Double Bass – Sheet Music, Books & Scores

“How many double bass players does it take to screw in a lightbulb? It always seems to alternate between one and five!”

It may be true that the double bass has a lot of perfect cadences to play, but there is an awful lot more to the biggest member of the modern string family than meets the eye. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at Rock Double Bass, Double Bass Pop Music or Jazz for Double Bass, and whether you prefer arco or pizzicato, get that Double Bass Walking with Stretta today!

First seen in the middle of the 16th century, as a larger version of the bass viola, it wasn’t until the 18th century, once it had taken the shape we recognise today, that the double bass started being integrated into the modern-day orchestra. Nowadays, the double bass features as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and is also prominent in the worlds of jazz and pop.

More inspiration for the Double Bass

Demo 1

David Berkman

The Jazz Musician's Guide to Creative Practicing

Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician

for: Instrument

Music lesson book, online audio

Item no.: 201865

38.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Teppo Hauta-Aho

Kadenza

für Kontrabass solo

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 486282

6.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Francesco Petracchi

Simplified higher Technique

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 129227

20.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Nino Rota

Divertimento concertante

for: Double bass, orchestra

Piano reduction, solo part

Item no.: 773325

27.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Robert Rawlins

How to play from a Real Book

for all Musicians

for: Instrument

Music lesson book (spiral binding)

Item no.: 605605

26.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
David Ellis

Sonata op. 42

for unaccompanied double bass

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 291867

8.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Mieczysław Weinberg

Sonate für Kontrabass Solo op. 108

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 479077

11.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Johann Baptist Vanhal

Double Bass Concerto

piano reduction in C major and D major
Part in "Viennese tuning" (A-d-f#-a): free download

for: Double bass, orchestra

Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)

Item no.: 630400

30.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Astor Piazzolla

Kicho

for: Double bass, piano

Ensemble score

Item no.: 290543

19.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)

W.A.Mozart: Französisches Volkslied (Demo)

Melodien für Kontrabass

von Bach bis Holst
Bearbeitungen für Kontrabass und Klavier
von leicht bis II. Lage

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)

Item no.: 636126

19.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)

Test Pieces for orchestral Auditions Double Bass

Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
Orchestra – warm-up games

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 353892

28.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Louie Bellson, Gil Breines

Modern Reading Text in 4/4

Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments

for: Instrument

Music lesson book

Item no.: 403587

14.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Paul Rolland

The Teaching Of Action In String Playing

for: String instrument

Study book

Item no.: 619111

68.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–5 weeks
Kate Jones

Keeping Your Nerve!

Confidence-boosting strategies for musicians

for: Instrument

Book (softcover)

Item no.: 350043

6.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)

Track 3

Hal Crook

Creative Comping for Improvisation 2

for: Instrument

Music score, Playback-CD

Item no.: 266056

19.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)

Pop Quartets for All

Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
(Revised and Updated)

for: 4 cellos [double basses]

Ensemble score (anthology)

Item no.: 554320

10.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Niccolò Paganini

Variazioni Sul Mose' Di Rossini (Sankey)

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 404366

14.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Elegy op. 3/1

arranged for double bass and piano

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 635954

16.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Barbara Maurer

Saitenweise

Neue Klangphänomene auf Streichinstrumenten und ihre Notation – Eine Anleitung

for: String instrument

Book (softcover)

Item no.: 632286

30.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Ludwig van Beethoven

Variations on a theme by Mozart

7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 248021

8.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Heinz Karl Gruber

Kadenzen zum Konzert in E

von Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

for: Double bass, orchestra

Music score

Item no.: 207637

10.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Mengoli Annibali

20 Concert Studies

for: Double bass

Item no.: 173210

28.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Johannes Matthias Sperger

Sonate D-Dur

für Kontrabaß und Klavier

for: Double bass, piano

Item no.: 162072

15.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Caroline Emery

Bass is best!

yorke mini-bass book 1

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 129234

36.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.

Concert Pieces

19 Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
Bärenreiter's Double Bass Collection

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 616672

24.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Adolf Misek

Sonate e-Moll op. 6

für Kontrabaß und Klavier

for: Double bass, piano

Score, part

Item no.: 392841

16.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Franz Simandl

New Method for The Double Bass Book 1

Schule

for: Double bass

Item no.: 198077

37.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)

Aura Lee (Demo)

Thomas Großmann

Songs für Kontrabass

Pop, Jazz & mehr
Bearbeitungen für Kontrabass und Klavier von leicht bis II. Lage

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)

Item no.: 636820

19.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Franz Schubert

Arpeggione Sonate a-Moll D 821

Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
Edition Ludwig Streicher

for: Double bass, piano

Item no.: 158117

21.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Georges Bizet

Carmen Fantaisie

for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)

Item no.: 328015

41.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Adolf Misek

Legende Op 3

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 279799

9.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Rebecca Saunders

fury

for double bass solo
Peters Contemporary Library

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 682892

39.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Special manufacture. Delivery time: 3–4 weeks
Giovanni Bottesini

Adagio melanconico ed appassionato

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 253462

9.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata BWV1028

Nach der Sonate für Viola da gamba e Cembalo obligato, BWV 1028

for: Double bass, piano

Score, part

Item no.: 392828

13.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Franz Schubert

Sonate arpeggione

pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 664026

30.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–4 weeks.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in G minor BWV 1029

for Viola da gamba and hapsichord
arranged for double bass and piano

for: Double bass, piano

Ensemble score

Item no.: 635961

22.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Download item

Easy Concert Pieces

24 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries using half to 3rd Position

for: Double bass, piano

Music score

Item no.: 738642

13.99  €incl. VAT
Download product – instantly available.
Giovanni Bottesini

Capriccio di bravura

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 265402

15.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Thomas Gregory

Vamoosh String Book 3

Piano Accompaniment

for: Violin [viola/cello/double bass], piano

Music score (piano accompaniment)

Item no.: 630441

11.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
Marcos Paiva

The Bass

in the Choro Jam Session

for: Double bass [bass guitar]

Music lesson book

Item no.: 768620

22.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Lasse Lagercrantz

Double Bass ABC Book A – Tutor

Colourstrings

for: Double bass

Music lesson book (spiral binding)

Item no.: 492111

38.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Ondřej Balcar, Jan Balcar

Double-bass school

for: Double bass

Music lesson book

Item no.: 695810

11.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Charles Colin, Bugs Bower

Rhythms Complete – Bass Clef

for: Bass instrument (bass clef)

Music score

Item no.: 406416

14.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
David Lang

I Feel Pretty

for double bass solo

for: Double bass

Music score

Item no.: 1329442

11.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)

My First Dance Song (Demo)

Double Bass Starter

22 Pieces in various styles

for: Double bass

Buch + CD

Item no.: 601455

23.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
François Rabbath

Nouvelle technique de la contrebasse 2

for: Double bass

Music lesson book

Item no.: 267497

39.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Franz Simandl

Kontrabass-Schule 8

Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel
Band 8: Tonleiter und gebrochene Akkord-Studien

for: Double bass

Music lesson book

Item no.: 279780

10.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)

Japanese Folk Song: Sakura

George Vance

Progressive repertoire Vol. 2

for: Double bass

Music score, CD

Item no.: 345917

29.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
Lajos Montag

Double Bass Tutor 1

Nagybőgőiskola 1
Zeneóra - hangszeriskolák
EMB Music Lesson - Methods

for: Double bass

Music lesson book

Item no.: 198068

31.55  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Sheila Nelson, Adrian Thorne

The Essential String Method 1

for: Double bass

Music lesson book

Item no.: 162751

23.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
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