“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.
Pièce originale pour contrebasse avecaccompagnement de piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 888662
met: lesopdrachten voor 32 weken, muziekpapier, overzicht van muziektermen
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 802521
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600326
22 Pieces in various styles
for: Double bass
Buch + CD
Item no.: 601455
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600358
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600380
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198077
Percussion optional
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600402
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 409719
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 412649
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 353060
The Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 365175
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
for strings and piano string bass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 167618
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 154368
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 253462
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 215350
für Kontrabass und klavier
Fassung in F-Dur und in G-Dur
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 192795
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 139658
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393043
von Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
for: Double bass, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 207637
Teil III: Bände 1-9
Eine Sammlung hervorragender Konzert-Etüden, Konzert- und Solostücke
for: Double bass, piano
9 music scores (solo part and piano score)
Item no.: 636139
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 408589
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 478463
for: Double bass
Item no.: 329817
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 328015
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
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 4: Verzierungen und Schreibarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279770
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 655387
Heft 1 – zusammengestellt aus den Orgelwerken von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 277604
for string bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164194
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 1 – Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103240
Transcribed for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 360084
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
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
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
26 Trios that can be played by any Combination of String Instruments
for: 1–3 double basses
Score
Item no.: 580558
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 273549
Initiation in Orchestral–Playing
Volume 3: Bowing and Manner of Playing
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279769
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164458
Mixed bars, beat changes
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 205060
Übertragung für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 180638
New revised and enlarged Edition
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100346
für Kontrabass und Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192051
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 659535
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 614987
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404385
Syncopation Studies designed to develop Accuracy and Speed in Sight Reading
for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587