This best-selling instruction book along with CD is the perfect start for an Absolute Beginner to Intermediate Student of any age on the Bass. The many melodies plus short warm-up exercises and study pieces advance students technically in an easy and enjoyable way. Simple duets, scales, a note-reading worksheet, glossary and practice chart are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement. The included CD consists of three components: 49 performance pieces of bass with piano accompaniments, piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along, and a printable pdf file of the piano accompaniments. This book covers first, second, third, and half positions.
Specifications
- The ABCs Of Bass for The Absolute Beginner To The Intermediate Student
- Janice Tucker Rhoda
- Text by Janice Tucker Rhoda
- Score and Audio CD
- Instrumentation: Contrabass
- Item Number: ABC25X
- Number of Pages: 48
- Publisher: Carl Fischer LLC
Features
Contents
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Skipping and Walking Fingers
- Jingle Bells
- My Dreydl
- Au Clair De La Lune
- "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Ode To Joy
- Frere Jacques
- Aloutte
- "Long, Long Ago"
- Hot Cross Buns
- The Lumberjack
- London Bridge
- Lightly Row
- Over the Ocean
- The Kangaroo
- The Lioness
- Rock N'Roll Bass
- Merry-Go-Round
- Playing Soccer
- Pop! Goes The Weasel
- For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
- Oats and Beans
- Up on The House Top
- This Old Man
- The Hope
- China Sea
- Oh Susanna
- Violin Concerto Theme
- Reuben and Rachel
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- School is Out
- Hop Scotch
- Row Your Boat
- Joy To The World
- Swinging High
- Good King Wencelas
- The King's Jester
- The Windmill
- Yankee Doodle
- Aure Lee
- Scarborough Fair
- Lullaby
- Skip to My Lou
- Hush, Little Baby
- El Capotin
- Home on the Range
- Scales
- Easy Duets
- Worksheet
- Glossary
- Practice Chart