“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.
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 671439
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 671438
New Concepts and Techniques
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 635480
Authentic Playalong
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 265769
stuff all the pros know and use
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 337624
Hal Leonard Bass Method
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 297241
Lick Library
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 681934
Progressive
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 367493
The Life and Music of legendary bassist James Jamerson
for: Bass guitar
Book (with online audio)
Item no.: 400369
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 1652699
A new way to play electric bass
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 772164
The Method for a New Generation
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 1354780
Everything You Need to Start Playing Bass Guitar
for: Bass guitar
Study book (with tabs – without notes), CD
Item no.: 1354782
grooves and patterns
fast forward
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1639340
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
Music score, CD
Item no.: 167575
8teiliger Lehrplan/-methode für Bass
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 455816
Am
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024806
G
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024689
E
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024684
Easy-to-use Guide for over 1300 Scales
Supplement to any Bass Method (DIN A5)
for: Bass guitar
Study book (guitar grips)
Item no.: 275646
Bass Play-Along Volume 59
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 1215676
21 Skills Every Serious Player Should Master
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 806352
Pop und Rock
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 847505
Bass
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 579827
Starter Series (Video)
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 135018
Progressive Beginner
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 960738
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 564868
Alfred's Artist Series
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 364509
An Exercising Handbook
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 400193
Lick Library
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 681935
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 681931
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 Dummies
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 649044
Bass Recorded Versions
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1668032
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD + DVD
Item no.: 1591570
Schule
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 972381
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1547255
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 302594
Bass Play-Along Volume 37
Acht Modern Worship-Hits für Bass mit Play-Along CD
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 602156
DVD 1: Scales, Modes and their Applications
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 367426
Full-Sized Edition
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 827621
Em
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024682
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD + DVD
Item no.: 1591576
Get a Better Grip on Neck Navigation!
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (with chord charts)
Item no.: 778008
The complete Guide
Includes Chord Diagrams – Interactive Book with Tipcodes
for: Electric guitar [Bass guitar]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 148563
At a Glance
for: Bass guitar
Book, DVD
Item no.: 808013