“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.
Steve Bailey & Victor Wooten
(DVD)
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 143429
Modes of the Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Diminished, Whole-Tone, and Blues Scales
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
Item no.: 140783
Major Scale Modes and Pentatonic Scales
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
Item no.: 167360
Bass Signature Licks
A step by step breakdown of the bass styles and technique of Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic.
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 167258
New Concepts and Techniques
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 635480
english edition with german insert-sheet
A comprehensive band method
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 495001
for: Bass guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 210935
Ultimate Beginner Xpress
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 299425
Authentic Playalong
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 265769
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 489563
Griffbrettstempel für Bass/Ukulele/Banjo/Mandoline
for: Ukulele [mandolin, banjo, bass guitar]
Stamp
Item no.: 605139
stuff all the pros know and use
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 337624
Bass-Tabulatur
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 552416
Progressive
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 367493
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 552800
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 552541
The Complete Resource for Every Bass Player!
70 Songs!
for: Bass guitar
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar incl. Tabs)
Item no.: 606041
Play 9 Songs with Tab and Sound-alike Audio
Bass Play-Along Volume 43
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online playback
Item no.: 659777
Bass Play-Along Volume 42
Neun Red Hot Chili Peppers-Hits für Bass mit Play-Along CD
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 608899
The Life and Music of legendary bassist James Jamerson
for: Bass guitar
Book (with online audio)
Item no.: 400369
(Recorded Version)
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 626098
mit Grifftabellen und interaktiven Web-Codes
for: Electric guitar [Bass guitar]
Study book (with Tabs – without standard notation)
Item no.: 484510
9 Solostücke für E–Baß
Lehr–/Spielbuch mit CD
Funk– und Crossover–Etüden für E–Bass
for: Bass guitar
Music score (spiral binding), Playback CD
Item no.: 347881
for: Bass guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 488254
Incl. 60-Min.-CD mit Playbacks bekannter Hits
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160254
Alles was man über den Bass wissen muss
(inklusive Begleit-CD)
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 431578
Basics
Die neue Schule für Elektrobass
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 217006
Die E-Bass-Schule mit Online-Unterstützung
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs), online play-along
Item no.: 338483
Comprehensive Band Method
Online Resources Included
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 343111
10 Classic Rock Songs Reloaded
Bass Along (Bosworth)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621570
Jazz spielend erlernen
Alle Ausgaben der Serie "Jazz Club" sind untereinander kombinierbar
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 496699
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 663193
Bass Play-Along Volume 24
Acht Weezer-Hits für Bass mit Play-Along CD
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 554757
for: Bass guitar
Item no.: 311095
Eine Pop-Kantate
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190477
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Item no.: 431742
Pieces for little ones from the age of five up
for: Voice, double bass [bass guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 622106
Grades Debut-8
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD
Item no.: 642909
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 172102
for: Bass guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 167575
Klassik
for: Bass guitar
Score
Item no.: 239151
Jazz
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 270345
8teiliger Lehrplan/-methode für Bass
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 455816
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 245169
Schule
for: Bass guitar
Score
Item no.: 253010
for: Bass guitar
Item no.: 138768
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 375301
Bass Play-Along Volume 4 (American Edition)
Acht 90s Rock-Hits für Bass mit Play-Along CD
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 377338