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String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0000455_SB String Bass. Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. Instructional. Part. 1 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0000455_SB. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0000455_SB). UPC: 038081207179.During the Civil War era, the song Follow the Drinking Gourd was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the slaves could find their freedom. The Drinking Gourd represented the Big Dipper, which pointed them to the next step of their journey- ultimately leading to the Underground Railroad. This arrangement requires minimal shifting for the first violin, cello and bass, while the second violin and viola remain in first position throughout. Varying rhythms, bowings and articulations are featured components in this energetic adaptation of an African-American folk song. This title is available in SmartMusic.List/syllabus: TX UIL PML: Orch, Strings, Guitar. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).