• Double Bass Solo Book 1 (Expanded Edition)

• 50 graded melodies + 4 pages of scales & arpeggios
• Grades 1-5 Exam syllabus (eg. Trinity Guildhall)
• Edited by Keith Hartley (33 Pages)
• Oxford University Press (ISBN: 9780193222496)
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50 carefully graded melodies and pieces from the orchestral repertiore.
Also includes scales / arpeggios, fingerings, performance notes & position diagrams.

This table shows a selection of pieces from Book 1 and their approximate grade based on The Trinity Guildhall and old Associated Board syllabus. 1. Mussorgsky The Great Gate of Kiev Grade 2 2. Saint-Saëns Tortues (from 'Le Carnaval des Animaux') Grade 2 3. J. Strauss Waltz 'Roses from the South' Op.388 Grade 1 4. Mahler Canon on 'Frere Jacques' (Symphony No. 1) Grade 1 6. Schubert Entr'acte (from 'Rosamunde' Op26) Grade 3 7. Beethoven Ode to Joy Grade 3 10. Mozart Minuet Grade 2 11. Eccles Minuet (from 'Aires and Dances') Grade 2 12. Schubert The Trout Grade 3 14. Brahms Lullaby Grade 3 15. Handel March (from 'Judas Maccabaeus') Grade 3 16. Morley Now is the Month of Maying Grade 3 17. Tchaikovsky Old French Song (from Op.39 no.16) Grade 3 24. Tchaikovsky Andantino from Symphony 4 Grade 4 25. Tchaikovsky Andante Variation 6 (from 'Rococo Variations') Grade 4 26. Holst Jupiter (from 'The Planets' Op.32) Grade 4 27. Trad. The Gift to be Simple Grade 4 29. Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring Grade 4 30. Trad. Greensleeves Grade 5 32. Haydn Andante (from 'Trumpet Concerto') Grade 5 33. Bizet Minuet Grade 5 35. Chausson Poème Grade 5 36. Beethoven Minuet Grade 5 40. Brahms St Anthony Chorale (from 'Haydn Variations') Grade 5 42. J.S.Bach Minuet in F (from 'The Anna Magdelena Notebook') Grade 5 47. Verdi Agnus Dei (from 'Requiem') Grade 7