Double Bass Orchestral pieces

[Andy Mopley]

What are the recommended pieces for beginner/intermediate study, call them "orchestral pieces 101"? If already covered in other thread, my apologies

Thanks for reading!

 

[David Potts]

I suggest "Studien fur tiefe Instrumente" Volume 5 (studies for bass instruments) published by Hofmeister and edited by Konrad Siebach.

It contains the bass parts for Bach's Overtures and 6 Brandenburg Concertos. There are no fingerings or bowings. The notes are not very difficult but move you around the neck positions a lot in simple keys. Because the bass lines are complete, not excerpts, you can listen to a CD or on Youtube while you follow the parts. This gives you tempos as well as sense of style

The Air in the second (B minor) Overture should be daily practice for lots of reasons, eg intonation, octaves, shifting, timing and coordination, building a convincing line (phrasing), expression. etc,etc.

Best wishes,

DP

 

[fergus currie]

Keith Hartley has two volumes of nicely edited excerpts.
FC

 

[Blakewdm]

Your first excerpt should beeeeee.......Meistersinger!

 

[Adam Furay]

it is never too early to start Beethoven 5.

 

[Andy Mopley]

The Air in the second (B minor) Overture should be daily practice for lots of reasons, eg intonation, octaves, shifting, timing and coordination, building a convincing line (phrasing), expression. etc,etc.

Best wishes,

Thanks David - are these the ones?

http://imslp.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Concerto_No.2_in_F_major,_BWV_1047_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian)

 

[David Potts]

Hi Andy,
There are 4 Orchestral Overtures and 6 Brandenburg Concertos. The second overture is to be found in the same site that you refer to above, and probably all the others too The Air I refer to has also been used for a pop song - you should recognise it immediately.

The Konrad Siebach book is on the Hofmeister site for 11 Euros + postage. Oscar Zimmerman may produce a similar collection.

Cheers.....
DP

 

[Rob Thompson]

For excerpts 101 I'd go for the "musical and fun" stuff. In addition to the Bach suggested, how about Beethoven 5 Trio, opening of Mahler 2, Beethoven 9 recitative, opening adagio and allegro of Mozart 39, and March to the scaffold from Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. Those are just a few that come to mind as being very melodic and fun excerpts to play, very standard, and not difficult to start hacking though (though plenty challenging to get sounding good). I'd leave Bruckner, Strauss and Shostakovich off the list for now....

All those parts should be free to download on imslp.org.

EDIT: if you are a beginner more than an intermediate, maybe the Hartley books would be more appropriate: http://www.doublebass-solo.com/

 

[David Potts]

My mistake, Andy! The Air is No. 2 in the 3rd. Orchestral Overture. It is there in the IMSLP site.
DP

 

[Andy Mopley]

OK, thanks all, plenty to pick from!