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Double Bass Double Bass & Classical Guitar Music

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MGill

Dec 31, 2005
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#1
Hello, I’m both a classical guitar and double bass player, and want to experiment with recording one part and them another on top with the two instruments.

Does anyone know of any classical guitar and double bass music? I’ve tried searching about, but can’t find anything as of yet.

Thanks
 
#2
Christian McBride does an arrangement of I"ll Write a Song for You, by Earth Wind and Fire, for Guitar and Double Bass. It's quite a beautiful song. The Guitar is accompanying the DB. I doubt you'll find the sheet music for it but you could always transcribe it. It is on his CD entitled A Family Affair.

Jim
 
#5
This is just for your listening pleasure....

Check out Gene Bertoncini with Michael Moore, they have recorded many duo CDs, and Gene almost always plays nylon-strung/classical guitar, albeit mostly in jazz arrangements. Michael Moore is a wonderfully lyrical player, both pizz and arco, and any of the CDs you can get hold of are worth listening to - many are not generally available.

The easiest way to check this out is to download the CD that is at eMusic, and also check out the info at allmusic for the others.

Andy
 
#6
There's a piece for DB and Classical Guitar by a Romanian composer named Jiri Laburda. It's not a great piece but I've heard worse and it should suit for what you're trying to do. I found it in my school's music library back when I was still in school but I have no idea where one could purchase it now.
 
#7
p.nemeth said:
Alec Wilder's Suite for Bass and Guitar written for Gary Karr is the only piece I know of.
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I've been trying to locate a copy of this work for a recital that I'm planning. Evidently, it's out of print. Do you have any ideas where I can
get one? Lemur has the Bass Sonata, but I'd like to perform both pieces


Ric Vice
 
#9
Well, the other thing I always have to ask, why is it that you don't want to take some music that YOU know and YOU love and arrange for the instrumentation that you want to play? I don't know why folks need to recreate something that someone has ALREADY done. How do you think THEY came up with the idea to do what they did?
 
#11
Ed Fuqua said:
Well, the other thing I always have to ask, why is it that you don't want to take some music that YOU know and YOU love and arrange for the instrumentation that you want to play? I don't know why folks need to recreate something that someone has ALREADY done. How do you think THEY came up with the idea to do what they did?
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No disrespect intended but, not everyone wants to arrange or compose. I personally leave that up to arrangers and composers and just play. :hiding:
 
#12
CORIANCOUNTERBOY - I'm not talking about composition. I'm talking about not being able to conceptualize in the abstract how ANY composition would sound with the instrumentation that you as an individual perform with. Is that clear or unclear? Not writing reams of new material but simply hearing a (for example) sextet recording of tune and saying "Hey that would sound nice with the vibes duo I play with."

Instead of limiting yourself to only playing tunes you've heard other vibes/bass duos perform.
 
#13
Ed Fuqua said:
CORIANCOUNTERBOY - I'm not talking about composition. I'm talking about not being able to conceptualize in the abstract how ANY composition would sound with the instrumentation that you as an individual perform with. Is that clear or unclear? Not writing reams of new material but simply hearing a (for example) sextet recording of tune and saying "Hey that would sound nice with the vibes duo I play with."

Instead of limiting yourself to only playing tunes you've heard other vibes/bass duos perform.
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Granted the above, but you're making assumptions on the OP's (my) question. In fact, I will be playing original compositions, transcriptions and arrangements on the same concert, as well as existing works. But even if I weren't, there is undeniable merit is examining, interpreting and making existing compositions one's own. For me, the interest in the Wilder Suite is exactly this - to study how he combines the two instruments and deals with issues liek balance, texture, melody, rhythm so I can learn for my own works.
 
#14
Kev2007 said:
Granted the above, but you're making assumptions on the OP's (my) question. In fact, I will be playing original compositions, transcriptions and arrangements on the same concert, as well as existing works. But even if I weren't, there is undeniable merit is examining, interpreting and making existing compositions one's own. For me, the interest in the Wilder Suite is exactly this - to study how he combines the two instruments and deals with issues liek balance, texture, melody, rhythm so I can learn for my own works.
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At the very least you're showing a lack of respect to an important member of the double bass community in the wording of your post.
At most, you are totally confused. IMO. (nothing personal).
 
#17
Kev2007 said:
Granted the above, but you're making assumptions on the OP's (my) question. In fact, I will be playing original compositions, transcriptions and arrangements on the same concert, as well as existing works. But even if I weren't, there is undeniable merit is examining, interpreting and making existing compositions one's own. For me, the interest in the Wilder Suite is exactly this - to study how he combines the two instruments and deals with issues liek balance, texture, melody, rhythm so I can learn for my own works.
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But the above WASN'T your original post, right? All your original post said was (to paraphrase) - I want to play music with classical guitar and bass, does anybody know of any music where they already do that?

And in my post, I said that I thought that was unnecessarily limiting. What assumption have I made? The response you quoted WASN't addressed to you, WASN'T addressed to your original post; which should have been amply clear since I went to the trouble to make up a funny alteration to the funny name that what's his name chooses to post under.

You are, of ocurse, free to do anything you like. No skin off my nose....
 
#19
Ed Fuqua said:
But the above WASN'T your original post, right? All your original post said was (to paraphrase) - I want to play music with classical guitar and bass, does anybody know of any music where they already do that?

And in my post, I said that I thought that was unnecessarily limiting. What assumption have I made? The response you quoted WASN't addressed to you, WASN'T addressed to your original post; which should have been amply clear since I went to the trouble to make up a funny alteration to the funny name that what's his name chooses to post under.

You are, of ocurse, free to do anything you like. No skin off my nose....
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Actually, this isn't my thread, so the paraphrased "I want to play music with classical guitar and bass, does anybody know of any music where they already do that?" isn't mine either. I was just remarking on the mention, found via the search function, of Alec Wilder's Suite, in which I am interested. Perhaps that is where the confusion comes from here. In any case, you'll note that I agree with a large part of what you say. However, I'll respectfully reiterate my personal view that examining other peoples' writing can and will lead to new ways about thinking how you play, and how you can interpret the instrument. For example, one of the most beguiling yet rewarding aspects of learning, say, a Bach unaccompanied suite is that it is in fact so limiting. But I agree that equally as liberating is a reinterpretation of an exisiting work.

In other words, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. And I'm still waiting to hear to hear from someone who's played the Guitar/Bass Suites. That's what I thought this particular forum was for.

Now, perhaps, we can all go back to sleep.

Peace,

Kev
 
#20
Sorry, Kev, absolutely guilty of the quick skim. I read "...OP's (my) question..." and without checking thought that you were saying that YOU were the original poster. Mea culpa.

But the original poster wasn't specifically asking about the Wilder piece nor were they asking about pieces written specifically for this instrumentation. They play both classical guitar and bass and wanted to overdub. You can do that with anything, right?

It's not a forum to specifically discuss Alec Wilder's Suite for Bass and Guitar, it's not even a thread to discuss that and only that.
 

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