David Heyes: Ready! Steady! BASS! - 12 Pieces for Beginner Double Bass Trio

About the Collection Ready! Steady! Bass! was composed during a short visit to Aalborg (Denmark) in December 2024. I have long been an advocate of using chamber music to help develop reading, ensemble and communication skills for young bassists and hoped that writing a series of easy trios for complete beginners would encourage these skills from the earliest stages of study. The pieces are progressive, beginning with pizzicato and gradually moving to arco, introducing a number of bass percussion effects. Chamber music is an important element when studying a string instrument and this collection of 12 short pieces is aimed at the beginner double bass trio. Each piece is 16 bars long and in 4/4 time, using a limited number of note values and rests, alongside employing a range of performance skills. If the bassists are playing from the score, a piece could be performed three times, without a break, allowing each performer to play all three parts, developing reading skills and stamina. Sto