Teppo Hauta-aho: Typically Teppo Book 1 for unaccompanied double bass

  About the Composition Typically Teppo 1 brings together a collection of four exciting and inventive solo pieces for the intermediate bassist. Each piece explores a different soundscape, primarily in bass clef and in the orchestral register, and employs arco, pizzicato, col legno, tremolando, and sul ponticello alongside a few effective and evocative harmonics in the lower positions. These pieces were written with specific young players in mind and are a successful combination of jazz, classical and contemporary styles. Impressive writing for both educational and concert use, the composer explores a wide range of evocative and atmospheric textures and timbres but always with the musical line to the fore. Great music for the progressing bassist. Table of Contents Eric’s Ballad was completed on 20 December 1994 as a Christmas present for Eric Francett who had won the Under-16 category of the 1st Finnish Double Bass Competition a few months earlier. Eric comes from Lapland (Inari) and th