“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.
Twelve Waltzes arranged for Electric Bass Solo
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1692216
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1690572
per il basso
for: Bass guitar
Book, online media
Item no.: 1689546
The Best Step-by-Step Guide to Start Playing
for: Bass guitar
Study book (with guitar tabs), online media
Item no.: 1689309
(Instrumental Solo)
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1684458
Essential Elements German Translations
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1681166
Die komplette Jazzstil- und Improvisationsmethode für Bands und Blasorchester
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1672364
De James Brown à Prince
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1671520
Hal Leonard Bass Play-Along Volume 61
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 1669377
250 Songs
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1669352
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1655358
Essential Elements German Translations
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1653378
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1650096
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1650870
Entschlüssele die Geheimnisse der Bass Grooves
Für Einsteiger, Fortgeschrittene und Pros auch ohne Notenkenntnisse
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, CD, online audio
Item no.: 1646191
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1645339
Schule
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1638419
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1636381
Pop und Rock
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1638415
Pop und Rock
for: Bass guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1637247
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1636378
Bass Recorded Versions Persona
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1633959
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1636374
Beginner Series
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1637210
Bass Spielen In Jazz, Rock und Pop
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1633690
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1585808
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1587136
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1585807
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582113
sul basso
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1566460
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1560151
100 audios & vidéos
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online media
Item no.: 1559819
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1556659
Studien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 1556415
Volume 1
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1556409
Volume 2
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1556408
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1556407
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1553053
Die Tonleitern für Bassgitarre in allen Tonarten
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 1552760
Slap Bass techniques, from the basics to the most extreme
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online video
Item no.: 1552174
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1552156
for: Bass guitar
Book, DVD
Item no.: 1551968
Bass Recorded Versions Persona
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1533008
Fast Track Music Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1550376
Bass Recorded Versions Persona
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1532321
Bass Recorded Versions Persona
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1550377
Studien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1549318
Blues Sessions
for: Bass guitar
Study book, CD
Item no.: 1549298