A visual "stereogram" represents a 3-D image while looking though a
pair of 2-D images. There are special viewers that are used to give this
effect where two images viewed through the special device can give a 3-D or stereographic effect.
Brubeck's "Stereograms for Bass Clef Instruments" are musical versions
of the graphic form. Brubeck uses familiar folk melodies to create his
"Stereograms" and adds jazzy twists to many of them. The musical
version may contain two or three individual parts within a single melodic
line, thus the musical 3-D Stereogram is created. Bachs
unaccompanied works have underlying multiple parts in them and
Brubeck has been inspired by the Master to create a similar texture in
these works. They are suitable encore pieces or performance pieces,
alone or grouped into ad hoc suites.
Brubecks music requires rhythmic accuracy and multiple tonal colors,
and are especially useful as sight reading tools to keep the performer
sharp and on his/her toes. He has also added octave suggestions to
allow them to be playable by the widest array of bass clef instruments.
Each Stereogram is dedicated to a special musical hero in Brubecks
life. Excellent as study etudes or sight-reading pieces, Stereograms can
be performed/practiced by Trombonists, Bass Trombonists, Tubists and
Euphoniumists.
The 13 melodies used in Volume I are:
You Are My Sunshine, This Little Light of Mine, The Itsy Bitsy Spider,
When the Saints Go Marching In, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Frère
Jacques, On Top of Old Smokey, If You're Happy and You Know It,
London Bridge is Falling Down, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jesus Loves
Me, Have You Ever Seen a Lassie, Go Tell Aunt Rhody.