“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: String instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 632286
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 408589
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 492919
for double bass and piano
originally for cello and continuo
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164469
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404148
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164218
Harmonielehre
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 833625
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
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1015808
for: 2 double basses
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285662
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305045
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778493
Drei Vortragsstücke für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 677201
... 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.: 802636
7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 248021
for: Latin percussion, double bass
Score
Item no.: 580107
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 695020
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
for: Instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 693741
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 622007
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 224635
for Solo Double Bass
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 768083
Transcribed for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 360084
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 306013
for double bass solo
Peters Contemporary Library
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 682892
Ten authentic jazz standards
Hal Leonard Big Band Play Along 7
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 497705
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
Orchestra – warm-up games
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 353892
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164194
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404401
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164196
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 636126
Preparation and Practice
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 991402
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: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 552954
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 266642
Vier Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 188444
for: Double bass
Item no.: 129231
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1552208
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129217
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209567
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 309209
for: Double bass
Item no.: 180638