“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.
Folk
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276472
Modern Jazz Duets 1
for: Melody instrument (bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1666743
for: Instrument
Item no.: 205928
For audibly tone and unit of rhythm
for: Double bass, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 279775
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 392797
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 404474
from Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272788
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1577876
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590025
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600358
Was einen guten Instrumentalunterricht ausmacht (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Book
Item no.: 431512
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 966928
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659295
Zweistimmige Übungen für Bläsergruppen
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1664561
Pièce originale pour contrebasse avecaccompagnement de piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 888662
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1678303
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1658571
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 205765
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 484300
for: Double bass
Item no.: 455666
String Attack
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1611280
Contrabass & Klavier (Organ)
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594883
Percussion optional
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600402
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 600380
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1658844
STRINGS COLLECTION
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1668223
Ausgewählte Kompositionen des 18. Und 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1654002
Double Bass Solo Parts & Viennese Tuning Included
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 1550468
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 142245
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404274
d'Europe de l'Est
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 604230
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 412649
24 leichte Stücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten von der halben bis zur 3. Lage
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1632655
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1651747
Diletto Musicale
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1668230
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1666992
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566558
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 636221
Konrabass-Reihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671167
31 leichte Vortragsstücke aus 5 Jahrhunderten
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD (anthology)
Item no.: 1690842
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 333898
STRING ATTACK
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1611279
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304877
Geistliche Musik
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594023
50 Stücke und Ideen für den Musikunterricht ohne Singen
for: Instrument
Music Teaching Book, CD, App
Item no.: 778378
Schule für junge und ältere Kontrabassistinnen und Kontrabassisten
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1689929
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 193350
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566554