Classical Themes For Electric Bass

(Bass). Play 20 of the most famous classical themes ever on the electric bass! Each piece is expertly arranged for intermediate level solo performance, combining the melody with double-stop and chord accompaniment where possible. Includes standard notation and tab with fret-hand fingerings. Includes: Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky) * Fur Elise (Beethoven) * Humoresque (Dvorak) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Pavane (Faure) * Turkish Rondo (Mozart) * and more.

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Dragonetti and other composers of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Some of these pieces are well-known and others are a bit off the beaten path, but each composition encourages technical and musical development in players who want to expand the scope of the electric bass beyond traditional bass lines. This book is written in standard bass clef notation and tablature and is recommended for the intermediate to advanced player.

This book of seven popular classical pieces in the form of bass duets introduces note combinations and intervals rarely heard in normal bass playing, as well as chords never thought to be playable on the bass guitar. These selections will broaden your sense of dynamics and enrich your phrasing and musicality. Written in standard notation and tab. Includes access to online audio.

(Musicians Institute Press). This book/CD package contains 25 timeless classical themes from the Renaissance to the Romantic Era and beyond. It includes works by J.S. Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dowland, Guiliani, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Purcell, Satie, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky. A bio for each composer is also included and the CD features demo tracks of each piece.

(Bass). All six of J.S. Bach's essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 * Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 * Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 * Suite No. 4 in Eb Major, BWV 1010 * Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 * Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012.

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms. 18 easy and fun themes to play as solos, presented in a simplified version for the beginner, that can be accompanied by piano or guitar (chords symbols are included above the staff). In standard notation and tablature. Includes: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 Bourrée, BWV 996 Dance of the Flowers, Op. 71a Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 Für Elise, WoO 59 Greensleeves Guten Abend, gut' Nacht I Dovregubbens hall Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 Kanon in D-Dur La Donna è Mobile la Primavera, RV. 269 Menuett, BWV Anh 114 Ode an die Freude, Op. 125 Pomp and Circumstance March No1, Op. 39 Treulich geführt Water Music, HWV 349

"A 'Pop' musician playing and studying classical music?". Have you ever been asked this question? I have, often. I think it depends on the fact that it is not entirely conceived to love both compositions and works from four or five centuries ago and those of today. I must say that I am not a classical musician, but I have always loved the great composers, and in recent years, I have become even closer to that fascinating world, so much so that I have tried to play some works on my instrument, a very normal 4-string electric bass. Personally, I consider it a very important type of study, even for those who do not aspire to become classical musicians, but who just want to expand their harmonic and melodic knowledge, and broaden their musical culture. Obviously we are talking about music composed when the electric bass was still not even remotely conceived (in this book we will deal mostly with the 18th and 19th century period), so it is useless to hide the fact that certain types of compositions (symphonies, chorales, etc.) are practically impossible to perform on our instrument. I have decided to include the tablatures (if you want the version without, just email me at [email protected]), to give you some fingering indications (try to find your own, though) and to facilitate the work of those with less music-reading skills. These are all my teaching books on Bass Guitar: - Queen: 185 bass transcriptions - John Deacon: complete study - Jaco Pastorius: 70 bass transcriptions

Classical and Contemporary Studies for Bass Guitar combines essential studies from 19th- century composer Giovanni Bottesini; the “Paganini of bass”, with contemporary studies by Gilbert Isbin; one of the leading European composers for guitar, lute and bass. These 33 studies will help build not just your technique, but reading abilities and overall musicianship. The material is intended for serious bass students and can be played on a fretted or fretless bass. While Bottesini's works lie firmly in the classical genre, Isbin's studies bring in elements of classical, jazz and world music. All the studies are written in standard bass clef notation as well as tablature. Includes access to online audio recorded by Rob MacKillop for each study.