What is 'Concepts of Solo Playing?'
‘Concepts of Solo Playing’ is a comprehensive method in which Lauren Pierce shares her unique approach to learning, interpreting and performing classical solo music.
It comprises 5+ hours of videos across 65 lessons, sheet music of the pieces covered in the course, transcriptions of exercises, and supporting written materials. In addition, several of the video lessons feature live accompaniment.
If you have seen her virtuosic performance videos you will know that Lauren is an incredible soloist. In this course, she breaks down the key concepts behind her playing in easy to understand lessons. These concepts and methods are designed to help you to develop your own voice as a soloist and can be applied to any piece of music.
This video course is available to stream online, exclusively at Discover Double Bass.
Artist
Lauren Pierce is our classical double bass expert. Well known for her virtuosic solo double bass performances on YouTube, she is also a world leading educator. Lauren is here to inspire and educate to help you play your best music.
These lessons start from the very basics, but more advanced players will also have plenty to work on as the course progresses.
What will I learn?
The course comprises five chapters covering a wide range of information on playing solo music. Starting with the fundamentals like choosing the tempo, planning your practice routine, interpreting written markings and deciding fingerings. Then progressing to more advanced lessons such as ones on choosing bowings, clarity in fast passages, tone quality, phrase mapping and cuing an ensemble. For a full lesson index please see the 'Course Curriculum' below.
The 65 lessons are presented in a step-by-step order teaching you how to learn solo music from the ground up. It starts from the very basics and progresses to more advanced topics, so there's something for you whatever your level of experience.
Contents
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Start01. Course Overview (2:55)
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Start02. Standard or Solo Strings? (6:16)
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Start03. Understanding the Composer (4:59)
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Start04. Six Steps to Learning a New Piece
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Start05. Step One: Listening to a Piece
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Start06. Step Two, Part 1: Decide Fingerings (5:56)
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Start07. Step 2, Part 2: Common Patterns (8:01)
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Start08. Step 2, Part 3: Specific Choices (6:12)
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Start09. Step 2, Part 4: Slower Passages (6:39)
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Start10. Step 2, Part 5: Crossing Strings (5:28)
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Start11. Step 3, Part 1: Choosing Bowings (6:42)
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Start12. Step 3, Part 2: Choosing Bowings (5:30)
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Start13. Step 4: Identifying the Big Sections (6:24)
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Start14. Step 5: Dividing the Piece Into Small Sections (4:24)
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Start15. Step 6: Planning Your Practice (4:48)
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Start16 - Review of Section 1 (2:59)
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Start17. Overview of Section Two (0:45)
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Start18. Tempo Markings (8:11)
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Start19. Deciding the Correct Tempo, Part 1 (6:04)
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Preview20. Deciding the Correct Tempo, Part 2 (1:57)
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Start21. Deciding the Correct Tempo, Part 3 (4:35)
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Start22. Deciding the Correct Tempo, Part 4 (3:23)
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Start23. Dynamics, Part 1 (4:50)
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Start24. Crescendos/Decrescendos (5:08)
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Start25. Written Markings, Part 1 (3:51)
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Start26. Written Markings, Part 2: Accents (5:14)
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Start27. Written Markings, Part 3: Interpreting the Markings (6:08)
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Start28. Written Markings, Part 4: Playing Accurately for the Composer (5:14)
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Start29. Interpreting When There Are No Clues (6:31)
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Start30. Dynamics, Part 2: Proper Bow Technique (7:18)
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Start31. Clarity in Fast Passages (6:12)
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Start32. How to Practice Interpretations (6:16)
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Start33. Overview of Section Two (0:54)
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"Lauren Pierce has compiled an extensive discussion of the many aspects of solo playing. She is very thorough, clear and insightful in her approach. This is an extremely valuable tool for performers of all levels who strive for greater understanding and success in their solo performance."
- Jeffrey Bradetich
International Double Bass Soloist and Pedagogue Regents Professor of Double Bass, University of North Texas
“Concepts of Solo Playing is an innovative, colorful, and comprehensive journey through the process of playing solo repertoire. As an excellent performer herself, Lauren applies her hands-on performance knowledge to her superb teaching skills. The course provides all insights you need to know to improve your solo repertoire playing and is designed in a way that all aspects are broken down step-by-step to easily understand, follow, and apply.”
- Felix Olschofka
Associate Professor of Violin, University of North Texas
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