6 Easy Pieces for Double Bass and Piano by Lourdes Montgomery (edited by Michael Montgomery)

About the Collection Lourdes Montgomery’s little pieces for double bass and piano were written for and named after several of her husband's, Michael’s students, aged six to nine years old, who after a year or so of study had completed their first volume of the Suzuki method and were in need of supplemental material before progressing to the second book. These young bassists, all members of the Ozark Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, hail from families that enrich the cultural tapestry of Northwest Arkansas by sharing with us traditions they bring from El Salvador, Mexico, and Columbia. In these short and relatively simple new compositions, the composer presents some skills the novice double bass student might or might not as of yet come across. For example, though it might be presumed that the first-year pupil is already familiar with the dotted quarter/eighth note rhythm and has worked through the bow recovery needed to play two consecutive down bows, those concepts are reinforced in the