“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.: 164506
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962675
Vom Monochord zum Hackbrett
Zytglogge Werkbuch
for: Stringed instruments
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 406940
for: Double bass
Item no.: 404389
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1681523
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 286426
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134238
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 941988
13 original Jazz Etudes in a Variety of Styles and Tempos for bass clef instrument
Playalong with TNT Custom Mix Software
for: Bass guitar [double bass/trombone/tuba]
DVD (Playback)
Item no.: 655126
Play and Learn
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 297476
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 143157
Per Contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 260339
Musiktheorie
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 642750
Per Contrabbasso - Volume Ii (Nn. 21 - 40)
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 265382
Klassik
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 904184
Klassik
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 898475
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 334329
Classroom Jam
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 473868
Per Contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 259530
für Kontrabass (Solo-Stimmung) und Orchester
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 559907
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 132110
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1581203
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 768908
Traité de contrepoint
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 647038
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 988227
Jazz
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 609813
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 8
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772817
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 987835
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 331442
For double bass in orchestral tuning and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 1672462
for: Double bass
Item no.: 164206
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164207
Capriccio di Bravura and Allegretto Capriccio
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1203627
for: Double bass
Item no.: 164205
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 565750
für Kontrabass u. Orchester, instrumentiert von Simon Sechter
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 212577
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 408587
Vom Holz zum Meisterinstrument
for: String instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 659798
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 903418
aktualisierte Sonderausgabe
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 585958
Hal Leonard Bass Method
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 683256
Southern Music
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 176672
(1553)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031328
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 183218
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 295442
Swiss Composers Series
for: 2 double basses
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1026800
Swiss Composers Series
for: Double bass,10 strings
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1023623
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215880