Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Double Bass 2020-2023
Grade: 6
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. 50: from Metodo completo per contrabbasso (SOLO)
Bottesini
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Method for Double Bass, Part 1 (Yorke Edition )$18.35
2. Rondo (Allegro): 3rd movt from Concerto in D
Capuzzi
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Concerto in D major for double bass & piano (Yorke Edition )$14.86
3. Polka: from Suite No. 1, Op. 123
C. Dancla
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$26.59
4. Menuett I and Menuett II: from Sonata in D minor
De Fesch
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Sonata in D minor (Hofmeister )$16.16
5. Sarabanda (Allegro): from Solo in D minor 'After Corelli'
Dragonetti
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Solo in D minor - double bass and piano (Doblinger)$26.74
6. Introduction and Theme and Variation 1: from Variations on a Favourite Styrian Folk Song
Eisengräßer
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Festival Performance Solos - Double Bass (Carl Fischer)$19.84 -
$31.03 -
Variations for Contra Bass on a Favourite Styrian Folk-Song (Recital Music)$12.38
7. Staccato e arioso: 3rd movt from Sonata in A minor
attrib. Giovannino
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Sonata in A minor for double bass (or cello) & piano (Yorke Edition )$9.33
8. Adagio (Andante) and Allegro: 1st and 4th movts from Sonata in G, Op. 2 No. 6
B. Marcello
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Six Sonatas for cello (or double bass) & piano (G. Schirmer)$16.79 -
$14.30
9. The Bush aboon Traquair (A Scots Air) and Vivace: 2nd and 3rd movts 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)$13.37
10. Largo: 1st movt from Sonata No. 1 in Bb, RV 47
Vivaldi
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6 Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Schott)$26.74 -
Complete Cello Sonatas RV39-47 (Bärenreiter)$40.17
List BAvailable In
2. Nocturne No. 1
J. F. Burgmüller
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Nocturne No. 1 for double bass & piano (Recital Music)$10.88
3. La Cinquantaine
Gabriel-Marie
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La Cinquintaine for double bass & piano (Bartholomew)$6.84 -
Suzuki Bass School Vol. 4 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Summy-Birchard)$11.13 -
Suzuki Bass School Vol. 4 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Summy-Birchard)$9.89
5. Romance
Keÿper
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$26.59
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Romance and Rondo for double bass (Yorke Edition )$12.38
6. Menuett
L. Mendelssohn
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$26.59
7. Tre giorni
Anon., formerly attrib. Pergolesi
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$26.59
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Festival Performance Solos - Double Bass (Carl Fischer)$19.84
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$31.03
8. Caballero
Merle
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Festival Performance Solos - Double Bass (Carl Fischer)$19.84
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$31.03
List CAvailable In
1. Allegro commondo: No. 3 from Fantasy Pieces for Double Bass (SOLO)
D. Bourgeois
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Fantasy Pieces for Double Bass (Brass Wind)$13.99
3. Fantasia in E minor: No. 1 from Three Pieces for Double Bass
I. Carroll
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Three Pieces For Double Bass (Forsyth )$8.64
5. A Little Waltz (Pieni Valssi)
Teppo Hauta-Aho
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Teppo's Tunes for double bass & piano (Recital Music)$18.35
6. Tapio: No. 3 from Finnish Sketches (SOLO)
David Heyes
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Finnish Sketches (Recital Music)$12.38
8. Tempo di ballo: from Petit album de concert
Nölck
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Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Bärenreiter)$26.59
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.13
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$28.61 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (ABRSM)$10.57 -
$23.57
