“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.: 149457
Eine Auswahl aus J. Seb. Bachs Klav. werk, Heft 2:
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 148906
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164499
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164476
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164204
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 157757
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164488
Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel
Band 9: Flageolet, Arpeggio, Doppelgriffe und 2 Konzertetüden
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279781
Volume 1
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 550730
in F-Dur
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 132771
13 original Jazz Etudes in a Variety of Styles and Tempos for bass clef instrument
Playalong with TNT Custom Mix Software
for: Bass guitar [double bass/trombone/tuba]
DVD (Playback)
Item no.: 655126
Kontrabaß und Klavier (Original für Violoncello und Klavier)
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 105861
von Johann Baptist Vanhal
for: Double bass, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 224979
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404243
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 626854
for bass clef instrument and piano
for: Bass instrument, piano
Music score
Item no.: 666730
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1866
pour contrebasse et piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661873
aus: Bergkreyen – Auff zwo Stimmen Stimmen componirt, sambt etlichen dergleichen Frankreichischen gesenglein ... Nürnberg, 1551
eingerichtet für zwei Bass-Instrumente
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5492
Orchestral Tuning
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622794
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306005
Duo-Studien
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 306002
Diletto Musicale
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304871
for: Double bass
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 338655
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 646101
Neue Studientexte zur Instrumentalpädagogik
Forum Musikpädagogik 117
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 644934
für Kontrabaß solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 626737
Die hohe Schule Band 7
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 634521
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 397607
for: Double bass
Item no.: 397606
text and workbook for all instruments
Musicians Institute Private Lessons
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 226300
Nicht mehr so ganz leichte Trios für 3 Kontrabässe
for: 3 double basses
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 283032
for: Double bass
Item no.: 425675
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 466238
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 465047
for: Double bass
Item no.: 474305
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 187861
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 187760
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 228612
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 164301
Rarita Musicali
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 212495
String
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 177998
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296039
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 278187
für Streicher Kontrabass u. Streicher, Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 278092
per contrabbasso
(Neue Kontrabass Schule)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256865
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 139416
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Item no.: 159988