“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: 2 double basses
Item no.: 456959
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 456958
for: Double bass
Music score, CD
Item no.: 557742
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164459
for: Instrument
Item no.: 205928
A practice method for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
in the Choro Jam Session
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768620
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 582269
for: Instrument
Item no.: 137249
Jazz Improvisation Series
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 275098
für Kontrabass und Klavier
nach Studien aus op. 14
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 676812
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1007407
in the Form of a Partita in Seven Movements for Double Bass
for: Double bass, Poetry Reader
Score
Item no.: 692932
for: Bass instrument, piano
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 773138
Klassik
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 892335
Per Contrabbasso - Volume Ii
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 388938
Klassik
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 860837
(tratti dal "Metodo per contrabbasso")
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 817380
Per Contrabbasso - Volume I
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 388937
in two Volumes
No. 1–31
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 404130
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 266566
per contrabbasso
(Neue Kontrabass Schule 3)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256859
A guide to the development of the symphony through the 18th and 19th centuries
for: Instrument [voice]
Book
Item no.: 1192864
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354372
Klassik
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 883335
BlitzBooks
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 858085
Contrebasse A Strings Ou Basson Et Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 177319
Per Contrabbasso - Volume Iii
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 388939
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 411940
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164482
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 764527
Klassik
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 878602
Per Contrabbasso - Volume Iv
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 388940
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 177317
for string bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199
des intervalles. Instrumentistes : cours supérieur / Chanteurs : 4 è année
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 605631
for: Double bass; electronics ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 489804
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164198
Motette
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 895538
Classiques No.29
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 266549
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164476
Double Bass Studies In All Keys, 4 And 5 Strings
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 169365
Tonleiterübungen durch alle Dur- und Molltonarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 105832
Linkshändiges Instrumentalspiel in Theorie und Praxis
Studienbuch Musik
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 560228
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 207978
for three double basses
for: 3 double basses
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683211
Eine ergänzende Streichermethodik zur Befreiung der rechten und der linken Hand
Studienbuch Musik
for: String instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 655089