“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.
Lectures Instrumentales Contrebasse
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 997253
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963034
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962965
Contrabass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1166135
The Koussevitsky Concerto
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 991401
Swiss Composers Series
for: Double bass,10 strings
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1023623
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 818798
Contrebasse Et Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 819754
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Viola
for: Double bass, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 220103
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Item no.: 130225
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 565750
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 342110
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1542404
Sechs Variationen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 294340
Konzertwerk
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1347656
Fassung für Kontrabaß und Klavier in C- und D-Dur
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1009120
Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1624280
Klassik
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 993052
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025144
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237023
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231663
GEISTLICHE ARIEN 1 Einzelstimme Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638220
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 791174
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612224
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636679
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 232671
"Florentiner Sinfonie"
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237522
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 230934
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231197
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 229767
for: Double bass
Single part
Item no.: 1628807
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 782023
D 962
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238020
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231191
Choralkantate
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237852
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
Solostimme Kontrabass
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 306001
zum Kontrabasskonzertvon Johann Baptist Vanhal
for: Double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 305998
Concerto grosso F-Dur
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104243
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 728183
op. 149
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 237592
Consortium
for: Double bass
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 647453
JSGA I/26/7
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632437
Walzer (1885)
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296024
Pastorella, für gem. Chor, Orchester und obligater Orgel
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644536
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728178
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 637344
Orgelfassung
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237010
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274994