Double Bass Solo Techniques

Double Bass Solo Techniques combines the dual function of a technique book and a collection of orchestral excerpts. The techniques are introduced in a logical order, and each is preceded by a short explanatory note, providing technical advice and tips on performance. The repertoire has been carefully selected to showcase the technique in its real musical context, and the pieces cover all major styles and genres."
“Hartley has put together an excellent collection of music from the orchestral literature for the double bass.” (Strad)

Double Bass Solo Techniques Contents
Slurred bowing:	Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Verdi: Aida Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” Handel: “Rejoice Greatly” Mozart: Symphony No. 39 Ravel: Concerto pour la main gauche	Pages 5-7
Using the Lower half of the bow:	Wagner: Die Meistersinger Chabrier: España Borodin: Symphony No. 2 Debussy: La mer Brahms: Haydn Variations	Pages 8-9
Using the Upper half of the bow:	Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Weber: Der Freischütz Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4	Page 10
Bowing Effects:	Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rossini: Overture from Guillaume Tell Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Holst: “Mars” from The Planets Ravel: Alborada del gracioso	Page 11
Spiccato:	Verdi: La Traviata Schubert: Octet in F Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Verdi: Falstaff Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Page 12-13
Bowing Dotted Rhythms:	Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Wagner: Lohengrin Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Schubert: Symphony No. 9	Page 14-16
Pique / Shoe-shine bows:	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique	Page 16
Slurred-in upbeats:	Musorgsky: Boris Godunov Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty	Page 17
Bowing patterns:	Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” Mozart: Don Giovanni Rossini; Il Barbiere di Siviglia Mozart: Symphony No. 40 Haydn: Symphony No. 88 Verdi: La forza del destino Mozart: Symphony No. 39 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” Dvorak: Serenade for strings Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 Britten: The Young Person’s Guide Puccini: Madama Butterfly Mozart: Die Zauberflöte	Pages 18-23
Amsterdam rhythm:	Schubert: Octet in F Beethoven: Symphony No. 7	Page 24
Reverse Bowing:	Wagner: Götterdämmerung Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4	Page 25
Harmonics:	Ravel: La valse, Valse nobles et sentimentales, etc Dragonetti: Concerto in A Stravinsky: Agon Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges, L’heure Espagnole	Pages 26-28
Tenor and Treble clefs:	Berg: Drei Orchesterstücke, Wozzeck Ginastera: Variation XI from Variaciones Concertantes	Page 29
Pizzicato Techniques:	Bach: Adagio from Suite No. 3 Janacek: Sinfonietta Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Ravel: Daphne et Chloé	Pages 30-31
Left-hand Techniques:	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Beethoven: Symphony No. 2	Pages 32

Double Bass Solo Techniques

Double Bass Solo Techniques Contents