“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.
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for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817756
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 830336
Jazz
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 959257
Jazz
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1096443
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1147744
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1137721
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 881736
Swiss Composers Series
for: Double bass,10 strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1023624
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 922832
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1141694
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 871120
for: String instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1350575
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 997102
Kontrabass
Einzelstimme
for: Double bass
Single part
Item no.: 895183
Mi-re-do
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 837568
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 882117
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1347653
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1171422
For Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1619730
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962913
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 878557
Mi-re-do
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 837929
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1620605
for: String instrument
Buch
Item no.: 1595156
Jazz
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 988861
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962644
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962835
Kontrabass
Solostimme
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 1619772
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1530240
Kontrabassreihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309201
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
Erstdruck
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304912
for: Double bass
Item no.: 165504
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164495
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164462
Romance pour le violon
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Double bass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 164404
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 468041
for: Double bass
Item no.: 156155
Das Schulorchester Bd 10
for: Double bass
Item no.: 175251
for: Bass instrument (C)
Item no.: 299571
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 300784
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 277336
for: Double bass
Item no.: 290270
Tschechische Barockmusik 45
for: Double bass
Item no.: 134432
for: Double bass
Item no.: 140857
for: Double bass
Item no.: 246924
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 492196
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 456960
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 456959