Fun With The String Bass

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
• When The Saints Go Marchin In ÿÿÿÿÿ Scott Joplin
• Glossary of Common Banjo Terms