“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.
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 645293
Für kleine Kontrabassisten oder Tubisten und Basso Continuo
for: Double bass [tuba], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694258
transcendental pedagogical concert-studies
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 621687
Klassik
for: 3 double basses
Buch
Item no.: 658183
Fledermaus-Parodie für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 105831
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1530239
Peter Krauß gewidmet
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 380031
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 613381
Yorke Complete Bottesini
for: 2 double basses, piano
Item no.: 344557
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 622389
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991427
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629902
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 297441
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 277595
Jazz
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 988709
for: Double bass
Item no.: 338391
Zweistimmige Übungen für Bläsergruppen
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 107118
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 767238
Volume 3: 1st Four Positions
for: 2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 692183
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 942356
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 938622
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 490760
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 1193993
for: Stringed instruments
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 406940
for: Double bass
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858224
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1551553
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 905795
for: String instrument
Score, Parts
Item no.: 861236
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962696
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963177
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963112
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 963079
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 963055
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963029
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962943
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962903
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962868
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962819
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962798
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962796
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962776
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 626855
for: String instrument
Study score
Item no.: 870558
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 885513
for: String instrument
Score
Item no.: 907294
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 874657
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 253612
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1136340