Description
This piece uses idiomatic themes for the bass in a duo (chamber) setting that requires careful listening and ensemble playing skills. The main theme of the first section is constructed like a typical bass line, but other melodies are traded between the bass and piano equally. It isn't secretly a Piano sonata with Bass accompaniment. As a whole the movement utilizes the entire range of the traditional 4-string Electric Bass and presents several motives that are challenging as both a reading exercise in standard notation and a musical setting that uses modern harmonies and metric patterns.