“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 and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681912
for: Double bass
Item no.: 614723
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 247521
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682890
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 207560
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 179522
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209559
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 409719
pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 658680
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626486
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 164504
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 471768
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 370315
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 164312
Part 2: Beethoven
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392989
for: Double bass
Item no.: 173210
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 818202
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 170216
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 479077
for: Double bass
Item no.: 614690
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 762462
for Double Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661558
for string bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164454
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164221
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164214
Part 1: Ludwig van Beethoven
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392988
Basiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 273179
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 228762
Drahtkammbindung
Reprint
for: Double bass
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 478241
25 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries in half and 1st Position
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738641
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 484698
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 320219
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 223489
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198077
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 334329
for: Double bass, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 675519
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 286426
for: Double bass
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 156788
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164320
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164198
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404494
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment, 2 CDs
Item no.: 582710
op. 52 (2014)
Sound Research of Women Composers: Contemporary Music (C 344)
for: Double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661992
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 267496
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Book
Item no.: 1215720
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 105861