“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.
Musiktheorie begreifen und üben / Arbeits-, Übungs- und Rätselbuch zur Musiktheorie für alle Instrumente im Bassschlüssel
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 1566598
520 Exercises include 58 Musical Studies in Positions 1 through 7
for: Double bass
Item no.: 632200
easy trios for three double basses
for: 3 double basses
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011001
Bekannte Spielstücke in drei verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsstufen für Anfänger in der 1/2 Lage bis zu Fortgeschrittene in der Daumenlage
Edition Double Bass
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 1641769
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 478463
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 493654
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 224852
for: Double bass
Item no.: 179254
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183263
for: Double bass
Item no.: 155146
piano accompaniments
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 168365
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Krebs 172 (Fassungen in E-Dur und D-Dur)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 220049
Per Contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 260339
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 259606
bearb. von Oliviero Gianelli (Rudolf Malaric)
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 300781
für Kontrabass u. Streicher, Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300779
Classiques No.43
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 266843
for: Double bass
Item no.: 329817
Klavierauszug
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 136897
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 140985
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 456213
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 149062
nach dem Original in e-Moll für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 667232
Thema und Variationen über ein Berndeutsches Kinderlied
Musik für Schüler, Kinder und Jugendliche
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 693847
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 611048
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 334829
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352443
Study pieces
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 392911
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 408587
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Item no.: 279461
op. 66
for: 8 double basses
Score, Parts
Item no.: 489851
Jazz
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 892475
for: Double bass
Ensemble score
Item no.: 766412
Schule
for: Double bass
Book, CD
Item no.: 938943
Bass Clef Instruments
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 775071
for: Double bass
Item no.: 279800
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 392806
für Kontrabass (Solo-Stimmung) und Orchester
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 559907
for: Double bass
Item no.: 556433
Intermediate Level - Double Bass
for: Double bass
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 812282
26 Trios that can be played by any Combination of String Instruments
for: 1–3 double basses
Score
Item no.: 580558
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 381054
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score, CD
Item no.: 375422
for: Double bass
Item no.: 227347
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
Item no.: 948530
for: Double bass
Item no.: 137679
Klassik
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 910888
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 897015