Bass for Beginners

30 Pieces for the Beginner Double Bass and Piano
Double Bass & Piano
Composer: Various

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Bass for Beginners is a collection of short and enjoyable pieces for the young bassist. It brings together a wealth of popular and lee familiar melodies which are useful for both study and concert repertoire. The piano accompaniments have been written with the bass teacher in mind and are simple and supportive, aimed at the teacher with some pianistic skills rather the virtuoso.

Bass for Beginners features open strings, first and half positions, offering a range of accessible and fun repertoire during the early years of study. A limited number of keys and note values are used, and dynamics and bowings can be added and amended to create music which is both accessible and user-friendly.

The introduction of additional repertoire and studies is also recommended and three pages of easy scales and arpeggios have been added to the double bass part. All are playable in one position and teachers should decide the best time to introduce position changes for each student.

[David Heyes / January 2023)

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About David Heyes
David Heyes
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Bass for Beginners is a collection of short and enjoyable pieces for the young bassist. It brings together a wealth of popular and lee familiar melodies which are useful for both study and concert repertoire. The piano accompaniments have been written with the bass teacher in mind and are simple and supportive, aimed at the teacher with some pianistic skills rather the virtuoso.

Bass for Beginners features open strings, first and half positions, offering a range of accessible and fun repertoire during the early years of study. A limited number of keys and note values are used, and dynamics and bowings can be added and amended to create music which is both accessible and user-friendly.

The introduction of additional repertoire and studies is also recommended and three pages of easy scales and arpeggios have been added to the double bass part. All are playable in one position and teachers should decide the best time to introduce position changes for each student.

[David Heyes / January 2023)

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EditorDavid Heyes
ArrangerDavid Heyes
OrchestrationDouble Bass & Piano
Publishers numberRMD1229

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David Heyes (b.1960) studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with František Pošta (Principal Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses in 20 countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of international competitions, three times as chairman. David’s collaborative work gained him a prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher, and commissioner of new music for double bass and he works with composers throughout the world to expand the double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Since 1983 more than 700 works have been written for him, music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to virtuoso, and he has premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra. David began to compose in 2013 and has had music performed and recorded in 29 countries across five continents. He is a D’Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a solo double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning.

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David Heyes (b.1960) studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with František Pošta (Principal Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses in 20 countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of international competitions, three times as chairman. David’s collaborative work gained him a prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher, and commissioner of new music for double bass and he works with composers throughout the world to expand the double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Since 1983 more than 700 works have been written for him, music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to virtuoso, and he has premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra. David began to compose in 2013 and has had music performed and recorded in 29 countries across five continents. He is a D’Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a solo double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning.