“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, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 220052
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 309208
for: school orchestra [Double bass]
Single part (educational)
Item no.: 627255
for: Cello [double bass], strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 273550
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164313
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1618402
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1116697
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1071100
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 834252
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 870906
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108323
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1020591
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108322
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 654857
Musik für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 469732
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1139631
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1171426
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 870004
Tschechische Barockmusik 35
for: Double bass
Item no.: 136853
for: Double bass
Item no.: 275668
for: Double bass
Item no.: 206768
for: Double bass
Item no.: 153585
for: Double bass
Item no.: 373672
for: Double bass
Item no.: 460374
for: Double bass
Item no.: 493921
for: Double bass
Item no.: 359322
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 310770
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Item no.: 272980
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 383438
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1203697
for: Double bass
Item no.: 155258
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Item no.: 191049
Noten zu den Alben HALBE TREPPE & IFNI
Melodie u. Text mit Gitarrenakkorden
for: Melody instrument (bass clef)
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 1215855
for: Double bass
Item no.: 169542
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 988652
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 987753
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 446917
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829142
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238127
for: Melodic instrument (C Bass clef), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part (bass clef)
Item no.: 1562492
Revised 2010 Solo Tuning
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991422
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 872277
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1348651
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238092
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 837610
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 390791
for: Double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 929824
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1005926