Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Double Bass 2020-2023
Grade: 5
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus - for Practical Grades or Performance Grades - and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
List AAvailable In
1. Study No. 25: from Metodo completo per contrabbasso (SOLO)
Bottesini
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Method for Double Bass, Part 1 (Yorke Edition )$18.48
2. German Dance
Dittersdorf
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$23.96
3. Adagio and Aria staccata e allegra: 1st and 2nd movts from Sonata in A minor
attrib. Giovannino
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Sonata in A minor for double bass (or cello) & piano (Yorke Edition )$9.40
4. Hommage a Vivaldi
Christian Gouinguené
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$15.02
5. Bourrée
Handel
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$18.73 -
Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$9.96
6. Largo and Allegro: from Sonata, Op. 2 No. 1
B. Marcello
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7. Allegretto: 1st movt from Sonata in D, Op. 3 No. 2
S. Paxton
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Sonata in D op. 3 no. 2 for double bass (Bartholomew)$13.47
8. Rondeau: from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Purcell
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Subterranean Solos for Double Bass (Bartholomew)$11.90 -
Subterranean Solos for Double Bass (piano accompaniment) (Bartholomew)$11.90
9. Le lardon and La boiteuse: from Pieces de clavessin
Rameau
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$13.16
List BAvailable In
1. Berceuse à Boby: No. 3 from Histoires de contrebasse
P.-M. Dubois
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Histoires De Contrebasse Volume 1 (Billaudot)$14.33
2. No. 7: from Dix petites concertudes
Richard Dubugnon
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Dix Petites Concertitudes 2 (Billaudot)$15.98
5. Lullaby
Teppo Hauta-Aho
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Teppo's Tunes for double bass & piano (Recital Music)$18.48
6. Liebesträume
Liszt
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7. Chanson triste
Tchaikovsky
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8. A Gaelic Melody
Chester Minkler
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$18.73
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$9.96
9. Andante: from Sonatine
J. Reinagle
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$21.29
10. The Jolly Dutchman
Trad.
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Festival Performance Solos - Double Bass (Carl Fischer)$25.00 -
$34.46
List CAvailable In
1. Sweet Georgia Brown
Bernie, Pinkard and K. Casey
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$18.73
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$9.96
2. So What
Miles Davis
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$18.73
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 3 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$9.96
3. Cool: from West Side Story
L. Bernstein
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Amazing Solos for Double Bass & Piano (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$22.54
4. Russian Sailors' Dance: from The Red Poppy
Glière
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$18.17
5. Funeral March of a Marionette
Gounod
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Funeral March Of A Marionette For D Bass (Forsyth )$8.71
7. Midnight Caper
A. H. Hill
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Four pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Stainer & Bell)$10.65
8. Spanish Dance No. 2: from Op. 12
Moszkowski
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Subterranean Solos for Double Bass (Bartholomew)$11.90
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Subterranean Solos for Double Bass (piano accompaniment) (Bartholomew)$11.90
9. Ba-Doo-Wah!: No. 1 from Junior Jazz Book 2
Tony Osborne
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Junior Jazz Book 2 for Double Bass & Piano (Recital Music)$21.93
10. La cumparsita
G. M. Rodríguez
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Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$10.65
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$25.00 -
Spec Aural Tests G4&5 +audio (ABRSM)$23.18 -
$10.65
