Jazz Bowing Techniques for the Improvising Bassist

A new approach to playing arco jazz.

A complete approach to improvising arco jazz with step-by-step instructions, exercises, and diagrams. Transcriptions of Slam Stewart, Jimmy Blanton, Paul Chambers, Eddie Gomez, and John Goldsby. Includes compositions by and for famous bass players!

CONTENIDO:

Foreword
Acknowledgements
CD track listing
Introduction
Learning the bass
Practicing the bass
Practice suggestions
Bow illustrations
Single-string exercises
String crossing
Long tones
Vibrato
Bowing jazz rhythms
Slurs
Diatonic scale exercises
Bebop scales
Rules for descending major scales
Rules for descending dominant scales
Bebop scales and patterns
Chromatic scale
Other scale
Arpeggios
Thumb posiitions
Tunes
-Bowin' the Blues
-Festus Yukan
-Grahi
-Blues for Sarka
-Gotta Git
-Roll Down, Roll On
Transcribed solos
-Mr. J. B. Blues
-Sophisticated Lady
-I Got Rhythm
-Tale of the Fingers
-The Theme
-Elsa
-Lava
-Three Short Stories for Bass and Piano
-The Cupbearers
Glossary
Strings and things
The French and German bows
Rosin
Pickups and microphones
Amplifiers
General information
Improvising bassists who play with the bow
Arco solo selected discography
About the author