“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
Score, Parts
Item no.: 380389
d'Apres La Pratique Des Compositeurs
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834195
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 186575
Fassung für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Single edition
Item no.: 682856
Una Guida Pratica
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 3 CDs
Item no.: 972985
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1356467
contrabass and piano (organ)
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593947
14 Etüden mit praktischen Tipps und Erläuterungen von Bob Mintzer
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 177388
Kontrabassreihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309204
Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 328151
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 616235
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 771766
Band 2: Von der Romantik bis zu den Begründern der neuen Musik
Lexikon
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 286709
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962833
Vom Scheitholt zur Gitarre
Zytglogge Werkbuch
for: Stringed instruments
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 374771
Technic and Tradition
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 193661
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962703
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 695020
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306007
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1147711
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198078
For Contrabass And Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1623992
op. 24
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 577078
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198077
for acoustic and electric bass
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 376228
Tecniche e stili del basso nell'accompagnamento
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 766605
Klassik
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 910888
Due pezzi per contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 832630
Klassik
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 906833
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1109851
Pop und Rock
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354297
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 265279
for: Double bass
Sheet music
Item no.: 1603075
per contrabbasso
for: Double bass
Item no.: 177239
for: Double bass
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574057
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Krebs 172 (Fassungen in E-Dur und D-Dur)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 220049
Konzert für 2 Kb. (oder Vl. u. Kb.) mit Orch. - oder Klavierbegleitung
for: 2 double basses, piano
Item no.: 193005
Step by Step zu Jazz- & Latin-Basslinien
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 3 CDs
Item no.: 493696
Yorke Complete Bottesini
for: 2 double basses, piano
Item no.: 344557
Colourstrings
for: Double bass
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 492111
Notes on the difficult, humorous, endless path of becoming a better improvising musician
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
400 Jahre tiefe Töne
for: Double bass
Book
Item no.: 1681330
400 years of low notes – The double bass: It’s history, important makers, and bassists in classical music and jazz.
for: Double bass
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1010286
Méthode pratique pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 552077
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 367194
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 205765
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 338809
Ein Leitfaden zum lösungsorientierten Üben in Prävention und Therapie
Forum Musikpädagogik Band 155
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1552208