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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Double Bass Grade 6 from 2024 Syllabus:
Grade 6 Scales
ABRSM Double Bass Scales Grades 6-8
Grade 6 Sight-Reading
ABRSM Double Bass Specimen Sight-Reading, Grades 6-8
Grade 6 Aural
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 6 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 6-8 (book and CD)
Grade 6 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C:
| List A | Composer | Piece Details | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bottesini | Study No. 50 (from Metodo completo per contrabbasso) – SOLO | Bottesini: Method for Double Bass, Part 1 (Yorke) |
| 2 | Capuzzi | Rondo: Allegro (3rd movt from Concerto in D) | Capuzzi: Concerto in D (Yorke) |
| 3 | C. Dancla | Polka (from Suite No.1, Op.123), arr. Close & Sassmannshaus | Concert Pieces for Double Bass (Bärenreiter) |
| 4 | De Fesch | Minuet I and Minuet II (from Sonata in D minor), arr. Siebach & Schlenker | De Fesch: Sonata in D minor (Hofmeister) |
| 5 | Dragonetti | Sarabanda: Allegro (from – SOLO in D minor ‘After Corelli’) | Dragonetti: Solo in D minor (Doblinger) |
| 6 | Eisengräßer | Introduction and Theme and Variation 1 (from Variations on a Favourite Styrian Folk Song) treble clef notes may be played 8ve lower | Eisengräßer: Variations for Contra Bass on a Favourite Styrian Folk-Song (Recital Music) Download Edition from our Digital site or |
| Festival Performance Solos for String Bass (Carl Fischer) | |||
| Festival Performance Solos Piano Accompaniment (Carl Fischer) | |||
| 7 | attrib. Giovannino | Staccato e arioso (3rd movt from Sonata in A minor) | Giovannino: Sonata in A minor (Yorke) |
| B. Marcello | Adagio (Andante) and Allegro (1st and 4th movts from Sonata in G, Op. 2 No. 6) | B. Marcello: Sonata in G (IMC) or | |
| B. Marcello: Six Sonatas (G. Schirmer) | |||
| 9 | S. Paxton | The Bush aboon Traquair (A Scots Air) and Vivace (2nd and 3rd movts from Sonata in D, Op. 3 No. 2), trans. Elliott | S. Paxton: Sonata in D, Op. 3 No. 2 (Bartholomew) |
| 10 | Vivaldi | Largo (1st movt from Sonata No.1 in B b, RV 47) | Vivaldi: Sonata No.1 in Bb, trans. Zimmermann (IMC) or |
| Vivaldi: Complete Sonatas for Violoncello (Bärenreiter) or | |||
| Vivaldi: Six Sonatas for Violoncello (Schott) | |||
| 11 | Virginia Dixon | Trilling Waltz | Suzuki Bass School, Vol. 3, Revised Edition (Alfred) |
| Suzuki Bass School Volume 3 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| List B | |||
| 1 | Beethoven | Sonatina, arr. Zimmerman | Solos for the Double Bass Player (G. Schirmer) |
| 2 | J. F. Burgmüller | Nocturne No.1, arr. Heyes | J. F. Burgmüller: Nocturne No.1 (Recital Music) |
| J. F. Burgmüller: Nocturne No.1 (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site | |||
| 3 | Gabriel-Marie | La Cinquantaine arr. Elliott or arr. Suzuki | Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquantaine (Bartholomew) or |
| Suzuki Bass School, Vol. 4 (Alfred) | |||
| Suzuki Bass School Volume 4 – Piano Accompaniment (Alfred) | |||
| 4 | Christian Gouinguené | Adagio | Christian Gouinguené: Adagio (Leduc) |
| 5 | Keÿper | Romance | Keÿper: Romance and Rondo (Yorke) or |
| Concert Pieces for Double Bass (Bärenreiter) | |||
| 6 | L. Mendelssohn | Menuett, arr. Close & Sassmannshaus | Concert Pieces for Double Bass (Bärenreiter) |
| 7 | Anon., formerly attrib. Pergolesi | Tre giorni, arr. Close & Sassmannshaus or arr. Zimmermann – with 1st repeat in Bärenreiter edn | Concert Pieces for Double Bass (Bärenreiter) or |
| Festival Performance Solos for String Bass (Carl Fischer) | |||
| Festival Performance Solos Piano Accompaniment (Carl Fischer) | |||
| 8 | Merle | Caballero | Festival Performance Solos for String Bass (Carl Fischer) |
| Festival Performance Solos Piano Accompaniment (Carl Fischer) | |||
| 9 | Madenski | Marzenie | Miniatures, Book 1 (Recital Music) |
| Miniatures, Book 1 (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site | |||
| 10 | John Walton | A Deep Song | John Walton: A Deep Song (Yorke) |
| List C | |||
| 1 | D. Bourgeois | Allegro commondo (No. 3 from Fantasy Pieces for Double Bass) – SOLO | D. Bourgeois: Fantasy Pieces for Double Bass (Brass Wind) |
| 2 | Gavin Bryars | Room 42 | Time Pieces for Double Bass, Vol. 2 (ABRSM) |
| 3 | I. Carroll | Fantasia in E minor (No.1 from Three Pieces for Double Bass) | I. Carroll: Three Pieces for Double Bass (Forsyth) |
| 4 | V. Elliott | Odd Man Out | V. Elliott: Odd Man Out (Yorke) |
| 5 | Hauta-Aho | A Little Waltz (Pieni Valssi) | Hauta-Aho: Teppo’s Tunes (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site |
| 6 | David Heyes | Tapio (No. 3 from Finnish Sketches) – SOLO | David Heyes: Finnish Sketches (Recital Music) |
| David Heyes: Finnish Sketches (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site | |||
| 7 | A. H. Hill | The Jester | A. H. Hill: Four Pieces for Double Bass (Stainer & Bell) |
| 8 | Nölck | Tempo di ballo (from Petit album de concert), arr. Close & Sassmannshaus | Concert Pieces for Double Bass (Bärenreiter) |
| 9 | Pascal Proust | Arcades | Pascal Proust: Arcades (Combre) |
| 10 | Villoldo | El Choclo, arr. Tailor | Villoldo: El Choclo for Contrabass (Editions Marc Reift) |
| 11 | Judith Bailey | Scherzino (No.1 from Five Minatures) | Judith Bailey: Five Minatures for Double Bass (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site |
| 12 | I. Carroll | Bolero (No. 3 from Three Pieces for Double Bass) | I. Carroll: Three Pieces for Double Bass (Forsyth) |
| 13 | Lourdes C. Montgomery | Calle Ocho (8th Street) (No. 4 from Hispanic Dances) | Lourdes C. Montgomery: Hispanic Dances for Double Bass (Recital Music) Digital Edition from our Download site |
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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
The ABRSM will post updates to the syllabus e.g. changes to publication details or other minor corrections or clarifications – at www.abrsm.org/syllabuscorrections.
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.
Photocopies & downloads
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