David Heyes: A Little Suite for Izzy for Beginner Double Bass & Piano

About the Composition A Little Suite for Izzy was composed in February 2020 and is dedicated to seven year-old Izzy in Belfast. The five short pieces are played pizzicato throughout, with added percussive sounds to add interest and variety, and the piano accompaniments are aimed at the double bass teacher with some pianistic skills, rather than the virtuoso. Each piece offers different skills with repetition used to aid the learning process. There are two double bass parts, one played pizzicato and one which includes both pizzicato and arco. The edition also includes a slightly more advanced bass part which introduces both pizzicato and arco. Table of Contents 1. A Song for Saturday is lively and fun with a syncopated piano accompaniment played entirely in treble clef. The bass part uses three open strings, which should be allowed to ring, and introduces left hand percussion sounds played on the shoulder of the double bass and the ‘boom’ created when the belly of the bass is tapped wit