"What the pieces have in common is that theyare 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 thepresent day, from madrigals to musicals
• newly-commissioned pieces, as well as contemporary works published here for the firsttime
• well-crafted arrangements that provide opportunities to practise the keys, note-ranges, and fingering patterns found at Grades1 to 3