Music for your Grade Exam
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Double Bass from 2024
Grade: 1
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 (select one from each list)
List AAvailable In
1. The More the Merrier
Anon. German
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Ready Steady Go (double bass part) (Bartholomew)$17.86 -
Ready Steady Go for double bass (piano accompaniment) (Bartholomew)$8.90
2. March [DUET]
E. P. Chédeville
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Early Start On The Double Bass Vol.2 (Bärenreiter)$20.06
5. Knocking on the Door
Caroline Emery and John Leach
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Bass Is Best! Yorke Mini-Bass Book 1 (Yorke Edition )$30.08
6. Penguin Parade: No. 6 from Feathered Friends
Katrina Gordon
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Feathered Friends: 12 Pieces for Beginner Double Bass (Recital Music)$18.88
7. Now is the month of Maying
T. Morley
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$14.02
9. Fiddler's Fancy: No. 19 from Right from the Start
S. Nelson
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Right From The Start (double bass & piano) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$14.07
10. Allegretto
Suzuki
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 1 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$11.46 -
Suzuki Bass School Vol. 1 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$8.90
11. Fanfare [DUET]
N. Chédeville
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
12. Musette
de Montéclair
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
List BAvailable In
1. Long, Long Ago
T. H. Bayly
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Ready Steady Go (double bass part) (Bartholomew)$17.86
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Ready Steady Go for double bass (piano accompaniment) (Bartholomew)$8.90
2. Evening Star: No. 2 from Bass-Time Beginners
Christine Donkin
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Bass-Time Beginners for double bass & piano (Recital Music)$16.00
3. Sad Double Bass
Caroline Emery and Roger Steptoe
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Bass Is Best! Yorke Mini-Bass Book 1 (Yorke Edition )$30.08
4. Canon on 'Frère Jacques' [DUET]
Mahler
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Double Bass Solo Book 1 (2019 edition) (Oxford University Press)$24.26
5. A Cool Day
Christopher Norton
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
6. Bass Bridges of Paris
T. Osborne
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The Really Easy Bass Book (Double Bass & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.88
7. Morningtown Ride [DUET/PIANO]
M. Reynolds
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Abracadabra Double Bass Book 1 (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$21.75
9. Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Taki
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Suzuki Bass School Vol. 2 Double Bass Part (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$19.14 -
Suzuki Bass School Vol. 2 Piano Accompaniment (Revised Edition) (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$10.18
10. Hatikvah
Trad.
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Essential String Method 3 & 4 Cello & Double Bass (piano accompaniment) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$21.75 -
Essential String Method vol.3 (double bass) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$26.87
11. Light of the Moon
Mark Wilson and Paul Wood
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Stringtastic Book 1: Double Bass (Faber Music)$11.51 -
Stringtastic Book 1: Teacher’s Accompaniment (Faber Music)$16.63
List CAvailable In
2. Gigue: from Five Simple Pieces
I. Carroll
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Five Simple Pieces for Double Bass (Stainer & Bell)$8.45
3. Off to France in the Morning [DUET/PIANO]
Peter Davey
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Abracadabra Double Bass Book 1 (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$21.75
4. The Hippopotamus Song [DUET/PIANO]
Swann
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Abracadabra Double Bass Book 1 (Book & CD) (A&C Black-Collins Music)$21.75
5. The Ogre's Dance: No. 1 from Bass-Time Beginners
Christine Donkin
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Bass-Time Beginners for double bass & piano (Recital Music)$16.00
6. Carnival Waltz
Catherine Elliott
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Essential String Method 3 & 4 Cello & Double Bass (piano accompaniment) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$21.75
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Essential String Method vol.3 (double bass) (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$26.87
7. Fiery Fiddler
Thomas Gregory
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Vamoosh Double Bass Book 1 (+ CD) (Vamoosh)$6.72 -
$12.79
8. Toodle-Pip: No. 18 from Ten O'Clock Rock
Huws Jones
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
9. And Y Not
T. Osborne
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The Really Easy Bass Book (Double Bass & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.88
10. Samba
T. Osborne
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The Really Easy Bass Book (Double Bass & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.88
11. Earwig Antics
Jemima Oosthuizen and Amanda Oosthuizen
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Bees in the Belfry for Double Bass (Wild Music)$10.23
12. Mama Paquita
Trad. Brazilian
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
13. Gopak
Trad. Ukrainian
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Grade By Grade: Double Bass - Grade 1 (Boosey & Hawkes MP Ltd.)$15.35
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
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$11.46
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
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$26.82 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$11.46 -
$21.70
