- Two volumes containing well-crafted arrangements and original compositions, presented in chronological order, from the sixteenth century right up to the present day
- Pieces feature on the ABRSM Double Bass syllabus at Grades 1-6 (Volume 1: Grades 1-3, Volume 2: Grades 4-6)
- Invaluable source of repertoire to explore for further study
- Contrasting styles, from Louis Couperin to Giles Swayne and William Byrd to Gavin Bryars
- Arrangements that cover the note ranges and keys of the early grades

Kitty of Coleraine [Trad.]
Whereat an Ant [William Byrd]
Le lardon and La boiteuse (from Pieces de clavessin) [Jean-Philippe Rameau]
Allegro from Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 6 No. 8 [George Frideric Handel]
Andante from Sonata No. 9 [Pietro Paradies]
Allegro from String Quartet in G minor, Op. 4 No. 2 [Louis Spohr]
Canon en ecrevisse (duet) [Luigi Cherubini]
Venetian Gondola Song from Sechs Lieder, Op. 57 [Felix Mendelssohn]
Hunting Song from Six Songs, Op. 4 [Edvard Grieg]
Daydream from Album pour enfants, Op. 39 [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]
Autumn, Op. 18 No. 3 [Gabriel Fauré]
Study No. 17 from Progressive Tutor for the Double Bass [James Pritchard Waud]
Cavalryman [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
Cradle Song [Marie Dare]
Gigue [Johann Froberger]
Room 42 [Gavin Bryars]
Black Bottom [Ray Henderson]
Jamaican Rumba [Arthur Benjamin / George Benjamin]