instruction came from.
This tried and true double bass pedagogical tome methodically takes the beginning double bass student up the fingerboard, halfstep by halfstep, exploring all of the notes in each position and connecting the new positions with the old. See also for double bass arr, scores featuring the double bass. We also feature music for violin, viola, cello, gamba and electric bass. The popular bass method in three volumes in collaboration with bay area jazz bassist jeff neighbor, and advanced techniques of double bass playing. Upright double bass solos unaccompanied this section of upright double bass music is simply written for the bass by itself without any accompaniment or any other instrument combination. Third position scales in f major with different fingerings 1st, 2nd, 3rd positions scale examples a study no. Jan 06, 2020 rabbath versus simandl a comparative study for double bass jason heaths double bass blog. Combining simandl with some theory books on walking and dvds ed friedland, particularly good was a real help particularly as regular professional lessons were out of my price range. Progressive repertoire is the first english language method for beginning double bass to incorporate the innovative division of the bass fingerboard into six positions, developed by renowned french bassist francois rabbath in his three volume nouvelle technique. Reitba featuring versions with both orchestra and piano. Sturm to receive two awards from the international rabbath. The application of contemporary double bass left hand. Jul 20, 2019 rabbath versus simandl a comparative study for double bass jason heaths double bass blog i still work on the etudes and exercises out of these books, and can also admit, that because i am not a beginner by any means, the simandl method proves it self infinitely more relevant to anything else i am working on, be francoiis orchestral.
Clair, richard the imperial method for the doublebass. Francois rabbath for bass players onlyfor bass players only. This biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Techniques such as pivot, fourfinger, lowthumb, and crab will be demonstrated using orchestral excerpts. It is rare in music pedagogy that something truly revolutionary comes along.
Msr rabbath would do well to suggest to his publisher that a further edition be prepared with the substantial revisions suggested above made so that the next edition shall be a much better one book edition in one language only. More of the same complex bowing and fingering combinations. I had just received the hal leonard bass method by ed friedland. Following the three previous volumes, it can be used by upper beginners or intermediate players and requires some basic musical knowledge in theory and reading. The most popular as well as hardtofind double bass solo pieces and methods, at excellent prices. Here is what i like about this method rabbath promises this was his first and last robbery. Young double bass programs johnny hamil kansas city. By far, bach is the most popular solo unaccompanied, music. Apr 16, 2020 double bass arco and classical bass method books, petracchi, rabbath, reinke, rollez my experience with it is limitedmostly from former students of rabbath, never with the man himself. I bass player friend of mine came over and mentioned the rabbath method. The electric bass and double bass are two different instruments sharing a common function. When paired with any double bass method, these points will function as a support mechanism to the technique, terminology, positions, and vernacular of the chosen method. Back at the end of march 2011, i wrote a blog entry called books for christmas. I just read through, rabbath versus simandl a comparative study for double bass 26, and ill do so again.
A survey, an examination of thirteen cello books, with each given a discussion of its distinctive characteristics 6671. The online course is a lifetime subscription that accesses more exercises and lessons. School of mechanism of the opus bow 2 bass sheet music. The main differences in rabbaths approach from that of the double bass method of franz simandl is rabbaths use of the left hand and his detailed attention to the bow arm.
No orchestra excerpts in this one, though he wrote a madrigal with piano part in the back. Third position scales in f major with different fingerings 1st, 2nd, 3rd positions. But i am not sure if that is route i am going to follow or that i will like it. Since my teacher which i am very pleased with is not a rabbath follower i am not pushed in that direction. I was so impressed with the wonderful new stateoftheart cdrom entitled francois rabbath the double bass the new technique. The main difference in his approach is rabbath s use of the left hand and his detailed attention to the bow arm.
Franz simandl august 1, 1840 december 15, 1912 was a doublebassist and pedagogue most remembered for his book new method for the double bass, known as the simandl book, which is to this day used as a standard. While originally written for cello, all six cello suites remain the most musically expressive. Home forums double bass general forums db orchestral technique. Discussion in orchestral technique db started by jambirn, oct 18, 2010.
New bass technique, volume 1 double bass method sheet music. Hilgenstieler, eric, the application of contemporary double bass left hand techniques applied in the orchestra repertoire 2014. In contrast, the new method of francois rabbath and his followers divides the double bass into six positions and navigates the notes in each of these large. The approach is similar positionally to that of the violin, with six major positions based around the harmonics of the instrument and scale exercises running up and down through all six of these positions. This book takes a component of the rabbath technique and fleshes it out for all keys.
At quantum bass center, we have a mission to bring you the bestinformed scholarly editions of bass sheet music and the most complete information to assist in repertoire choices. Songs for kontrabass rock, pop, jazz with 2 cds sheet music double bass and piano. The selftaught masters innovative techniques and teaching methods have revolutionized how the double bass is played, inviting comparisons to what paganini did to establish the violin as a virtuoso instrument in his time. The selftaught masters innovative techniques and teaching methods have revolutionized how the doublebass is played, inviting comparisons to what paganini did to establish the violin as a virtuoso instrument in his time. Geoff is a professional bassist and educator who recognised how online learning was transforming the way music was being taught. Double bass arco and classical bass method books, petracchi, rabbath, reinke, rollez my experience with it is limitedmostly from former students of rabbath, never with the man himself. Sep 03, 2005 and like to know the best method to study the double bass f. Barry is active as a bass soloist, recording artist, author and teacher. Bass method, technique, scales and studies, instructional method, classical, educational. Oct 11, 2016 the queensland conservatorium was lucky enough to have the master of the double bass, francois rabbath, visit for a recital and masterclass. Ive used pretty much every bass method as a performer and teacher.
In simandls system, first position below thumb position encompasses only a whole step. The only complete method book on salsa ever published. This 74 minute cd contains the complete tape parts to nebula, reflections, the death of desdemona both orchestra and solo tuning versions and the story of herman. Still doubting whether to order this or his solos for the double bassist book. Always guided by the same conviction that there is no need to torture ones body to become an instrumentalist rabbath rounds off his educational epic with this fifth book,which will offer great musical pleasure to the trainee bass player, who can take pride in having overcome the technical difficulties covered in the first four books. Some of the more jazzfocussed books, such as ray browns bass method, are good accompaniments but assume a level of prior understanding which this book does not.
I have spend already a lot of money on books, lessons, equipment etc. The list below includes all pages in the category for double bass. It will be my first rabbath but i already have the art of the bow dvd. Rabbath francois theodore front musical literature. Instructions for holding the double bass holding the bow position and control of the bow pizzicato exercises for open strings exercises in the first position first semitone exercises on all the strings divertimento no. This was the second final piece he presented to us.
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