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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Double Bass Grade 2 from 2024 Syllabus:
Grade 2 Scales
ABRSM Double Bass Scales Grades 1-5
Grade 2 Sight-reading
ABRSM Double Bass Specimen Sight-Reading, Grades 1-5
Grade 2 Aural
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
| List A | Composer | Piece Details | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beethoven | Ecossaise, arr. Elliott | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 2 | Trad. French | Song of the French Revolution, arr. Elliott | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 3 | Boccherini | Minuetto (from String Quartet in C, Op. 24 No. 4), arr. Slatford & Wells | Time Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 4 | C. Graupner | Bourrée, arr. Magolt | Easy Concert Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (Schott) |
| 5 | Handel | Gavotte, arr. Elliott – DUET/PIANO | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 6 | Trad. | Upon Paul’s Steeple, arr. Nelson | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 7 | Schumann | The Merry Peasant (The Happy Farmer) (from Album for the Young, Op. 68), arr. Elliott or arr. Suzuki | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 4 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| Suzuki Bass School, Vol. 2, Revised Edition (Alfred) | |||
| Suzuki Bass School Volume 2 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| 8 | Mozart | Passe-pied, arr. Dehant with repeats | La Contrebasse classique, Vol. A (Combre) |
| 9 | C. Petzold | Minuet in D, BWV Anh. II 114, arr. Elliott | The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook for Double Bass (Bartholomew) |
| The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook – Piano Accompaniment (Bartholomew) | |||
| 10 | Schumann | Soldiers’ March (from Album for the Young, Op. 68), arr. Hartley DUET | Double Bass Solo 1, 2019 Edition (OUP) |
| Accompaniments for Double Bass Solo (OUP) | |||
| 11 | Katherine & Hugh Colledge | Carefree | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 12 | L. Mozart | Schwaben Tanz DUET | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 13 | S. Nelson | Drummer’s March, arr. Elliott DUET | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| List B | |||
| 1 | Dvořák | Largo (from Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’), arr. Mohrs | Easy Concert Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (Schott) |
| 2 | Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake, arr. Mohrs | Easy Concert Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (Schott) |
| 3 | Katrina Gordon | Hungry Old Owl (No.10 from Feathered Friends) | Katrina Gordon: Feathered Friends (Recital Music) |
| Katrina Gordon: Feathered Friends (Recital Music) Digital Download Edition | |||
| 4 | G. Nicks | The Little Sailor | Yorke Solos for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (Yorke) or |
| Bass is Best! Yorke Mini-Bass Book 1 (Yorke) | |||
| 5 | T. Osborne | Procession of Kings (No. 8 from The Double Bass Sings) | T. Osborne: The Double Bass Sings (Piper) |
| 6 | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music), arr. Lillywhite, Marshall, Hussey & Sebba - DUET/PIANO | Abracadabra Double Bass, Book 1 (Collins Music) |
| Abracadabra String Beginners Teacher's Book (Collins Music) | |||
| Abracadabra Strings Book 1 – Piano Accompaniment (Collins Music) | |||
| 7 | Michael Rose | Ballad I | Time Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 8 | M. Stanfield & S. Barlow | Friday’s Child, arr. Elliott | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 9 | Trad. English | Greensleeves, arr. Elliott | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 10 | Trad. Welsh | All Through the Night, arr. Nelson – DUET/PIANO | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 11 | Katrina Gordon | Two-toed Sloth (No. 4 from Creature Comforts) | Katrina Gordon: Creature Comforts (Recital Music) Available from our Digital Download site |
| 12 | Trad. Kenyan | Sisi Watoto Tu Wakenya, arr. Hugh DUET | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| List C | |||
| 1 | Arlen & Harburg | We’re off to see the wizard (from The Wizard of Oz), arr. Lillywhite, Marshall, Hussey & Sebba | Abracadabra Double Bass, Book 1 (Collins Music) |
| Abracadabra String Beginners Teacher's Book (Collins Music) | |||
| Abracadabra Strings Book 1 – Piano Accompaniment (Collins Music) | |||
| 2 | Keith Ramon Cole | Granite, arr. Elliott | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 3 | James Cruttenden | Blues in D (No. 3 from Bow that Bass!) | James Cruttenden: Bow that Bass! (Recital Music) |
| James Cruttenden: Bow that Bass! (Recital Music) Digital Download Edition from our Digital site | |||
| 4 | Caroline Emery & Rodney Slatford | Dinosaur Dance | Bass is Best! Yorke Mini-Bass Book 1 (Yorke) |
| 5 | Rodney Slatford | Welsh Hungarian Dance lower part DUET | Bass is Best! Yorke Mini-Bass Book 1 (Yorke) |
| 6 | Thomas Gregory | Smooth Operator | Vamoosh Double Bass, Book 2 (Vamoosh) |
| 7 | Herz | Galoppe, arr. Slatford & Bullard | Time Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 8 | Giles Swayne | Lazybones | Time Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 1 (ABRSM) |
| 9 | Christopher Norton | The Caretaker (No. 7 from Microjazz for Double Bass) | Christopher Norton: Microjazz for Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 10 | Trad. | March of the Kings, arr. Elliott – SOLO/PIANO | The Essential String Method, Double Bass Book 3 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| Essential String Method Vol 3 and 4 Piano Accompaniment for Cello/Double Bass (Boosey & Hawkes) | |||
| 11 | Jan Faulkner | Charleston Caper (No.1 from Second Bass) | Jan Faulkner: Second Bass (Recital Music) |
| Jan Faulkner: Second Bass (Recital Music) Digital Download Edition from our Digital site | |||
| 12 | Ailbhe McDonagh | Dancing Ghoul | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
| 13 | Karen Street | Go for it! | Grade by Grade, Double Bass Grade 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) |
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Overlap
Bowed Strings candidates worldwide may play their three pieces from the 2020–2023 Bowed Strings Syllabus until 31 December 2024. All pieces must be from the same syllabus – candidates may not present a mixture from old and new syllabuses.
Amendments
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Revision
The ABRSM has not scheduled the next revision of the Double Bass Syllabus. The ABRSM will post advance notice of planned changes to the Double Bass Syllabus (including syllabus overlap information) at www.abrsm.org/syllabusupdates.
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