“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.
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1478411
Théorie et pratique
Exemples en clé de Sol et clé de Fa
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767178
per contrabbasso
(Neue Kontrabass Schule 4)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256860
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4b – Übungsheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103255
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4a – Lehrheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103245
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 941700
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 941646
for: Instrument
Item no.: 215834
De vijf basisakkoorden
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013297
Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel (mit Klavierbegleitung)
Band 6: Daumen-Einsatz und 10 kleinere Etüden
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279776
Standard work for young string players
Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 603968
Eine Grundschule für die höhere Lagen,- Bogen- und Fingertechnik
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 223376
Jazz spielend erlernen
Alle Ausgaben der Serie "Jazz Club" sind untereinander kombinierbar
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 496699
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767785
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940021
Pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771490
Un metodo per basso acustico o elettrico
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 765531
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766437
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 310807
Ein Studienwerk in fünf Heften: Heft 4
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 305996
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Lehrheft
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103243
Die Instrumentation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Cello [double bass]
Study book
Item no.: 286670
Stand: Januar 1993
Lehrplan des VdM
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 118393
for double bass
Volume 1
half and first positions
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 129220
Initiation in Orchestral-Playing
Volume 1: The Positions
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279767
Musiktheorie begreifen und üben
Übungs- und Rätselbuch zur Musiktheorie für alle Instrumente im Bassschlüssel
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 1017788
Etude De L'Archet
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 834291
for: Instrument
Item no.: 137249
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1544025
Beiträge zum Geigenunterricht 7
for: String instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 124172
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 767085
The fully integrated string series with over 50 fun pieces ideal for individual and group teaching
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1478407
Ein Studienwerk in fünf Heften: Heft 2
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283022
Wie ma den Bass ohne Noten spüt
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 691720
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771372
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 214063
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1195633
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764527
per contrabbasso
(Neue Kontrabass Schule 3)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256859
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 367194
Step by Step zu Jazz- & Latin-Basslinien
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 3 CDs
Item no.: 493696
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 617687
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 632284
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198974
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 5: Rezitativ-Beispiele
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279771
Musiklehre und Gehörbildung mit relativer Solmisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 676421
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 366811
for: Double bass
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 608388