Siesta

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No.27 from An Introduction to Thumb Position

Composer: Cathy Elliott

Instrumentation: Double bass and piano
Difficulty: Basic thumb position

Printed edition: Introduction to Thumb Position

Download editions are supplied as a single PDF containing the double bass part and piano accompaniment

Description

Siesta is a lyrical piece to encourage the development of vibrato in thumb position.

It can be played entirely in basic (semi-chromatic) thumb position or with shifts up and down the G string. Occasionally the melody goes up to the harmonic D on the G string.

No. 27 from An Introduction to Thumb Position

Printed Edition

An Introduction to Thumb Position (bass) ISMN: 979-0-708191-23-0
An Introduction to Thumb Position (piano) ISMN: 979-0-708191-24-7

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