“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.
Mit dem Kontrabass um die Welt.
for: Double bass
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1672208
33 deutsche und internationale Lieder für die Weihnachtszeit
Ausgabe für Kontrabass
for: 1–2 double basses; piano [guitar/accordion] ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 681568
Übertragung für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 180638
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1668978
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 142245
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1641797
Eine Grundschule für die höhere Lagen,- Bogen- und Fingertechnik
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 223376
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
Grundlagen – Tipps – Übungen – Hörbeispiele
for: Instrument [voice]
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1550479
string bass and piano
Sankey, Stuart, arr.
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 223489
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280597
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280693
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280645
30 Titles
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284953
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393043
Edition in D major
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392850
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 582979
Populäre Weihnachtslieder, bearbeitet für 4 Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 610406
for: Double bass [tuba], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1667242
Modern Jazz Duets 1
for: Melody instrument (bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1666743
Klavierbegleitung für Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
2 Piano scores, Solo part
Item no.: 1677291
Rhythmusstudien zur Vorbereitung auf das Solospiel, Kammermusik und Orchesterspiel Für Anfänger, Fortgeschrittene und Musikstudenten
Edition Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1645677
The landmark beginner double bass method
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1355888
STRINGS COLLECTION
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1668223
With expamples by Giovanni Bassano (1591) – Francesco Rognoni (1620)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1632375
A fresh approach
Schott Sight-Reading Series
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 632379
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 214063
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 395216
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 980733
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 478463
25 leichte Stücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten in der halben und der 1. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1317300
Easy Concert Pieces
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 816847
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
24 leichte Stücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten von der halben bis zur 3. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1632655
31 leichte Vortragsstücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD (anthology)
Item no.: 1690842
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 193350
Spielräume für Streicher
Studienbuch Musik
for: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 296549
von Bach bis Holst
Bearbeitungen für Kontrabass und Klavier
von leicht bis II. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 636126
Schule für junge und ältere Kontrabassistinnen und Kontrabassisten
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment
Item no.: 609604
Schule für junge und ältere Kontrabassistinnen und Kontrabassisten
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment
Item no.: 605386
Was einen guten Instrumentalunterricht ausmacht (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Book
Item no.: 431512
for: Double bass, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 1672220
Ein musikalischer Adventkalender mit 24 Lieder zum Mitspielen
Play-Along Ausgabe für Posaune, Bariton und Fagott inkl. Playback-CD
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1668909
Diletto Musicale
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1668230
A slight introduction
for: Double bass
Lesson book (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 552174
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 646101
Trainingsprogramme für Beruf und Hobby
for: Instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 155064