“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
Buch
Item no.: 860730
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 389456
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727938
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 303605
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566682
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1652867
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1678005
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1555872
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
Music score
Item no.: 646101
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 634521
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 768363
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1018123
for: Double bass
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117102
for: Double bass
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117097
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: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Buch
Item no.: 916646
for: Double bass
Item no.: 881186
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1108374
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 376988
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 433467
for: 2 double basses
Item no.: 306002
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 1354343
for: Cello [double bass], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 170914
for: Double bass, piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 376569
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 198067
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404184
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 164301
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164464
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164467
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164457
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164211
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164508
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 404450
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 466238
for: 2 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 494142
for: Double bass, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304871
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 293328
for: Double bass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 871341
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134238
for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 261197
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 141495
for: Double bass
Item no.: 1208035
for: Double bass
Item no.: 428428
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1148997
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1246126
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1243391