Double Bass Requirements
First Year
Technique
Scales in major and minor - one octave
Repertoire
Simandl Double Bass Book I, Pts. II, III, IV, & V
Departmental Examination
Based on the above material.
Second Year
Technique
- Scales in major and minor - two octaves
- Arpeggios in major and minor
- Chromatic scales
- Simandl Thirty Etudes
- Simandl Double Bass Book II, Part VI
Repertoire
- J.S. Bach Air on the G String
- Saint-Saens Elephant Dance
Departmental Examination
Based on the above material.
Third Year
Technique
- Scales in major and minor - three octaves
- Arpeggios in major and minor
- Simandl Book II, Part VII
- Kruetzer Etudes (arranged by Simandl)
Repertoire
R. Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel, Symphony in F minor
Recital
Half-recital including Corelli Sonata in D minor
Departmental Examination
Based on the above material.
Fourth Year
Technique
- Scales in major and minor
- Simandl Double Bass Book II, Parts VIII and IX.
- Boosey and Hawkes Orchestral Passages Book I.
Repertoire
R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Neapolitanisches Volkleben, Macbeth
Departmental Examination
- Recital, 50-60 minutes (playing time).
- 15 minute jury of excerpts selected by the faculty from the recital program.
