“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.
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393038
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198073
Das Rhythmus-Erfolgsprogramm für Instrumentalisten, Sänger und Tänzer
für Selbststudium und kreativen Rhythmusunterricht
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1022537
Heft 2 – zusammengestellt aus den Orgelwerken von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 305997
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 7
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772730
Improvisation
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 343623
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940722
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940638
per contrabbasso
(Neue Kontrabass Schule 5)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256864
for double bass
Volume 2
second and fourth positions
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 129232
Ein Studienwerk in fünf Heften: Heft 5
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 142605
für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1136841
for: Bass instrument, piano
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 773138
Tecniche e stili del basso nell'accompagnamento
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 766605
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume initiation
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772389
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 10
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772924
Metodo per la pratica del contrabbasso jazz
for: Double bass
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 766010
Principes pédagogiques de l'enseignement collectif des instruments à cordes
for: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 488185
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103242
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 1 – Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103240
Eine Grundschule für die höhere Lagen-, Bogen- und Fingertechnik
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 392864
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393039
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 4: Verzierungen und Schreibarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279770
Heft 1 – zusammengestellt aus den Orgelwerken von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 277604
ABRSM Initial Grade
Selected Pieces - Scales - Sight-Reading
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 689116
for: Double bass
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129328
Ein Studienwerk in fünf Heften: Heft 3
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 305995
for: Instrument
Item no.: 338019
Tonleiterübungen durch alle Dur- und Molltonarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 105832
Grundlagen – Tipps – Übungen – Hörbeispiele
for: Instrument [voice]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1550479
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 938685
Schott Popular Music
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 739333
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, CD (mp3)
Item no.: 766209
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 6
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772694
Méthode pratique pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552077
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 671132
Ergänzungsband zum Solfège-Übungsbuch mit mehrstimmigen Beispielen aus der Opernliteratur
Bausteine - Schriftenreihe
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 183752
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 4
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772460
for Double bass
Study pieces
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 678160
for: Double bass
Item no.: 351827
Übungsbuch über die Wandlung des melodischen Ausdrucks von Tonreihen durch Änderung von Taktgewichtung und Akzentuierung
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1018097
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 608384
(1553)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031328
Un percorso ragionato per la pratica dell'improvvisazione a tutti i livelli
Strumenti in Si bemolle
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 972670
Metodo d'iniziazione al contrabbasso jazz
for: Double bass
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 766029
Degré préparatoire à moyen
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 764289
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 767588
Lehrplan des VdM
for: Double bass
Study book
Item no.: 580575