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Bass for Beginners

30 Pieces for Beginner Double Bass & Piano
Edited and arranged by David Heyes

Bass for Beginners is a collection of short and enjoyable pieces for the young
bassist. It brings together a wealth of popular and lee 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)

Hugo Schlemüller (1872-1918) was a German cellist, composer and teacher. From
1902 he taught at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and in 1910 founded his own
publishing company. He composed many works for cello and several pieces in 'Bass
for beginners' were adapted from his 'The Very First Performance Pieces for the
Young Cellist'.

Anton Hegner (1861-1915) was a Danish cellist and composer and the brother of
Ludvig Hegner (1851-1923), the Principal Bass of the Royal Danish Orchestra.
Anton was appointed Principal Cello of the New York Symphony Orchestra by Walter
Damrosch and alongside composing many works for cello - both study and recital
works. The works included in 'Bass for Beginners' were adapted from his
'Recreations for Young Cellists'.

Václav Bech (1877-1936 was a Czech bassist and studied at the Prague
Conservatoire with Vendelín Sládek and František Černý. He played in many
orchestras and from 1909-1914 taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, and from
1919-1936 taught at the Brno Conservatoire (Czech Republic). Bech composed a
number of method and technical books for the double bass.
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OPEN STRINGS
1. Hugo Schlemüller - Play My Bass
2. Hugo Schlemüller - Ski-Run
3. Hugo Schlemüller - A Hunting Song

FIRST POSITION
4. French Folk Song (18th-century) - Au Clair de la Lune
5. Mahler - Solo from Symphony No.1
6. French Nursery Rhyme - Frère Jacques
7. Anton Hegner - Old Song (Long, Long Ago)
8. Patriot Song (c.1745) - National Anthem
9. Václav Bech - Czech Song No.1
10. Sea Shanty - Blow the Man Down
11. Somerset Folk Song - Searching for Lambs
12. Shaker Song - The Gift to be Simple
13. Sea Shanty - What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?
14. Anton Hegner - Mary had a Little Lamb
15. Václav Bech - Czech Song No.3
16. Václav Bech - Slovakian National Song
17. Anton Hegner - American College Song (A-Roving)
18. Gloucestershire Folk Song - As I Sat on a Sunny Bank
19. Traditional Scottish - Auld Lang Syne
20. Spiritual - Steal Away
21. American Gospel Hymn - When the Saints Go Marching In
22. Václav Bech - Czech Song No.2
23. Anton Hegner - German Folk Song (Du, Du liegst mir im Herzen)
24. Anton Hegner - Old American Song (In the Gloaming)
25. Robert Schumann - The Wild Horseman
26. Václav Bech - Russian Song No.2
27. J.S. Bach - The New Squire (Peasant Cantata)

HALF POSITION
28. Traditional - French Folk Song
29. Traditional - Early One Morning
30. Thomas Morley - It was a Lover and his Lass

SCALES & ARPEGGIOS