The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalog of classical; contemporary and educational repertoire; highlighting composers including Béla Bartók; Dmitri Shostakovich; James MacMillan; Milly Stanfield and Christopher Norton; alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall; Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Cathy Elliott; this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 double bassist and creates the perfect package for teaching; exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

•a diverse collection of pieces; each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip

•grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises

•brand new sight-reading and improvisation activities

•newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks

•a piano accompaniment booklet

Packaged with audio containing full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Cathy Elliott is a freelance double bass player. For twenty years she toured extensively and recorded with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Since the early 1990s she has had a flourishing teaching practice with beginner to advanced students from the ages of 6 to 18 for whom she continually writes; arranges and publishes repertoire. She is a consultant for various examination boards; and in 2009 the International Society of Bassists recognised her as a Young Bassists Ambassador.

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