Double Bass Solo 1

• Double Bass Solo Book 1 (Expanded Edition)

• “These books are invaluable, being well presented, well graded, with good diagrams and clear scales in Book 1.”
• 50 graded melodies + 4 pages of scales & arpeggios
• Grades 1-5 Exam syllabus (see below)
• Edited by Keith Hartley (36 Pages | 311x232mm)
• Oxford University Press (ISBN: 9780193222496)
•  Last few copies in Stock before *NEW EDITION* in 2019

50 carefully graded melodies and pieces from the orchestral repertiore.
Also includes scales / arpeggios, fingerings, performance notes & position diagrams.
Items marked (*) are also available in a  Book of 26 Piano Accompaniments

This table shows a selection of pieces from Book 1 and approximate grades based on 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