“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 solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1341185
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164213
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1013176
for Double Bass Quartett
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 625739
for double bass trio
for: 3 double basses
Item no.: 151251
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256384
Schule
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 256873
for Double Bass and Orchestra
Urtext
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682649
yorke mini-bass book 1
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129234
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 344121
Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 123397
piano reduction in C major and D major
Part in "Viennese tuning" (A-d-f#-a): free download
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630400
nach Corellis Sonata da camera, op. 4 / 8
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 282500
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382937
Concerto for solo double bass and ensemble
for: Double bass, ensemble
Score
Item no.: 682888
Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
(Revised and Updated)
for: 4 cellos [double basses]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 554320
from "Roumanian Folk Dances"
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 735665
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302925
for: Double bass
Item no.: 216496
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764103
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 182056
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284156
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392904
für Kontrabass und Orchester - Ausgabe für Kontrabass und Klavier
Krebs 172 (enthält Fassung E-Dur und D-Dur)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281183
des intervalles. Instrumentistes : degré élémentaire/ Chanteurs : deuxième année
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 552950
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 395216
für Kontrabass und Klavier
(Klavierbegleitung in Solo- und Orchesterstimmung)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 671131
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 655182
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 991398
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209559
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681912
für Kontrabass und Klavier (Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung)
Nach dem Original für Horn und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682890
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 297431
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 614723
Die hohe Schule Band 3
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626486
for: Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 300136
Concours du Conservatoire National de Musique
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266928
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 164504
for string bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199
pour contrebasse solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 363099
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 370315
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 392841
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Ausgabe für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 179522
[solo tuning]
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 164312
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 409719
Streicher-Edition
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 158199
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 247521