“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.
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 988227
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 8
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772817
Jazz
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 609813
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 987835
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 331442
For double bass in orchestral tuning and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 1672462
for: Double bass
Item no.: 164206
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164207
Capriccio di Bravura and Allegretto Capriccio
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1203627
for: Double bass
Item no.: 164205
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 565750
für Kontrabass u. Orchester, instrumentiert von Simon Sechter
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 212577
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 408587
Vom Holz zum Meisterinstrument
for: String instrument
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 659798
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 903418
aktualisierte Sonderausgabe
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 585958
Hal Leonard Bass Method
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 683256
Southern Music
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 176672
(1553)
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1031328
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 183218
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 295442
Swiss Composers Series
for: 2 double basses
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1026800
Swiss Composers Series
for: Double bass,10 strings
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1023623
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215880
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 300778
Konrabass-Reihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 309196
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 174782
Konrabass-Reihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671167
für Streicher Kontrabass u. Streicher, Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 278092
Nagybőgőiskola 3c
EMB Method Series
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198074
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1301744
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 203937
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164457
für Instrumentalunterricht und elementare Musikpraxis
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 693741
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 241381
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Harmoniestimmen
for: Double bass, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 220050
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 227562
for: Double bass
Item no.: 166093
op. 52 (2014)
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 344)
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661992
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 10
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772924
Jazz
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 480479
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772868
Violoncelle et Contrebasse
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 1562514
Violon et Alto
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 1562512
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354495
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 100732
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 172410
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818839