Bass for Beginners is a collection of short and enjoyable pieces for the young bassist. It brings together a wealth of popular and familiar melodies which are useful for both study and concert repertoire. The piano accompaniments have been written with the bass teacher in mind and are simple and supportive, aimed at the teacher with some pianistic skills rather the virtuoso.
Bass for Beginners features open strings, first and half positions, offering a range of accessible and fun repertoire during the early years of study. A limited number of keys and note values are used, and dynamics and bowings can be added and amended to create music which is both accessible and user-friendly.

The introduction of additional repertoire and studies is also recommended and three pages of easy scales and arpeggios have been added to the double bass part. All are playable in one position and teachers should decide the best time to introduce position changes for each student.

[David Heyes / January 2023)