Mel Bay Classical Favorites for Electric Bass (Solos and Duets) - Bianchi - Bass Guitar TAB - Book

Arranger: Chuck Bianchi
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Electric Bass
Level: Intermediate-Advanced

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.

Contents:
SOLOS

• Bourree (G. F. Handel)
• Minuet I from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (J. S. Bach)
• Minuet II from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (J. S. Bach)
• Gigue from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor (J. S. Bach)
• Meditation (C. Dancla)
• Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major (F. J. Haydn)
• Presto from Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major (F. J. Haydn)
• Petite Bourree (Angelo de Prosse)
• Mazurka (F. Chopin)
• First Loss (R. Schumann)
• Trio from Cello Sonata #1 in E Minor (Johannes Brahms)
• Elegie (Gabriel Faure)
• Gavotte (J. S. Bach)
• Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (J. S. Bach)
• Contredanse (Beethoven)
• The Blue Butterfly (C. Deberiot)
• Waltz No. I (D. Dragonetti)
• Waltz No. III (D. Dragonetti)
• After a Dream (Gabriel Faure)
• Gavotte (F. J. Gossec)
• Largo (G. F. Handel)

DUETS

• Minuet I from Partita #1 (J. S. Bach)
• Divertissement (W. A. Mozart)
• Canon in Octaves (C. Dancla)
• Minuet in G Major (Beethoven)
• German Dance (Beethoven)
• Canon in Unison (G. Telemann)
• Invention (J. S. Bach)
• Old French Song (Tchaikovsky)