“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: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 619111
25 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries in half and 1st Position
Easy Concert Pieces
Band 1
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 738641
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 253462
Music Minus One
for: Double bass
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 465506
for unaccompanied double bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 291867
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 479077
Zweck-Etüden für Kontrabass - Band 2
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 287641
Piano Accompaniment
for: Violin [viola/cello/double bass], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 630441
for double bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1329442
in the Form of a Partita in Seven Movements for Double Bass
for: Double bass, Poetry Reader
Score
Item no.: 692932
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1009330
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 655387
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 129227
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 659535
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
Jazz Book
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 128714
bass clef edition
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 765317
Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel
Band 8: Tonleiter und gebrochene Akkord-Studien
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279780
for: Double bass
Music score, CD
Item no.: 345917
22 Pieces in various styles
for: Double bass
Buch + CD
Item no.: 601455
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
for double bass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 332362
Time Pieces (ABRSM)
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 578877
Nagybőgőiskola 1
Zeneóra - hangszeriskolák
EMB Music Lesson - Methods
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198068
Volume 1: Half, 1st and 2nd Position
for: 2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 623034
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 763733
Preparatory Course for Solo Playing
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 404598
for double bass
for: Double bass
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 659345
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
15 transcribed bass lines as played by Paul Gill
Intermediate Jazz Conception
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 464699
13 lessons for young string players
Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book
Item no.: 603970
24 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries using half to 3rd Position
Easy Concert Pieces
Band 2
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 738642
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 162751
Jazz Scales & Patterns in all 12 Keys
Phrase like a pro!
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
Book D
Bastien's Invitation to Music
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 175467
A practice method for all instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
16 Famous Concert Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
Best of Classics
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1209557
Free Improvisation in String Playing for Teachers and Pupils
for: Violin [viola/cello/double bass]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 932293
in the Choro Jam Session
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768620
A Practical Guide
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book (spiral binding), online audio
Item no.: 328396
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100349
The Complete Guide to Playing the Treble, Tenor, and Bass Viol
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 875912
120 cards for any late elementary music student
for: Instrument [voice]
Cards (teaching material)
Item no.: 474560
For The Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 332792
for all beginning Students
89 Cards with all the Notes, Symbols and Terms needed for the first 2 Years
for: Instrument [voice]
Cards (teaching material)
Item no.: 668968
Simandl – Storch – Kreutzer – Hrabě
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 765253
14 Etüden mit praktischen Tipps und Erläuterungen von Bob Mintzer
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 177388