“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
Item no.: 471768
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 675159
for: Double bass
Item no.: 614723
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626486
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 292991
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164199
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 164504
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 164312
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 370315
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 409719
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 207560
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682890
Edition in D major
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392850
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 658680
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 586783
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 392841
Part 2: Beethoven
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 392989
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, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 762462
for: Double bass
Item no.: 614690
for string bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164454
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164214
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164221
for Double Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661558
for: Double bass
Item no.: 173210
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
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 320219
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, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 223489
for: Double bass
Item no.: 198077
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: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 484698
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book, piano accompaniment, 2 CDs
Item no.: 582710
25 Easy Pieces from 5 Centuries in half and 1st Position
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738641
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: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 105861
for double bass solo and string orchestra with accordion
for: Double bass, string orchestra
Klavierauszug Kontrabass Solo, Kontrabass 1 und 2, Klavier
Item no.: 781274