“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.
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
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1015808
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
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 655387
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 328015
Klassik
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285662
for string bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164194
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
Transcribed for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 360084
A Sequenced Guide to American Fiddling
CD inklusive
Ausgabe für Violoncello/Bass
for: Cello [double bass]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 675027
With expamples by Giovanni Bassano (1591) – Francesco Rognoni (1620)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1632375
21 complete transcriptions as played by Dennis Irwin and 21 lead sheets
Jazz Conception
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 295097
for: Double bass [tuba], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1667242
Orgelkompositionen mit Naturtrompete(n)
Musica con clarino Band 48a
for: 2–4 trumpets, timpani, 3 violins, viola, double bass
Score
Item no.: 1011479
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 478463
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280693
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1282434
25 leichte Stücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten in der halben und der 1. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1317300
for: Double bass
Item no.: 329817
26 Trios that can be played by any Combination of String Instruments
for: 1–3 double basses
Score
Item no.: 580558
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817756
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 486282
For audibly tone and unit of rhythm
Edition Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 279774
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
A Practical Guide
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book (spiral binding), online audio
Item no.: 328396
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 395216
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392904
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
für Kontrabass und Orchester - Ausgabe für Kontrabass und Klavier
Krebs 172 (enthält Fassung E-Dur und D-Dur)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281183
A fresh approach
Schott Sight-Reading Series
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 632379
Studies for Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663860
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1658844
STRINGS COLLECTION
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1668223
Ausgewählte Kompositionen des 18. Und 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1654002
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 142245
d'Europe de l'Est
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 604230
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 412649
Double Bass Solo Parts & Viennese Tuning Included
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1550468
24 leichte Stücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten von der halben bis zur 3. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1632655
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404274
for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464268
for: Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 300136
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 409719
Edition in D major
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392850
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Ausgabe für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 179522
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 471768
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 392841
for string bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199