“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
Music score
Item no.: 1542741
Negli Strumenti Ad Arco
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1643721
C'EST BIEN LA NUIT/REVEIL PROF. CONTREBASSE SEULE
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 487282
für Kontrabass u. Orchester, Ausgabe Kontrabass u. Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309199
Contrebasse - A Strings
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 267329
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 271065
Schule
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 253064
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581334
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 366627
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Violoncello / Kontrabass
for: Double bass, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 220105
for: Double bass
Item no.: 475357
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649554
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1138795
For Solo Contrabass
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619838
for: Double bass
Item no.: 385125
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 383157
for: Double bass
Item no.: 483439
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 797000
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164300
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
Solostimme Kontrabass
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 306001
Concerto grosso F-Dur
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104243
D 962
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238020
Choralkantate
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237852
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231191
zum Kontrabasskonzertvon Johann Baptist Vanhal
for: Double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 305998
Krebs 171
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545973
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238110
3 Tanzstücke aus "Céphale et Procris" - zum Konzertvortrag frei bearbeitet
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 647390
15 Festive Solos in 25+ Different Styles
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1661087
Bass Clef Instruments (Bassoon, Trombone, Euphonium, & Others)
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 655184
for Double Bass Quartet
Bassiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293472
Christmas Songbook
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Ensemble score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 142561
Sammlung der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Instrumente in C (Bassschlüssel (tief)
(Bässe, Fagott)
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 157950
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291699
Walzer
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292294
15 Christmas Classics Arranged for a Soloist & Jazz Rhythm Section
for Bass Instrument (in C)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 171276
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 935588
42 Zweistimmige Advents- Weihnachts- und Dreikönigslieder für 2-3 Kontrabässe
for: 2 double basses
Music score
Item no.: 558629
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291671
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291755
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 692297
Ein musikalischer Adventkalender mit 24 Lieder zum Mitspielen
Play-Along Ausgabe für Posaune, Bariton und Fagott inkl. Playback-CD
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668909
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Single part Bass instrument
Item no.: 1062205
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 646556
for: Double bass
Item no.: 580470
FJH String Orchestra
for: String instrument
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967583
MH 673; Richte dich auf
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231036
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 2
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772411