A collection of 47 easy-to-play, big-note, level-one solos on folk favorites for young students of the upright bass. Designed to build technique, range, and endurance while maintaining student interest. Fun to play and serves ideally as a supplement to any method. All of the solos in this text may be played together in ensemble with the Fun with Violin: Fun with Cello: and Fun with Bass books. Includes many favorite tunes: Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here: I've Been Workin' On The Railroad, and many more.
Contents
Aloette ÿÿÿÿÿ
Aura Lee ÿÿÿÿÿ
Battle Hymn Of The Republic ÿÿÿÿÿ Julia Ward Howe
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home ÿÿÿÿÿ
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair ÿÿÿÿÿ Stephen Foster
Blow The Man Down ÿÿÿÿÿ
Blue Bells Of Scotland ÿÿÿÿÿ
Camptown Races ÿÿÿÿÿ Stephen Foster
Cape Cod Chanty ÿÿÿÿÿ
Cockles And Mussels ÿÿÿÿÿ
Come Back To Torino ÿÿÿÿÿ
Dixie ÿÿÿÿÿ
Down By The Riverside ÿÿÿÿÿ
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes ÿÿÿÿÿ
Drunken Sailor ÿÿÿÿÿ
Erie Canal ÿÿÿÿÿ
Eyes Of Texas ÿÿÿÿÿ
Francesco Carlo Zucco ÿÿÿÿÿ
Frankie And Johnny ÿÿÿÿÿ
Greensleeves ÿÿÿÿÿ
Gypsy Lament ÿÿÿÿÿ
Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here ÿÿÿÿÿ
Hatikvoh (The Hope) ÿÿÿÿÿ
Home On The Range ÿÿÿÿÿ
I Gave My Love A Cherry ÿÿÿÿÿ
I've Been Workin' On The Railroad ÿÿÿÿÿ
It Takes A Worried Man ÿÿÿÿÿ
John Henry ÿÿÿÿÿ
Loch Lomond ÿÿÿÿÿ
Londonderry Air ÿÿÿÿÿ
Look Down That Lonely Road ÿÿÿÿÿ
Michael Row The Boat Ashore ÿÿÿÿÿ
My Bonnie ÿÿÿÿÿ
Oh! Susanna ÿÿÿÿÿ
Old Shoe Boots And Leggins ÿÿÿÿÿ
Red River Valley ÿÿÿÿÿ
Santa Lucia ÿÿÿÿÿ
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain ÿÿÿÿÿ
Shenandoah ÿÿÿÿÿ
Shortnin' Bread ÿÿÿÿÿ
Streets Of Laredo ÿÿÿÿÿ
Swing Low Sweet Chariot ÿÿÿÿÿ
The Entertainer ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin
This Train ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin
Tom Dooley ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin
Wayfarin' Stranger ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin