“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.
für 3 Violinen, Bass, gemischten Chor und Orgel (Oboe ad lib.)
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387492
for: Double bass
Item no.: 346263
for: Double bass
Item no.: 580470
for: Double bass
Item no.: 246884
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238118
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238136
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238100
D 962
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238020
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238092
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238110
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238083
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238127
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231490
for: Double bass
Item no.: 154217
Preciosa
for: Double bass
Item no.: 312384
aus: 30 Etüden für Contrabass zur Erzielung eines kräftigen Tones und rhythmischer Sicherheit
for: Double bass
Sheet music
Item no.: 4890
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Item no.: 185756
aus: Bergkreyen – Auff zwo Stimmen Stimmen componirt, sambt etlichen dergleichen Frankreichischen gesenglein ... Nürnberg, 1551
eingerichtet für zwei Bass-Instrumente
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5492
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612218
for: Double bass
Item no.: 206768
Double Bass Part
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 818231
for: Double bass
Item no.: 155258
for: Double bass
Item no.: 300507
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 229753
Concerto del Signr. Meck, appropriato all'Organo
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330165
CW B Inc 5
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234490
for: Double bass
Item no.: 242338
for: Double bass
Item no.: 460374
for: Double bass
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 268759
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230809
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636679
for: Double bass
Item no.: 242237
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 637344
for: Double bass
Item no.: 488516
for: Double bass
Item no.: 459973
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 277595
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 277600
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 232671
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231197
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231517
Down In The Deep Cellar
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962695
FWV 67
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235485
Geistliches Konzert
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232104
for: Double bass
Item no.: 246924
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025144
for: Double bass
Item no.: 156155
for: Double bass
Item no.: 163327
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 230934
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238161
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612224