“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: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 203937
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164457
für Instrumentalunterricht und elementare Musikpraxis
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 693741
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 241381
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Harmoniestimmen
for: Double bass, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 220050
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 227562
for: Double bass
Item no.: 166093
op. 52 (2014)
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 344)
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661992
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 10
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772924
Jazz
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 480479
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772868
Violoncelle et Contrebasse
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 1562514
Violon et Alto
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 1562512
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354495
Klassik
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 100732
Sudien und Übungen
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 172410
Klassik
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 818839
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 1542547
bearbeitet für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 330364
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 853276
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1542741
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581334
Klassik
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 303605
per il Contrabasso e Viola obligato
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
Viersätziges Stück mit romantischen Melodien
for: 3 double basses
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663282
for: Double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 380389
d'Apres La Pratique Des Compositeurs
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 834195
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 186575
Fassung für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Single edition
Item no.: 682856
Una Guida Pratica
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 3 CDs
Item no.: 972985
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 1356467
contrabass and piano (organ)
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593947
14 Etüden mit praktischen Tipps und Erläuterungen von Bob Mintzer
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 177388
Kontrabassreihe Rudolf Malaric
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309204
Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 328151
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 616235
for: String instrument
Book
Item no.: 771766
Band 2: Von der Romantik bis zu den Begründern der neuen Musik
Lexikon
for: Instrument
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 286709
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962833
Vom Scheitholt zur Gitarre
Zytglogge Werkbuch
for: Stringed instruments
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 374771
Technic and Tradition
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 193661
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962703
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306007
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1147711
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198078
For Contrabass And Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 1623992
op. 24
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 577078
Schule
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198077