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Author Grodner, Murray

Title A double bassist's guide to refining performance practices / Murray Grodner
Published Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 156 pages)
Contents Critical Analysis of Physical Performance Techniques. Use of Self ; Toward Creating a More Competent Bassist ; Practice Habits ; The Left Arm and Hand ; The Shifting Process ; Ah Yes, Vibrato ; The Bow Arm ; Sound Production ; More Thoughts on Performance Practices ; How Much Input of Energy is Too Much? ; Developing an Automatically Responsive Bow Arm and Left Hand/Arm ; How to Problem Solve ; Perfecting and Resolving Techniques ; Scales -- Perfecting Techniques through Employing Scales, Exercises, and Orchestral Excerpts. Essential Bowings to Use in Scales ; 2- and 3-Octave Scales (3 sets of fingerings) ; 2- and 3-Octave Arpeggio Fingerings ; Chromatic Scales ; String Crossing Exercises ; Trill, Finger, and Shifting Exercises ; Related Orchestral Excerpts -- Informative Essays for Double Bassists. "Basses, You Are Late" ; Chamber Music ; French Bow vs. German Bow ; Auditions and Recitals ; Thoughts Concerning Teaching ; Thoughts Concerning Directions for a Professional Career ; Musical Education for Public School Music Teaching ; Orchestral Training ; Music Schools and Education of Orchestral Musicians ; Summers ; Some Recommendations for Setting Up and Buying a Double Bass ; Awareness and Knowledge Necessary When Considering the Purchase of a Double Bass ; Information for Purchasing a Fine Bow -- Analytical Phrasing and Bowing for Solo Works. Legato Phrasing : The Age of Portamento vs. the Slur ; Interpretation and Phrasing ; Prelude from Second Suite for Cello by J.S. Bach ; Dragonetti and Koussevitzky Concertos -- Preventative Exercises for Physical Abuses Related to Playing Double Bass. It's Usually Too Late When We Say, "I Wish I Had!" ; "Playing Positions and Related Biochemical Issues" / Chris Gales, Physical Therapist
Summary The author draws on his career as a double bass musician and teacher in this compendium of performance philosophy, bowing and phrasing recommendations, tutorials on fingerings and scales, and exercises for bowing and string crossing. This book addresses technical obstacles in musical performance, offers advice on instrument and bow purchase, and provides a detailed approach to the fundamentals of bass playing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Double bass -- Instruction and study
Double bass -- Performance
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Strings.
Double bass -- Instruction and study
Double bass -- Performance
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013016445
ISBN 9780253010209
0253010209
9781299764941
1299764940