Time Pieces for Double Bass, Volume 1

"What the pieces have in common is that they are short, easy and melodic....These works will appeal to a wide age range....Inquisitive students may use these songs as an opportunity to learn about new genres of music, like Polish or Estonian folk music....Bowing and articulations are included, but fingerings are left to the player."--Aaron Germain, for STRINGS (February 2011)

• pieces listed in the new Double Bass syllabus at Grades 1 to 3
• a range of repertoire from the sixteenth century to the present day, from madrigals to musicals
• newly-commissioned pieces, as well as contemporary works published here for the first time
• well-crafted arrangements that provide opportunities to practice the keys, note-ranges, and fingering patterns found at Grades1 to 3