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Books and Media

Books and Media

book-topper.jpgWe've been gradually adding more and more great books, CDs and DVDs to our offerings at Gollihur Music. We started with the Essential Elements series (3 books, 3 CDs, and a DVD for under $25? Outrageous!) and built from there. We've got some great concert DVDs, the "Real Book" for bass, a bunch of excellent instructional DVDs and books for players of all levels, and even a couple detailed volumes on building and maintaining your own upright basses.

As far as instructional materials go, I will always suggest that you start your upright bass adventures by studying with an experienced and schooled teacher. However, I recognize that both geography and cost can get in the way of that method, as quality teachers are not so easy to find in every nook and cranny of the world. And even getting a couple introductory lessons can give you a solid, bad-habit-free start to your self-study.

As always, if you don't know for sure where to start, please feel free to email or call us to get the straight talk.

  • Ray Brown – Legendary Jazz Bassist - Transcription Book, cover

    Ray Brown – Legendary Jazz Bassist - Transcription Book

    Hal Leonard

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    Transcriptions with Notes and MoreA tribute to Ray Brown including 18 transcriptions of the jazz great's classic performances, including special performance notes, photos, and a foreword by contemporary jazz virtuoso Christian McBride.Brown is well-known...
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  • Twenty-One Studies: Stories for Solo Double Bass (book)

    Twenty-One Studies: Stories for Solo Double Bass

    Hal Leonard

    Our Low Price: $11.99
    Twenty-One Studies: Stories for Solo Double Bass[Etiudowe oczko: Opowiesci na kontrabas solo]This book - in both English and Polish - features 21 Etudes for double bass, by Ryszard Kusek. The difficulty level of the etudes is fairly easy, as these etudes...
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  • Bach for the Young Bass Player

    Bach for the Young Bass Player

    Hal Leonard

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    This collection contains 12 selections (from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, French Suites Nos. 2 & 4, and Six Little Preludes), transcribed by Frederick Zimmermann for double bass with piano accompaniment. Features a separate...
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  • Big Band Play-Along, "Count Basie" - Book with Play-Along Audio Tracks, cover

    Big Band Play-Along, "Count Basie" - Book with Play-Along Audio Tracks

    Hal Leonard

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    A Play-Along book/CD set can be a great way to practice and learn the popular songs of your favorite genre. This set features the songs of Count Basie, and features 10 arrangements that you'll be able to learn and play along with. The book features...
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  • Russian Double Bass Album, string solo repertoire. Cover

    Russian Double Bass Album - Double Bass Solos

    Hal Leonard

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    For the advanced bassist, this set of eight solo bass pieces provides a curated collection of the most beautiful Russian pieces for double bass and piano. Including pieces by Tchaikovsky, Glière, Koussevitzky, and Schillinger, this collection...
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  • Best of Double Bass Classics - 16 Famous Concert Pieces

    Best of Double Bass Classics - 16 Famous Concert Pieces

    Hal Leonard

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    This comprehensive volume contains well-known original works and transcriptions from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods by Bottesini, Capuzzi, Dragonetti, Eccles, Fauré, Koussevitzky, Lulier, Saint-Saëns, Simandl, Sperger and others...
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  • Jazz Bass - A Comprehensive Guide with Detailed Instruction - Book - Front cover

    Jazz Bass - A Comprehensive Guide with Detailed Instruction and Audio Tracks

    Hal Leonard

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    The Hal Leonard Jazz Bass Method is your complete guide to learning jazz bass. Author Matthew Rybicki guides you through the essential knowledge you need to create your own walking bass lines and improvised solos in the classic jazz style. This...
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  • Big Band Play-Along, "Jazz Classics" - Book with Play-Along Audio Tracks - Front Cover

    Big Band Play-Along, "Jazz Classics" - Book with Play-Along Audio Tracks

    Hal Leonard

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    10 great tracks with a play-along CD that lets instrumentalists play as part of a big band. Titles include: Bags' Groove Blue 'N Boogie Blue Train (Blue Trane) Doxy Four Moten Swing Oleo Song for My Father Stolen Moments Straight No Chaser Included...
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  • Repertoire for Music Schools - for Double Bass with Piano Accompaniment - Book Cover

    Repertoire for Music Schools - for Double Bass with Piano Accompaniment

    Hal Leonard

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    Here are 50 easy-to-intermediate short pieces for double bass and piano, with five additional bonus pieces for two double basses and piano. These musically satisfying little pieces function as etudes for the instrument. Primarily arrangements, the...
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  • Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture, A Personal View - cover

    Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture, A Personal View - By Chuck Israels

    Globe Pequot/Backbeat

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    From his upbringing as a “red-diaper baby” among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with such figures as Charles Mingus and Billie...
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    The Bill Evans Trio – Volume 1 (1959-1961) - Famous Trio Transcriptions

    Hal Leonard

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    All jazz bassists are, or should be, familiar with the great Bill Evans Trio. Their improvisational innovations of interplay are still among the most elite (say that 5 times fast with your hands behind your back). This book contains transcriptions of...
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  • The Improvisor's Bass Method, by Chuck Sher, cover

    The Improvisor's Bass Method - by Chuck Sher

    Sher Music Company

    Our Low Price: $34.00
    Sher Music calls this the most comprehensive bass method book ever published. A lofty claim, indeed - but it is very deep, with lots of great exercises that are designed for the bass student (or self-learner) to build upon. It even features a "how to use...
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