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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:41 am
I'm trying out for this high school called savannah art's acedemy (not a private school, just a name). It's a big school on the art's (hence the name art's acedemy). Well, we need to bring in our own sample piece to adition with. I wanted to play something by Beethoven like moonlight sonnet. anyone have any suggestion's on any better song's?
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:31 pm
Uuuuummm maybe something by Ottorino Resphigi...you don't want to do something everyone's heard a million times, and Resphigi's not somebody too well-known, so I've gathered. Plus his "Huntingtower" is a killer on bass, with 6 flats and double-flatted notes. But that's just the bassline...hm...
(It's Moonlight "Sonata", btw...)
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:39 pm
Fur Elise sounds great on guitar,why not bass?what kind of bass you use(stringwise#)?
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:07 am
how about Chromatic Fantasy? Pastorius Grilled it Up!, but you could try the Original,
and Moonlight Sonata is kinda Tricky, (i dont like Tapping lol, only on a Guitar with 1000 Distortion Effects turned on lol, then it sounds, like a decent Metal solo, heh)
I play Rock and Blues, no one could get me to play Classical wellnot my thing, so dont really listen to me about Classical Music
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:19 am
I would say skip Fur Elise. A lot of people know that one and can play it so it probably won't impress the right people. Try the Moonlight Sonata or the composer that was suggested earlier.
Also, tapping is pretty easy once you learn the proper technique. I use it to goof around between songs at shows.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:17 pm
You people offer strange advice.
In the realm of "classical" music, one usually plays the standard solo repertoire for the solo instrument in question. I'm assuming you're an electric bassist, not a double bassist (the large, bowed stringed instrument of the viol family). Although you obviously can't play arco (with a bow) on electric bass, that shouldn't stop you from playing the repertoire on electric bass. I, myself, am not an electric bassist at all, but I can appreciate any electric bassist playing double bass repertoire, even if it's otherwise inappropriate. As for "wowness factor", there's nothing more exciting to a bunch of "classical" musicians than a well-done performance of a solo piece in the standard repertoire.
Be advised that such pieces are usually very advanced, but there are some easier pieces. Dragonetti's concerto for double bass is a good one to start, and the arrangements of J. S. Bach's suites for solo 'cello are pretty standard for students of the bass. Koussevitsky and Hindemith are probably too advanced, so just stick with that for now. The music shouldn't be hard to find, and it should be a piece of cake, unless you can't read music. Then, quite frankly, you're pretty ******** at trying to impress any "classical" musician, regardless of your electric bass "shredding" skills, so to speak.
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