Advanced Studies for Double Bass Book 1: 50 Studies in Major Keys (ed. Heyes)

About the Book

Advanced Studies Book 1 brings together 50 studies in all major keys by leading double bass pedagogues from the 19th and early 20th-century. Bassist-composers from four countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy) are featured in 60 pages of music, encompassing a wealth of musical styles, alongside musical and technical challenges, ideally suited to the advanced bassist with no fear of playing in treble clef.

These extended and advanced studies are useful to develop skills throughout the entire register of the double bass and the addition of scales and arpeggios will help to develop a confident knowledge of the entire geography of the fingerboard.

Studies and etudes are an important aspect of learning to play the double bass and many include musical and technical challenges in equal measure. Over the past 200 years’ influential teachers have written methods, alongside books of studies, enabling students to benefit from their knowledge and successful teaching careers.

Book 1 includes 50 studies in major keys and Book 2 will be devoted to minor keys.

Table of Contents

C major - Studies 1-4 (Nanny, Bottesini, Kayser, Černý)

G major - Studies 5-8 (Láska, Bottesini, Kreutzer/Negri, Hrabě)

F major - Studies 9-12 (Hause, Simandl, Negri, Bottesini)

D major - Studies 13-16 (Storch, Mengoli, Bottesini, Kayser)

B-flat major - Studies 17-20 (Nanny, Bottesini, Simandl, Hause)

A major - Studies 21-24 (Bottesini, Negri, Storch, Kayser)

E-flat major - Studies 25-28 (Kreutzer/Simandl, Černý, Bottesini, Nanny)

E major - Studies 29-32 (Hrabě, Hause, Simandl, Bottesini)

A-flat major - Studies 33-36 (Nanny, Storch, Negri, Bottesini)

B major - Studies 37-40 (Simandl, Bottesini, Hrabě, Bottesini)

D flat major - Studies 41-44 (Nanny, Storch, Bottesini, Simandl)

F-sharp major - Studies 45-47 (Hrabě, Simandl, Bottesini)

G-flat major - Studies 48-50 (Hause, Hrabě, Bottesini)