“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.
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Double Bass
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204392
easy trios for three double basses
for: 3 double basses
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011001
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 478463
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 493654
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183263
for: Double bass
Item no.: 155146
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 259606
für Kontrabass u. Streicher, Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 300779
Thema und Variationen über ein Berndeutsches Kinderlied
Musik für Schüler, Kinder und Jugendliche
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 693847
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 334829
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Item no.: 279461
Schule
for: Double bass
Book, CD
Item no.: 938943
Bass Clef Instruments
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 775071
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 381054
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score, CD
Item no.: 375422
for: Double bass
Item no.: 227347
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
Item no.: 948530
pour contrebasse solo et orgue ou harmonium (1938)
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 625956
30 songs to play and dance
for: 1–2 double basses; piano [guitar/accordion] ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1215508
Classiques No.5
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 266529
Contrebasse Et Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 177320
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 268346
Klassik
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 275339
3e cycle et cycle spécialisé
for: Instrument [voice]
Music score
Item no.: 1194175
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580777
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579965
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580225
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297161
Op. 88
for: Double bass, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297132
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297616
nach Motiven von G.B. Pergolesi
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297439
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300001
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1567210
Echoes, No. 5 Opus 7
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295180
Pop und Rock
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294460
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294179
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1613866
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613666
for: Double bass
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578249
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578224
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304989
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305492
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304932
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309709
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309589
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574395
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575957
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574961