Dance Suite is a suite of six short pieces for the progressing double bassist by Jeffrey Wilson. The piano accompaniments are accessible, playable by a teacher with some pianistic skills, and each piece offers simple musical and technical challenges for the young bassist. Employing a range of keys and time signatures, only employing half to fifth position, these are ideal as study or concert repertoire.
A range of musical styles and idioms offer creative possibilities for the double bassist, always within a lyrical and musical framework, and Dance Suite, only Jeffery Wilson’s second composition for double bass, is a welcome addition to the junior bass repertoire.

“In the teaching of composition the use of pastiche can be a good learning tool. I decided to use the ‘model’ of the Baroque dance suite for my set of pieces for Double Bass and Piano” [Jeffery Wilson]