yorke mini-bass book 1 bass is best! by Caroline Emery edited by Rodney Slatford yorke editionbass is best! by Caroline Emery yorke mini-bass book I edited by Rodney Slatford 1 Ican play Emery I__can play my _dou- ble bass, yes! Dou-ble, dou-ble, dou- ble bass, yes! VARIATION. (clap during the rests) (wahrend der Pausen klatschen) I__can_ play my _dou - ble __ bass, Dou - ble _ bass, dou - ble _ bass, dou - ble, dou - ble, dou - ble _ bass. * 2 marching double bass Emery/Edwin Roxburgh A. * 3 waltzing bass Emery/Leonard Salzedo A. © 1988 Yorke Edition, 31 Thornhill Square, London N1 1BQ, England YE 00904 aeroplanes Emery Remember to use the whole bow: play as loud as you like. Denke daran, immer den ganzen Bogen zu benutzen: spiel so laut, wie Du willst. 5 A n 5 ff 5 take off Start at the tip and use all the bow. Fang an der Bogenspitze an und gebrauche den ganzen Bogen. v v v v Emery *6 bell song Emery/Tony Osborne Moderato rhythm game Practise the following word rhythm ~ Piccadilly Circus 44044 4 using short bows and play loud. Che den folgenden Wortrhythmus: ~ Piccadilly Circus STT14 J Benutze wenig Bogen und spiele laut! ‘YE 00904 Emery/Tony Osborne the accents) (Achte auf die Akzente!) *7 uncle bob (notice Lively Emery/David Bedford *8 nice and smooth re*9 fat ladies’ waltz Emery/Tony Osborne Elephantoso! a 5 * 10 andantino Emery/Maleolm Lipkin d= 100 Vv y sub. p * 11 slow and mysterious Emery/Michael Berkeley v v v * 12 slow dance Emery/Derek Bourgeois YE 009013 piceadilly circus Emery Ritmico f * 14 happy end Emery/Geoffrey Burgon Allegro * 15 Ilike baked beans Emery/Vernon Elliott 16 march Emery Alla marcia f 17 playing it in three Emery v n v. ‘YE 009018 distant trumpets Emery v 19 jogging now Emery/John Casken Jogging now: on the flat — up hill — out of breath — made it! Wir Joggen: Im Tal — bergauf ~ auger Atem — geschafft! Not too fast pee f > > > 20 a gentle tune Emery ~~ * 2] basse pour frére jacques Trad. arr. Emery/Anthony Payne This is an easy bass part for No. 39, the piano part of which can also be used here. Dies ist eine einfache Bass-Begleitung zu Nummer 39, hier kann auch die dazugehérige Klavierstimme gespielt werden. YE 009022 bass part for lightly row (40) Trad. arr. Emery Legato mf dolce mp crese. mf crese. f note game Practise Me, Ray, Doh on D and G strings in as many rhythms as you can. Ube Mi-Re-Do auf D- und G- Saite in allen Rhythmen, die Dir einfallen. etc. 23 hop skip jump Emery Stamp your foot during the rests Wahrend der Pausen mit dem Fup stampfen. * 24 rocking slowly Emery/Tony Osborne Lento ‘YE 0090* 25 boating Emery/Richard Taylor y pcantabile * 26 heffalump dance Emery/Martin Dalby Allegro P f Draw your own dancing heffalump Schreib Deinen eigenen tanzenden Heffalump! YE 009027 fingers forward Emery ‘Adagio mf 28 the cuckoo Emery Allegro f * 29 little waltz Emery/Peter Dickinson J= 126 or more Pcrese. poco a poco > > > Sf 30 name tune Emery Ritmico Jo - seph, Wil - li - am, Don - na Me - la - nic, 3 ———————_——_— f Nich - 0 - las and Ben - ja - min All play the dou - ble bass. Bass part for name tune. ‘YE 009031 school round Emery Ben marcato Chats - worth, Wel - ling - ton, Kings-wood house, Dul - wich, Free-man’s School, Strand on theGreen, Fitz - nells, 32 remember that note I hope Emery Re - mem-ber that note I hope, re - mem-ber that note 1 hope. * 33 Gavin’s tune Emery/Stephen Dodgson Pp crese. f * 34 climbing higher now Emery/Nicola LeFanu Commodo / YE 009012 *35 name tunes Emery/George Fenton a) Christopher’s tune Moderato (J = 76) 4) Dominic Matters nf $F c) These are two examples of name tunes. Write your own. c) Dies sind zwei Beispiele fiir Namenmelodien ~ schreib eine Melodie fiir Deinen Namen! YE 0090* 36 down up Emery/David Ellis Cantabile A 37 off to piccadilly Emery Vivo ‘YE 009015 * 39 frére jacques Trad. arr. Emery/Anthony Payne There is an easier bass part for Frere Jacques as No. 21: alternatively, it can be sung and played as a round. Nummer 21 ist eine einfache Bass-Begleitung zu Frére Jacques: es kann auch wahlweise als Kanon gesungen oder gespielt werden. 40 lightly row Trad. arr. Emery There is an easy bass part for Lightly Row as No. 22. Nummer 22 ist eine einfache Bass-Begleitung zu Lightly Row. Legato mf dolce mp eresc. B af crese. ? YE 0090* 41 walk into C Emery/Howard Ferguson J= 60 P * 42 waltz for bass ‘ Emery/Douglas Gamley Grazioso poco rit. a tempo mf cantabile ae x o ' 2 27 poco rit a tempo ae BB 7 J rall. YE 0090ng * 43 ploughman’s soi Con energia* 44 sad double bass Emery/Roger Steptoe Dolorosamente ‘mp cant. * 45 by the light of the moon Trad. arr. Emery/Sebastian Forbes Leggiero fine dolce SS (last time only) 5 DC. mf * 46 lavender’s blue Trad. arr, Emery/Stanley Glasser Grazioso ‘YE 0090* 47 this old man Trad. arr. Emery/John Hall Giocoso (at a regular ‘irot') 10 pizz. * 48 in my little snuff box Trad. arr. Emery/Edward Harper Espressivo Sine legato * 49 orange-peal Emery/Jonathan Harvey Joyfully nf YE 009020 * 50 london’s burning Trad. arr. Emery/Ronnie Hazelhurst 51 sarabande Anon. arr. Jane Hill Largo nf v YE 009021 * 52 go tell aunt rhody Trad. arr. Emery/Terence Greaves Andante f nf molto ral. vVAm peantando PP * 53 macdonald’s farm Dominic Matters/Robin Holloway Allegro moderato: with emphasis v. mp giocoso YE 009022 [Bisbarfortast 23 ver reeonly ‘a tempo Middle-section optional - = iv p JF fo midaleseetion, if played. = o— = iy © as 35 rit. - —= —== Sf crese. ff f — == ff * 54 oranges and lemons Trad. arr. Emery/Antony Hopkins Maestoso #55 going down Emery/Joseph Horovitz Con energia 5 fp) Now play this going down very gently Jetzt spiel das Ganze noch einmal sehr sanft und leise . . . YE 009023 *56 bees’ song Emery/Wilfred Josephs Con fuoco, Now transpose this down and play it in the same position. Transponiere diese Stimme herunter und spiele sie in der gleichen Lage. YE 009024 57 pretty polly Emery Capriccioso Optional second part * 58 strawberry cream Emery/Judith Weir molto dolce mf 3 o 3 :8 * 59 swinging Emery/Bryan Kelly Legato eal 60 row the boat Trad. arr. Emery Sostenuto Row, row, row the boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream. easier part optional bass part: ‘YE 009026 61 skip to my lou Trad. arr. Emery Vivo mf 62 london bridge is falling down Trad. arr. Emery Allegro nf mp YE 009027 63 the ash grove Trad. arr. Emery Andante n mp POS = % position * 64 catch me if you can Emery/Tony Osborne Presto ‘YE 009028 * 65 knocking on the door Emery/John Leach Pesante * 66 the noble duke of york Trad. arr. Emery/Kenneth Leighton Alla marcia f *67 tune inG Emery/Rodney Slatford Grazioso mf YE 009029 68 hot cross buns Trad. arr. Emery Con calore auntie 69 old abra’m brown Benjamin Britten arr. Emery Dolorosamente 8 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone you'll never see him more. He used to wear a long brown coat that button’d down before Sing this as a round and then play it. © Copyright 1936 by Boosey & Co. Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. optional bass part: YE 0090*70 dinosaur dance Emery/Rodney Slatford WIEN RFs oC 71 copy cat stenuto31 *72 hammock-pavane Emery/Tim Souster Grazioso (j= 60) 73 round manchester Emery Moderato * 74 french folk song Trad. arr. Emery/John Manduell Doucement ‘YE 009032 *75 dancing bass Tony Osborne/llona Sekacz D.S. al fine 76 fitznells round Emery Con brio f optional bass part YE 0090a 77 kookaburra Trad. arr. Emery Allegro & Koo-ka-bur-ra sits on an old gum tree mer-ry, mer-ry king of the bush is he 5% 8 Laugh koo-ka-bur-ra laugh koo-ka-bur-ra gay your life must be. optional ostinati Laugh ha-ha-ha, laugh ha-ha-ha. Laugh ha-ha-ha, laugh ha-ha-ha. Laugh with me, yes. 78 land dance Tony Osborne Semplice f optional bass part: YE 009034 79 bobby shaftoe duo game Trad. arr. Tony Osborne Vivo 80 bellringer, pray give us some peace Trad. arr. Emery Comodo nf Bellringer pray give us some peace Will your performance never cease? Waking us at dawn with the sound of your ringing Never stopping once till the end of the day Bellringer when will your arms be worn away? Bellringer when will your arms be worn away? ‘YE 009035 81 baby sardine Milligan/Wooding & Wild arr. Emery Animato A baby sardine saw her first submarine She was scared and looked through the peephole. O come, come come!” said the sardine’s mum, “It’s only a tin full of people’. La la Ja Ja, la la Ia la, la la fa la Ia Ia la. optional ostinati: A. Words © Norma Farnes Management Ltd, reprinted by kind permission. YE 009036 * 82 in the jungle Emery/Colin Matthews Allegro maestoso * 83 twinkle amabile Trad. arr. Hugh Bushell Andante semplice nf * 84 the blue bells of scotland Trad. arr. Gustav Laska Andante ¥ v f P YE 009038 *85 peg-a-leg-ted Emery/Timothy Murray Allegretto Ff staccato =—s ——= Ff 86 chaconne Henry Purcell arr. Jane Hill Slow mf 87 portly dance Hugh Bushell Brilliante (Teacher) (Pupil) YE 009039 88 tune inC Emery Andante 1s mf YE 009040 * 89 leaping lords Emery/John Walton Energico f —= > 10 pocorit. mom * 90 the old shire horse Emery/Dominic Muldowney Slow mp legato ‘YE.00904 *91 the little sailor Geoff Nicks Lento v so pe mf *92 sunshine Geoff Nicks Allegro 93 duo Tony Osborne ‘YE009042 *94 grandfather clock Rodney Slatford Affabile arco. mf Write your own tune and give it a name. ‘Schreib Deine eigene Melodie und gib ihr einen Namen. ‘YE 009043 *95 duck dance Emery/Chris de Souza Con dignita ‘YE 009044 *96 donkey cart |_ ., John Walton d= 54 2 poco rit. rit. J= 54 full sound ‘YE 009045 97 calypso Jan Holdstock arr. Emery Tempo di calypso Any time you need a calypso Here is what you must do. First of all you sing a rhythm so Shake a little, shake a little, shake a little shaker ‘And you bang a drum and you sing and strum ‘And then there’s a calypso for you. Jan Holdstock, reprinted by kind permission. ‘YE 009046 * 98 perpetuum mobile David Tutt Poco allegro frp) Alternative bowings ii) iii) i) Peete EW eee ve a ete. ‘YE 009047 99 paddy whack Trad. arr. John Walton Giojoso optional bass part: Emery 100 march Emery Alla marcia f 5 YE 009048 * 101 animal band Emery/Alan Ridout Rustico mf * 102 trooping the colour Emery/Jim Parker % Nobilmente YE 009049 crese. 103 scale insects Rodney Slatford Allegro 2 f optional bass parts Allegro tata, YE 009050 104 welsh hungarian dance Rodney Slatford Vivo > > > ‘YE 0090SL 37 pizz. areo. Sf P a * 105 jester song David Tutt Dreamily n mp legato YE 009052 106 abandoned bass Joseph Ruddy Lento 107 being serious Elizabeth Hollowood Grave fi == fF 108 swing time Elizabeth Hollowood Andante YE 009053 109 teamwork Elizabeth Hollowood Alllegro nf 110 bass line Elizabeth Hollowood Moderato mf ———— SSS YE 009054 111 donkey trot Emery Semplice mf 112 arpeggio fun Emery * 113 cheeky Patricia Hohmann-Barker/Thomas Pitfield Allegretto v % > YE 009055 114 kelvin grove Trad, arr. Patricia Hohmann-Barker Singing pizz (or arco) ‘YE 009056 115 song Joseph Haydn arr. Jane Hill Moderato 116 croatian tune Georg Benda arr. Jane Hill Moderato YE 009057 117 ship ahoy Tony Osborne Giocoso A sailor and his seven-man crew Went over the ocean in a canoe. Through storms and high winds and rains they were brave Rolling, bowling over the waves. Yo ho! Yo ho! Away we will sail. Yo ho! Yo ho! Away we will sail.58 118 don pedro Tony Osborne ‘Con brio Don Pedro the bullfighter was a brave man And all over Spain he had thousands of fans But one day he screamed and ran back to his house When he spotted a little white mouse, Oh — Look! There’s a mouse, Don Pedro! Look! There’s a mouse, Don Pedro! When he’s fighting a bull he’s a fearless young fellow, But mice make Don Pedro go yellow! YE 009059 * 119 the singing hippo Teppo Hauta-zho Andantino J= 80-84 mf ; P mf a cresc. => Pp —= of ——= Pi mf tranquillo ‘YE 009060 120 bass folk Emery Lento v v z nv mf ‘YE 009061 13 fine piu mosso YE 0090