“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
Item no.: 1233054
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244669
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1248499
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1248330
Romance pour le violon
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Double bass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 164404
Strings Around The World
for: Double bass
Item no.: 151170
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231663
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962685
JSGA I/26/7
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632437
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231268
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681356
May 2018 (A and B Papers)
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681366
Fidicinium Sacro Profanum
for: Violone
Item no.: 365970
Walzer (1885)
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296024
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 446917
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 344792
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1546222
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 184203
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 892070
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 344791
3me Production - Suite
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421390
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545158
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545973
for: Double bass
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1007802
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 344705
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1546278
for: Double bass
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 864675
Inspired By Bach
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299877
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299825
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301275
From Coppelia
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300938
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303400
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1303177
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305101
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305100
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1293864
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289181
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290693
IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me - Op. 55
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275700
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275649
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1296876
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289788
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291986
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289046
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1273091
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292350
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294760
Pop und Rock
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294460