“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
Music score
Item no.: 331442
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134238
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1018123
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 646101
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 634521
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1555872
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 768363
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108374
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 306002
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 466238
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 293328
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304871
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 657453
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1678005
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1017522
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 685038
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 433467
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 916646
for: Double bass
Item no.: 881186
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1652867
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566682
21 Quartets That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656710
for: Double bass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 871341
for: Double bass, piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 376569
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 198067
for: Instrument
Item no.: 157042
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 261197
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164457
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 164301
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164211
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164508
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164467
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404184
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354343
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1208035
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 404450
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164464
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1148997
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 141495
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 170914
for: Double bass
Item no.: 428428
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 128714
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1556208
in two Volumes
No. 1–31
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 404130
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991417
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 586783
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1317930