Rodrigo Mata: 6 Etudes for Solo Double Bass

About the Collection This etude collection has been created with the main objective of obtaining a better preparation to perform the music by Rodrigo Mata, therefore, some of the musical ideas and techniques used in his works can be worked out in this collection.  In each etude, material that contains specific challenges has been captured within both the traditional technique and a few double bass extended techniques.  ETUDE 1  Skills to work: - Sound projection on the double stops. - Harmonic and normal note combination. - Bow with right hand and pizzicato with the left hand at the same time. - Combination of two pizzicato lines keeping the individual resonance in each one. - Harmonic and normal note pizzicato combination.  Preparation for pieces such as SONES DE LA TIERRA, IN MEMORIAM, HYMN, or ON THE G.  ETUDE 2  Skills to work: - Pizzicato sustain and resonance on different strings (harmonics and normal notes) at the same time. - Left-hand articulation (several pizzicato notes with