“The bass is the foundation… Whatever you play puts a framework around the rest of the music.” Carol Kaye
No matter which musical genre you enjoy, the foundations are always built around the bass. Browse our sheet music and scores, covering all different styles and genres, for all ages and stages, take a look at our Bass Guitar Sheet Music Downloads, and start wandering through the wide world of bass guitar with Stretta Music today.
The challenges facing the bass in the early 20th century, as various new musical genres began to emerge, were size and volume. As early as 1910, Gibson developed an acoustic bass guitar, which started to tackle the question of size, but it wasn’t for another twenty years, before the question of volume was first addressed. Paul Tutmarc in Seattle built the first electric bass in 1933, the Model 736 Bass Fiddle, which was still fairly large, and used an electromagnetic pickup.
Although Tutmarc’s following prototypes started to look more and more like the modern bass guitar, integrating frets and becoming more compact, the bass guitar didn’t see great success until 1951, when Leo Fender created the Precision Bass. From there, many different manufacturers have developed bass guitars in various designs and shapes, and today, there are four main types of bass guitar: Electric Bass, Electric Acoustic Bass, Fretless Bass and Extended Range Bass (ERB) which has five or six strings.
E
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024677
Bm
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024702
G
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024701
Berklee Press
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 342261
Berklee Guide
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 328353
The Bass is fundamental to all forms of music, and being a versatile and accomplished player has never been so important.
for: Bass guitar
Study book
Item no.: 330059
Workshop for bass
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 277246
Instructional-Bass-DVD
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 172506
Bass Builders
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 183518
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 226279
Get Your Band Together
for: Bass guitar
Book, CD
Item no.: 417333
The Master of Funk teaches you how to Thump!
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online video
Item no.: 678630
Contemporary and classic songs by Trinity College London
for: Bass guitar
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 688642
Music Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs), online play-along
Item no.: 298221
The Complete Guide
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 140743
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766755
Sudien und Übungen
for: Bass guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1595749
Bass
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1654953
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1665375
Guitar Tab Method
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), online playback
Item no.: 780608
Jazz Ensemble Playalong
mit Demo- und Playback-Version
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1688528
Authentic Playalong
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 1664269
Alfred's Artist Series
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 365584
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
Item no.: 311083
Deluxe Beginner Edition Audio & Video Access Included
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1544223
englische Ausgabe
Rock, Blues, Reggae, Funk, Jazz etc.
Timing, Tapping, Slap, Fretless
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 158297
The Ultimate Collection
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs), online play-along
Item no.: 494402
Em
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024691
Dm
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024683
C
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024681
G
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024704
Bass Instruction
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD
Item no.: 554762
Bass
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 468253
The Ultimate Bass Lesson Book
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 664010
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 671437
for: Bass guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 634199
Bass Play-Along Volume 44
Acht Megadeth-Hits für Bass mit Play-Along CD
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 632185
Bass Builders
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 190879
Bass Builders
for: Bass guitar
Buch + CD
Item no.: 190038
Bass Builders
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 329838
Bass Play-Along Volume 39
Songbook mit acht Titeln der weltberühmten Band für E-Bass und Singstimme ad libitum
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 682692
Play the Bass Lines of 20 Pop and Rock Songs
Hal Leonard Bass Method (Supplement)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 178364
Complete (Mel Bay)
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 827922
Schule
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1164637
Bass Recorded Versions Persona
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1550377
Geistliche Musik
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1109856
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 828272
C
for: Bass guitar
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1646014