“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
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 635065
for: Double bass
Item no.: 561621
for double bass and piano
originally for cello and continuo
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164469
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017732
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 285057
for: Double bass
Item no.: 261983
for: Double bass, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 207637
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 381451
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
(sur Beatrice di Tenda de Bellini)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778493
Five Easy Single-position Pieces
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 224635
From Symphonie Espagnole
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305045
Drei Vortragsstücke für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 677201
per il Contrabasso e Viola obligato
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404401
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
Zweiter Satz aus dem Cembalo-Konzert BWV 1056 für vier Kontrabässe
Bassiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 494561
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 328015
... damit der Spaß am Üben nicht verloren geht
for: 2 double basses [cello, double bass]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 631165
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1015808
Klassik
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285662
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164196
for double bass solo
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 682892
Transcribed for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 360084
Ten authentic jazz standards
Hal Leonard Big Band Play Along 7
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497705
for: Latin percussion, double bass
Score
Item no.: 580107
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 695020
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 802636
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 636126
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 622007
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 693741
for Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 768083
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
Orchestra – warm-up games
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 353892
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164194
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306013
Übertragung für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 180638
Preparation and Practice
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 991402
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164458
for two String Basses and Piano
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 playing scores
Item no.: 164507
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Score, 2 Solo part
Item no.: 168569
for double bass and orchestra
piano reduction
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682936
nach dem Original für Violine und Klavier
String Attack
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 771020
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209567
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309209
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 552954
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 266642