“The bass is the foundation… Whatever you play puts a framework around the rest of the music.” Carol Kaye
No matter which musical genre you enjoy, the foundations are always built around the bass. Browse our sheet music and scores, covering all different styles and genres, for all ages and stages, take a look at our Bass Guitar Sheet Music Downloads, and start wandering through the wide world of bass guitar with Stretta Music today.
The challenges facing the bass in the early 20th century, as various new musical genres began to emerge, were size and volume. As early as 1910, Gibson developed an acoustic bass guitar, which started to tackle the question of size, but it wasn’t for another twenty years, before the question of volume was first addressed. Paul Tutmarc in Seattle built the first electric bass in 1933, the Model 736 Bass Fiddle, which was still fairly large, and used an electromagnetic pickup.
Although Tutmarc’s following prototypes started to look more and more like the modern bass guitar, integrating frets and becoming more compact, the bass guitar didn’t see great success until 1951, when Leo Fender created the Precision Bass. From there, many different manufacturers have developed bass guitars in various designs and shapes, and today, there are four main types of bass guitar: Electric Bass, Electric Acoustic Bass, Fretless Bass and Extended Range Bass (ERB) which has five or six strings.
13 original Jazz Etudes in a Variety of Styles and Tempos for bass clef instrument
Playalong with TNT Custom Mix Software
for: Bass guitar [double bass/trombone/tuba]
DVD (Playback)
Item no.: 655126
ABC of Bass Guitar
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 675050
Transcriptions - Lessons - Bios - Photos
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 677107
500 Grooves - All Styles - All Levels
Hal Leonard Bass Method
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 674748
Lehrbuch mit Koordinationsübungen, pentatonischen Skalen, Dur-und Mollskalen und Arpeggien
for: Bass guitar
Study book (with guitar tabs)
Item no.: 657689
The Master of Funk teaches you how to Thump!
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online video
Item no.: 678630
A Beginner's Guide, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio, Video, and Popular Songs!
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 678468
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 581932
10 Classic Rock Songs Reloaded
Bass Along (Bosworth)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621570
(Recorded Version)
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 342247
Starting now you can learn everything you need to know to play bass by exploring the music of Metallica.
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 279063
in the Choro Jam Session
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768620
for: Bass guitar
Songbook (with standard notation and TABs)
Item no.: 174277
Comprehensive Band Method
Online Resources Included
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 343111
A Practical Guide
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 328396
63 Funk Studies for the electric bass (+CD)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 100351
Play Along with 8 Great-Sounding Tracks
Ultimate Play-Along
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 847868
for acoustic and electric bass
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 376228
Play Bass with the Biggest and Best Songs from R.E.M.
Playalong-CD Included
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 469937
Comprehensive Band Method
Online Resources Included
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 586730
Hal Leonard Bass Method
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 683256
Play Bass Guitar with the Biggest and Best Songs from Nirvana!
Eight of Their Greatest Songs, Transcribed for Bass in Standard Notation and Tabulature with Vocal Line
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 464328
for double bass/electric bass
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 674919
A comprehensive source for scales, arpeggios, chord forms and techniques.
Bass Builders
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), online playback
Item no.: 243845
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 693303
Bass Recorded Versions
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs)
Item no.: 334138
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 684192
Bass
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 489906
a world history of styles and techniques
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), 3 CDs
Item no.: 775924
Get Your Band Together
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 417333
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 276784
(Teaching material)
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 579829
Hal Leonard Bass Method
Over 200 Licks, Lines And Grooves In Many Rhythmic Styles
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 494178
This book is a must for the beginning bass player!
All the basic technique of Rock, Soul, Funk, Blues and Reggae, incl. walking bass, double stops and slap/pop (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 272182
Learn How to Play the Right Way!
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online video
Item no.: 693342
Play the Bass Lines of 20 Pop and Rock Songs
Hal Leonard Bass Method (Supplement)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 178364
A world history of styles and techniques
englische Ausgabe
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 610410
from easy to advanced playing level
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 348425
An Inside Look at the Bass Style of Bootsy Collins
12 songs
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 601218
Over One Hundred Of The World's Most Famous Bass Guitar Riffs
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
Item no.: 480460
Musicians Institute
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 242521
The Life and Music of legendary bassist James Jamerson
for: Bass guitar
Book (with online audio)
Item no.: 400369
for: Bass guitar
Study book
Item no.: 467274
180 essential scales for all bassists
Gig Bag Book of
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 211041
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 607074
Berklee Guide
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 608851
Berklee Labs
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 132457
Schule für E-Bass (mit CD)
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 616390
The Ultimate Bass Lesson Book
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 664010
Get a Better Grip on Neck Navigation!
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (with chord charts)
Item no.: 778008