This best-selling instruction book along with CD is the perfect start for an Absolute Beginner to Intermediate Student of any age on the Bass. The many melodies plus short warm-up exercises and study pieces advance students technically in an easy and enjoyable way. Simple duets, scales, a note-reading worksheet, glossary and practice chart are also included along with many graphs to show left-hand finger placement. The included CD consists of three components: 49 performance pieces of bass with piano accompaniments, piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along, and a printable pdf file of the piano accompaniments. This book covers first, second, third, and half positions.

Mary Had a Little Lamb
Skipping and Walking Fingers
Jingle Bells
My Dreydl
Au Clair De La Lune
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Ode To Joy
Frere Jacques
Aloutte
Long, Long Ago
Hot Cross Buns
The Lumberjack
London Bridge
Lightly Row
Over the Ocean
The Kangaroo
The Lioness
Rock N'Roll Bass
Merry-Go-Round
Playing Soccer
Pop! Goes The Weasel
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
Oats and Beans
Up on The House Top
This Old Man
The Hope
China Sea
Oh Susanna
Violin Concerto Theme
Reuben and Rachel
Over the River and Through the Woods
School is Out
Hop Scotch
Row Your Boat
Joy To The World
Swinging High
Good King Wencelas
The King's Jester
The Windmill
Yankee Doodle
Aure Lee
Scarborough Fair
Lullaby
Skip to My Lou
Hush, Little Baby
El Capotin
Home on the Range
Scales
Easy Duets
Worksheet
Glossary
Practice Chart