“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.
15 transcribed bass lines as played by Paul Gill
Intermediate Jazz Conception
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 464699
for unaccompanied double bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 291867
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 763733
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
for double bass
for: Double bass
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 659345
Preparatory Course for Solo Playing
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 404598
13 lessons for young string players
Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book
Item no.: 603970
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 644195
Ricordo per un contrabbasso solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 352999
for four Double Basses
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605810
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404147
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 180730
Ouvertüre
Fassung 1 und 2 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Double bass
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 174022
Eine Kontrabass-Geschichte für Kinder ab 4 Jahren
for: Double bass
Study book and music score
Item no.: 637635
Kontrabass-Duette
String attack
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 776039
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 133661
String Attack
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 488193
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198078
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 582118
on The Carnival of Venice
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551832
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284155
50 melodies
Carefully-graded pieces rom the orchestral repertoire
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 123396
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164489
Kontrabassschule für Kinder ab 6 Jahre (mit CD)
for: Double bass
Music score, CD
Item no.: 610215
Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
Edition Ludwig Streicher
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 158117
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 100732
Klassik
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 980823
Elementary Method
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 269301
21 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation
Jazz Conception
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 224436
Double Bass Method (5 ½ – 7 Position)
(with piano accompaniment)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 486262
Thumb Positions
Nagybőgőiskola 4
Hüvelykujjfekvések
EMB Method Series
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198072
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198070
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 491536
Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel (mit Klavierbegleitung)
Band 7: Neun große Etüden
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279778
(Essential Elements Book 3)
for: Double bass
Music score, online media
Item no.: 802884
from 2012, ABRSM Grades 1-5
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1676864
Volume 1: Half, 1st and 2nd Position
for: 2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 623034
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681366
A Guide to the Essentials
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 273037
A guide to the development of the symphony through the 18th and 19th centuries
for: Instrument [voice]
Book
Item no.: 1192864
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 294600
A Comprehensive String Method
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 487962
The Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 365175
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630013
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963144
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963117
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963090
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