Grade by Grade – Double Bass Grade 4

Description

Grade by Grade – Double Bass Grade 4 – part of the Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others.

Carefully selected by Cathy Elliott, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 double bassist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

• a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
• grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
• brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities
• newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
• a piano accompaniment booklet

Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online.

Grade by Grade – Double Bass Grade 4 contents:

• Colin Kirkpatrick: Back to St Louis
• James MacMillan: Barn Dance from ‘Northern Skies’
• Steven Pogson: Ska-Face
• Henry VIII: Pastime with good company
• Benedetto Marcello: Sonata No. 3 (Largo & Allegro)
• Hugh Schlemüller: Forward, March!
• Felix Mendelssohn: Intermezzo from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (duet)
• Ailbhe McDonagh: Bass Tango
• Astor Piazzolla: Vuelvo al sur
• Georg Friedrich Händel: Hornpipe from ‘Water Music’ (duet)
• Rona Porter: Queen’s Park Rag
• Milly Stanfield & Sybil Barlow: Saturday’s child
• Bernard Hamblen: Reverie
• Milly Stanfield & Sybil Barlow: Thursday’s child