Walking bass lines are used in blues gospel, country, rock, ska, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, latin, and many other musical genres. It was used extensively about 300 years ago and was named after domenico alberti one of the the musicians who used it extensively. Frederick zimmermann played principle double bass for the ny philharmonic, and taught at juilliard, columbia, manhattan school of music and nyu. Use the playlist controls below to select your video. When starting out with walking bass lines, i would recommend that you always target the root when changing chords. Online support for adult piano adventures book 2 videos. When creating walking bass lines, its important to outline the root and 5th of the chord. In lesson 5, karen talks about alberti bass, which is an arpeggiated. Simandl is one of the most popular bass technique books written. Jul 07, 2014 in this video, awardwinning sydney piano teacher and author of scales the purrfect practice, jackie sharp, explores the alberti bass one of the most common accompaniment styles in piano music. Alberti bass is a kind of broken chord or arpeggiated accompaniment, where the notes of the chord are presented in the order lowest, highest, middle, highest. I did not know that mozarts inspiring piece was built upon the famous alberti bass until i learned alfreds piano book 3. Any time youre faced with playing straight chords or even playing melodies from a fake book which pretty much just gives the chord names, youre left to your own resources to supply an interestingsounding bass line.
Since i am already an accomplished bassist and guitar player, this helped me. Real world jazz tunes here, a lot of explanation of theory and harmony, and plenty of exercises. Alberti bass piano lesson josh wright piano tv youtube. The audio examples are good, but what are really needed are some video showing how to do hanon exercises properly, to counteract all the horrible, incompetent youtube videos claiming to teach itsome by people who are piano teachers. If youre into developing your piano technique and you tend to get bored with scales. By andrea if you have a young piano student who struggles with bass clef note reading, then this post will send you running to your printer. Buy products related to piano technique products and see what customers say. The bass clef will help us reading notes that are located under middle c. The jazz bass book technique and tradition by john goldsby foreword by ron carter goldsby is a respected bass player and bass player magazine columnist. Well known bass pedagogues from all around the world are represented in lemur musics selection of method books. Boost bass clef note reading with this primerlevel sight. Over two hours of instructional video provide a professional perspective to accelerate your musical training. In addition to learning so much about technique during my research, i also learned that the best teachers are picky teachers. Eugene bozza ballade for bass clarinet and piano published by southern music company ss287 score with separate part unused old store stock excellent condition see my other listings for tons more music.
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Instead we will use a new clef that will allow the lower notes to be located on the staff more comfortably. However, most beginner books will include at least one piece that uses alberti bass playing. However, resist the urge to just turn that page in your students book. This pattern is then repeated several times throughout the music. Piano playing is a very complex mental and motor skill. Through many helpful exercises and patterns, this book teaches double bassists techniques to help them master the fingerings and bowing patterns needed to play this instrument. Watch this how to video and you will be playing the alberti bass pattern in no time. His book, the jazz bass book, is an indepth look at the tradition, history and personalities of jazz bass. Although these principles are fundamental, this essay is not meant for beginners. This book gives very practical, and easytoread, instructions on how a piano. Home free printables boost bass clef note reading with this primerlevel sightreading activity april 26, 2017. Facultyauthored piano books berklee college of music. Of course piano technique is not only about physical acitivity, but it is an important part of it. Learn walking bass from the master of walking bass himself.
My objective here is to present general principles of piano technique. Now i am starting to work on exploring jazz piano ii. I am practicing the second movement of mozarts k 545 sonata. Piano technique made easy the alberti bass youtube.
Not invented by, but rather named for domenico alberti, who used this device extensively in his own keyboard sonatas, the alberti bass is a moving figure in the bass or left hand of keyboard music, derived from a threenote chord. View joshs free webinar training, 10 unusual tips to take your playing to the next level. I have explored a lot of jazz piano books this past year and a half and some of these piano online courses. One of the most important tools for your piano playing bag of tricks is a good supply of lefthand accompaniment patterns. The broken chord pattern helps to create a smooth, sustained, flowing sound on the piano. Our piano devotions for little fingers book also contains one piece that features alberti bass playing.
Sep 26, 2010 a walking bass is a bass accompaniment consisting of notes of equal value, usually quarter notes. This technique makes piano chords more interesting and can also give the chord more direction instead of a regular block chord sound. There are so many books on piano technique out there im wondering if anyone has discovered the the best all round book on technique that is easy to understand, apply etc. Later, after the white heat of inspiration had subsided, i used computer software to do the engraving and page layout of the entire book. The ideas formed into coherent, logical forms, and it was the beginning of the birth my first book, piano technique. Fink does not just expect you to take his ideas on face value but explains why they will help improve piano technique, and he shows with concrete musical examples from the repertoire in the video where they apply. Bass dvds bass improvisation bass lines books bass play alongs bass solos and transcriptions bass technique search within. Systems for voicing chords are presented from the most elementary to the advanced along with methods for practicing each system. The bass clef how to read piano notes under middle c.
An ideal combination for the improvement of technical facility, articulation, intonation, and tone. The online course is a lifetime subscription that accesses more exercises and lessons. Of course one has to work and practice a lot, but there are traits that are required to be extremely good. The evolving bassist, by rufus reid is a technique book dedicated to jazs and its a really wonderful source of knowledge.
There are ways you can approach alberti bass patterns to help your students find a great sense of legato and hand balance that will have them racing through those mozart sonatinas in no time. Alberti bass is a particular kind of accompaniment figure in music, often used in the classical. Alberti bass is a particular kind of accompaniment figure in music, often used in the classical era, and sometimes the romantic era. This book provides a stepbystep approach to learning basic piano realizations of jazz and pop tunes from lead sheets. Rejoice in the lord always features this technique in the left hand, as well as the right hand. The volume presents two book by walter gieseking, foremost pianist of his generation, and his teacher for five years, karl leimer, that have long been sought after by students and teachers looking for a radical approach toward developing not only finger technique but expression technique. Learn to play double bass with the most widely requested bass method books. An advantage that pischna exercises has over other best piano technique books is that it encourages you to practice each exercise in all twelve keys.
This develops finger and hand positioning in all keys, and helps you to familiarize yourself with all the different keys of the piano. You can now purchase the same books as used by students at the worldrenown musicians institute school of music. Tips for teaching alberti bass to piano students teach piano. Incorporating the 3rd of the chord will also give your bass line a stronger harmonic foundation. Ive not had time to work my way through this yet, but his method seems excellent. This methodical approach to learning the art of solo jazz piano improvisation will free your creative sense of music. The only book available today that teaches how to practice at the piano, not just what techniques you need scales, runs, handfinger independence, endurance, jumps, tone, relaxation, etc. Great lefthand accompaniment patterns for the piano or. Free bass guitar sheet music, free lessons, bass guitar downloads and resources. Lemur stocks dozens of arco technique books, bowing studies, and fingering methods for upright bass. The left hand on the piano chords arpeggios and bass. Online support for adult piano adventures book 2 faber.
Tips for teaching alberti bass to piano students teach. Dont skip the piece, but dont let the thump slide either we piano teachers. I have this book and no only is it a great way to get some very nice walking bass lines down, its a nice book for piano technique as well play the bass lines in both hands, together. Wellknown examples of alberti bass include the beginning of mozarts piano sonata, k 545. If you want to get into more modern technique books, check out the vance books or if you want, the rabbath books which is the basis for the vance books. It was named after domenico alberti 1710174046, who used it extensively, although he was not the first to use it. The alberti bass is one of the left hand piano accompaniments that every serious pianist should learn.
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