“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 2 bass recorders, viols etc.
for: 2 bass instruments
Score
Item no.: 780483
(Parable Xvii)
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 335470
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164495
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 164480
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 185564
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 614987
Jamey Aebersold
for: Double bass
Item no.: 578513
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 628810
for: Double bass
Item no.: 483746
for: school orchestra [Double bass]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 627255
from 2012, ABRSM Grades 68
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 697224
For the Developing Double-bass Student
for: Double bass
Item no.: 879144
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164470
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268866
For Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 1618079
for: school orchestra [Double bass]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 566190
For Solo Contrabass
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619838
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 561197
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 632593
Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 898437
for the Developing Ensemble
for: Double bass
Item no.: 881186
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 556380
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 468041
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 920819
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963210
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 988976
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1594291
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 157304
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306011
für Kontrabass und klavier
Fassung in F-Dur und in G-Dur
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 192795
for Double Bass Quartet
Bassiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293472
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 762711
transcendental pedagogical concert-studies
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 621688
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 225738
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663485
transcendental pedagogical concert-studies
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 621687
für vier Kontrabässe
Bassiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 272199
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 834339
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1140392
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1138460
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766438
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1137963
Pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771490
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287610
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 874029
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Krebs 172 (Fassungen in E-Dur und D-Dur)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683149
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311130
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300698