“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.
Contrebasse - A Strings
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 267138
String Solo
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 173056
for: Double bass
Item no.: 403482
Diletto Musicale
for: Double bass, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1010414
Capriccios, Solos, and Reflexes
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 302644
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 353060
31 leichte Vortragsstücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD (anthology)
Item no.: 690058
for: Double bass
Item no.: 552290
for: Double bass
Item no.: 191887
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556208
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1352548
for: String instrument
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967597
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962704
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962757
For Double Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1618892
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649694
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649649
Bass+Bgl.
for: Double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 648438
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1007605
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194595
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1139598
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1139935
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Item no.: 881246
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 872271
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1102108
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 836759
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118619
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 1548557
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1194993
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 834310
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1195148
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 829901
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 1190843
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1195416
Accompaniment For Double Bass In Orchestral Tuning
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1539349
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963184
Double Bass Part
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 818231
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962834
Preciosa
for: Double bass
Item no.: 312384
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 273549
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829833
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962646
für Orchester
Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674592
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215880
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 352046
for: Double bass
Item no.: 146544
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164496
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164486