“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, piano
Book
Item no.: 963020
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962923
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962951
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963191
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962712
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963017
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962723
Bass+Bgl.
for: Double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 197026
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962677
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 963120
for: Marimba, double bass
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 693897
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963024
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962970
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 212633
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963080
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962627
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962796
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962776
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963034
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963087
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962823
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962933
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962941
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 493654
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 583918
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
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 494675
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991421
für Kontrabass und Klavier
(Original für Violine und Klavier)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 658795
nach dem Original für Horn und Klavier
Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696284
for: Double bass
Item no.: 365204
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991429
for: Double bass
Item no.: 107386
Orchestral Repertoire Excerpts, Scales, and Studies for String Orchestra and Individual Study
for: Youth string orchestra [Double bass]
Single part double bass (lesson book)
Item no.: 686545
Kontrabass
Einzelstimme
for: Double bass
Single part
Item no.: 895183
Bearbeitung von Heinz Bethmann
Nach dem Original für Horn und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 766289
nach dem Original für Klavier
Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 764499
for Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 768083
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 224852
nach dem Original in e-Moll für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 667232
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 611048
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 4: Verzierungen und Schreibarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279770
for: Double bass
Item no.: 556433
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 476438
Klavierbegleitung in Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566683
Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 697065
20 very elementary Pieces for young players for Double Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 181792
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 939689