Suite for violin and double bass / Reinhold Gliere ; transscribed by Frank Proto -- Duet for cello and double bass in D major / Gioacchino Rossini -- Piano trio no. 39 in G major : "Gypsy" / Joseph Haydn / text

Suite no.5 in C minor for violoncello solo / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Treizieme concert a 2 instruments a l'unisson / Francois Couperin -- Concerto for couble bass in b minor / Giovanni Bottesini -- Bass trip / Peteris Vasks. / text

Beatrice / Sam Rivers -- Pent-up house / Sonny Rollins -- Everything I love / Cole porter -- Darn that dream / Jimmy van Heusen -- Django / John Lewis -- Laverne walk / Oscar Pettiford. / text

Village / Josef Butts -- Waltz for M / Josef Butts -- Time remembered / Bill Evans -- Like Kenny / Josef Butts -- So long, Eric / Charles Mingus / text

This dissertation is intended to fulfill a need for intermediate study material for the double bass. Studies that have been written, using twentieth century compositional techniques, are for the most part out of reach of the intermediate student. The extant contemporary studies extend the range of the instrument beyond the usual orchestral gamut and, combined with rapidly changing meters, rhythmic complexities, and new notation systems, tend to be studies for the more mature student of the double bass.The goals for the studies as instructional aids were (1) to select, arrange and create contemporary studies and pieces for the intermediate double bass player; and (2) to limit these studies to the lower gamut of the instrument and prepare the intermediate student for the technical and musical complexities that are a part of the extant studies for the more advanced student of double bass.Musical styles used are: jazz rhythms and harmonies, folk songs and dances, liturgical melody, classical suite and serial set.As an aid to understanding these studies and pieces, a tape recording of each study is an integral part of the dissertation. Included are two keyboard accompaniments and suggestions for the use of other instrumental combinations. It is hoped that some studies may be found appropriate for concert or recital performance.Study One is concerned with the performance problems of unbarred recitative and color usage. Ponticello, glissando, pizzicato, ricochet, tremolo and col legno are added to achieve color contrast in this study.Study Two consists of four traditional Greek songs. They are written in uneven meters of five and seven and combinations of two and three. Indication for rubato style, Bartok or "snap" pizzicato, portamento,and slurred pizzicato add to the performance problems of this study.Study Three is based on the entire melodic material of "Dies Irae". It is arranged in three settings: (1) improvised, (2) in tempo with guitar accompaniment,and (3) improvised with the use of natural harmonics. Other techniques employed are micro-tones and double stops.Study Four focuses on the problem of spiccato bowing. It is written in the tenor clef to advance reading ability. The piece may be played unaccompanied or with keyboard accompaniment.Study Five is a study in phrasing. It is an atonal work with piano accompaniment. and is based on a four-note set. The solo line, by transposition, eventually employs all of the tones of the chromatic scale.Study Six is designed as a study in pizzicato,. Pizzicato techniques are: slurred, drummed, left-hand, thumb, Bartok, arpeggiando and L. H. pizzicato semmre. The pitches are a combination of pressed tones and natural harmonics.Preceding each piece is a description or discussion of the technical problems peculiar to that study.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the g-d-G-C scordatura tuning for the double bass. The study will survey the historical use, develop a theoretical rational, investigate the pedagogical implications, and explore the compositional opportunities of the scordatura tuning.Though there are many unanswered questions concerning the historical use of this tuning system, it is clear that the double bass has a long history of using scordatura tunings. The sympathetic/fifths tuning (g-d-G-C) was the basis of Violoncello Suite No. 5 by J. S. Bach, and there are three known later uses of it.After a brief history of temperament, the study concludes that this particular tuning greatly improves the resonance and intonation of the double bass. The placement of the g/G strings between the d and C strings strengthens the sonic output and vibrancy of the bass because of the close relationships between the natural harmonic series of each string. The proximity of the tuning to the upper part of the circle of fifths (C/G/D) is an additional benefit.Though the scordatura tuning creates more difficult technical challenges than the all-fourths tuning, this tuning system works well in orchestral, solo and jazz performance. The scordatura tuning is easily adapted to the bass guitar and offers many new opportunities for jazz improvisation. This tuning system is not particularly effective in popular commercial music venues.Since the 1960's new pedagogical approaches to sequence of instruction, concepts of position and approaches to fingerings have emerged. This new school of bass pedagogy suggests how a method could be developed for learning the scordatura tuning.Most of the traditional orchestral, ensemble, solo and jazz literature can be adapted to the tuning. Though it may be technically possible to play a work originally written for the all-fourths tuning using sympathetic/fifths, such a transcription may not be appropriate.Finally, the study includes four original compositions with analysis and discussion that demonstrate the idiomatic possibilities of the tuning: Sonata No. 5 for Scordatura Double Bass, Quartet No. 3B for Mixed Double Basses, Overture for Jazz Combo, and Concerto No. 3 for Scordatura Double Bass.Total Words of Abstract: 347 (does not include title) / School of Music

Orientador: Sonia Marta Rodrigues Raymundo / Banca: Fausto Borém de Oliveira / Banca: Sonia Regina Albano de Lima / Resumo: Este trabalho discute técnicas estendidas (TE) para contrabaixo acústico aplicadas em práticas de performance e em procedimentos de ensino do instrumento no Brasil. O conceito de técnicas estendidas aqui utilizado compreende duas visões muito aceitas atualmente por estudiosos do tema: elementos inovadores ou elementos tradicionais em contextos diferenciados (Ray, 2011). A revisão da literatura apresentada traz os principais trabalhos sobre o tema publicados no Brasil além de alguns selecionados da literatura estrangeira. Dentro deste contexto, foram escolhidas cinco composições do repertório brasileiro contemporâneo para contrabaixo solista ou de câmara que utilizam as TE. São elas: Interação (1985) para contrabaixo e piano de Raul do Valle (n.1936), Die Berge (1990) para contrabaixo solo de Silvia de Lucca (n.1960), Adagio (2001) para quarteto de contrabaixos de João Pedro Oliveira (n.1959), Gestos (2010) para contrabaixo, clarinete e trompete de Danilo Rossetti (n.1978) e Resto no Copo (2010) para contrabaixo e live-eletronics de Rael Bertarelli Gimenes Toffolo (n.1976). Estas composições serviram como base para um estudo de uso das TE no processo de preparação para a performance. A experiência de inserir as TE nos planos de ensino dos estudantes de contrabaixo do Instituto Bacarelli (IB)-SP são relatadas. Os resultados incluem ganhos no processo de aprendizagem e criações coletivas de peças para o grupo de contrabaixo. Como principal conclusão este trabalho apresenta possibilidades de aplicação de TE mescladas com técnicas tradicionais tanto na preparação para a performance quanto no estudo técnico do instrumento / Abstract: This discusses extended techniques (TE) applied to acoustic bass performance practices and teaching procedures in this instrument in Brazil. The concept of extended techniques used here includes the two points of view commonly accepted by scholars these days: innovating elements and traditional elements within different contexts (Ray, 2011). The annotaded bibliography includes relevant Brazilian literature on the subject as well as foreign titles. Within this context, five compositions were selected from the contemporary Brazilian contrabass solo or chamber repertoire using of TE. They are: Interação (1985) for contrabass and piano by Raul do Valle (b.1936), Die Berge (1990) for contrabass solo by Silvia Lucca (b.1960), Adagio (2001) for contrabass quartet by João Pedro Oliveira (b.1959), Gestos (2010) for contrabass, clarinet and trumpet by Danilo Rosseti (b.1978) and o Resto do Copo (2010) for contrabass and live-eletronics by Rael Bertarelli Gimenes Toffolo (b.1976). These compositions served as basis for a study on the use of the TE in the process of performance preparation. The experience of using TE in the process of teaching bass students at the Baccarelli Institute (IB) was reported. The results include optimization of the learning process and collective creations of pieces for bass groups. As main conclusion this work presents possibilities of TE mixed with tradiotional techniques applied to both performance preparation and technical studies of the intrument / Mestre

The purpose of this study was to research and demonstrate various techniques that a double bassist may utilize when performing an unaccompanied solo in a jazz setting. This study primarily focused on pizzicato (plucked) styles and sought to maximize the polyphonic potential of the double bass, which has traditionally been considered a homophonic instrument. This study provides a written, organized approach that illustrates recorded examples and augments private instruction for the double bass. This study offers a vocabulary of techniques comprising chords and intervals that allow the double bassist to accompany oneself. It uses an intervallic approach to determining practical ways of voicing chords and accompanying melodic statements. Specific songs from the standard repertoire were chosen to demonstrate self-accompaniment techniques in the contexts of melodic and harmonic movement. Recorded examples are provided that show how specific bassists successfully used certain techniques in the context of songs. Bassists that were examined include Ray Brown, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Dave Holland, Charlie Hayden, Ron Carter, Edgar Meyer, Lynn Seaton, and David Friesen.

Sonata in A major, op. 2, no. 5 / B. Marcello -- Sonata in D major / J. M. Sperger -- Sonata #1 in A major, op. 5 / Adolf Misek -- Sonata "1963" / Frank Proto. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-06-25Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:36:47Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rosa_as_me_ia.pdf: 3495316 bytes, checksum: 2a77f6405ac85493ade27ea28fdf38e8 (MD5) / Este trabalho discute técnicas estendidas (TE) para contrabaixo acústico aplicadas em práticas de performance e em procedimentos de ensino do instrumento no Brasil. O conceito de técnicas estendidas aqui utilizado compreende duas visões muito aceitas atualmente por estudiosos do tema: elementos inovadores ou elementos tradicionais em contextos diferenciados (Ray, 2011). A revisão da literatura apresentada traz os principais trabalhos sobre o tema publicados no Brasil além de alguns selecionados da literatura estrangeira. Dentro deste contexto, foram escolhidas cinco composições do repertório brasileiro contemporâneo para contrabaixo solista ou de câmara que utilizam as TE. São elas: Interação (1985) para contrabaixo e piano de Raul do Valle (n.1936), Die Berge (1990) para contrabaixo solo de Silvia de Lucca (n.1960), Adagio (2001) para quarteto de contrabaixos de João Pedro Oliveira (n.1959), Gestos (2010) para contrabaixo, clarinete e trompete de Danilo Rossetti (n.1978) e Resto no Copo (2010) para contrabaixo e live-eletronics de Rael Bertarelli Gimenes Toffolo (n.1976). Estas composições serviram como base para um estudo de uso das TE no processo de preparação para a performance. A experiência de inserir as TE nos planos de ensino dos estudantes de contrabaixo do Instituto Bacarelli (IB)-SP são relatadas. Os resultados incluem ganhos no processo de aprendizagem e criações coletivas de peças para o grupo de contrabaixo. Como principal conclusão este trabalho apresenta possibilidades de aplicação de TE mescladas com técnicas tradicionais tanto na preparação para a performance quanto no estudo técnico do instrumento / This discusses extended techniques (TE) applied to acoustic bass performance practices and teaching procedures in this instrument in Brazil. The concept of extended techniques used here includes the two points of view commonly accepted by scholars these days: innovating elements and traditional elements within different contexts (Ray, 2011). The annotaded bibliography includes relevant Brazilian literature on the subject as well as foreign titles. Within this context, five compositions were selected from the contemporary Brazilian contrabass solo or chamber repertoire using of TE. They are: Interação (1985) for contrabass and piano by Raul do Valle (b.1936), Die Berge (1990) for contrabass solo by Silvia Lucca (b.1960), Adagio (2001) for contrabass quartet by João Pedro Oliveira (b.1959), Gestos (2010) for contrabass, clarinet and trumpet by Danilo Rosseti (b.1978) and o Resto do Copo (2010) for contrabass and live-eletronics by Rael Bertarelli Gimenes Toffolo (b.1976). These compositions served as basis for a study on the use of the TE in the process of performance preparation. The experience of using TE in the process of teaching bass students at the Baccarelli Institute (IB) was reported. The results include optimization of the learning process and collective creations of pieces for bass groups. As main conclusion this work presents possibilities of TE mixed with tradiotional techniques applied to both performance preparation and technical studies of the intrument