“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 score
Item no.: 962911
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 906820
Swiss Composers Series
for: Double bass,10 strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1023624
d'Apres La Pratique Des Compositeurs
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833887
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1141694
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649575
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 871120
Realisation
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834298
d'Apres La Pratique Des Compositeurs
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834195
for: Double bass
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1164941
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194528
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1350575
for: Double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1164828
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 903418
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1347653
Sudien und Übungen
for: String instrument
Buch
Item no.: 1595208
Killer Technique (Mel Bay)
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 828516
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1171422
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613666
For Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1619730
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636131
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962913
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 981003
Klassik
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 892335
and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 875864
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962939
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1620605
Solo and Accompaniment Cassettes2
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1157015
Oper/Operette
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1346169
for: String instrument
Buch
Item no.: 1595156
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 930460
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962806
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829453
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 963050
Jazz
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 988861
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962644
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727933
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Double Bass
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204392
A fresh approach
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 739005
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962835
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 910725
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272180
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272277
Kontrabass
Solostimme
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619772
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1530240
(sur Beatrice di Tenda de Bellini)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778493
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