“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
Sheet music
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for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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From Tristan and Isolde
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Double bass, organ
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1352628
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 1020277
Bass Clef Instruments
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
Item no.: 1107753
Revisione di M. Ricciuti
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Buch
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Konzertwerk
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Piano score, solo part
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Piano score, solo part
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Book
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for: Double bass
Music score
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Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
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Klassik
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Book
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Klassik
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Book
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Klassik
for: String instrument
Music score
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Pièce originale pour contrebasse avecaccompagnement de piano
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Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 872895
Klassik
for: String instrument
Study score
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Book
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Edition Schott
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Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749491
Lullaby
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Book
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for: Double bass
Music score
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for: Double bass, piano
Book
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Book
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Book
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from: Le Carnaval des animaux
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Music score
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
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Score, Parts
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Book
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Book
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Book
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Traditional
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Music score
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für Kontrabass
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Piano reduction
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for: Instrument
Music score
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