“The bass is the foundation… Whatever you play puts a framework around the rest of the music.” Carol Kaye
No matter which musical genre you enjoy, the foundations are always built around the bass. Browse our sheet music and scores, covering all different styles and genres, for all ages and stages, take a look at our Bass Guitar Sheet Music Downloads, and start wandering through the wide world of bass guitar with Stretta Music today.
The challenges facing the bass in the early 20th century, as various new musical genres began to emerge, were size and volume. As early as 1910, Gibson developed an acoustic bass guitar, which started to tackle the question of size, but it wasn’t for another twenty years, before the question of volume was first addressed. Paul Tutmarc in Seattle built the first electric bass in 1933, the Model 736 Bass Fiddle, which was still fairly large, and used an electromagnetic pickup.
Although Tutmarc’s following prototypes started to look more and more like the modern bass guitar, integrating frets and becoming more compact, the bass guitar didn’t see great success until 1951, when Leo Fender created the Precision Bass. From there, many different manufacturers have developed bass guitars in various designs and shapes, and today, there are four main types of bass guitar: Electric Bass, Electric Acoustic Bass, Fretless Bass and Extended Range Bass (ERB) which has five or six strings.
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 769748
Ear Training
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD (mp3)
Item no.: 763964
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 765341
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 769109
Bass signature licks a step-by-step breakdown
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 191882
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 641563
Der schnelle Weg zum Erfolg
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 269324
Hot Licks
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 354765
Debutant Basse Rock
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 172855
Schott Pro Line
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 400421
Songs spielen von Anfang an
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 767036
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), playback-CD (mp3), DVD
Item no.: 767075
Die Grundlagen der Viersaitigkeit, eine Mittellagenlehrmethode
Fun-School
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 212816
Grooves & Solos
Blues, Rock, Métal, Funk
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, tabs and chord charts), playback CD (mp3)
Item no.: 625652
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 606331
for: Bass guitar
Book, DVD
Item no.: 1551968
Die besten Tipps & Tricks rund um die Pflege & Einstellung deiner Gitarre! (Lexikon, Bildband) (Lexicon, Bildband)
for: Guitar [Bass guitar]
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 619135
Essential Elements German Translations
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online audio
Item no.: 1681166
Metodo Completo per lo studio del Basso Elettrico
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 972668
Die komplette Methode für Jazzstil und Improvisation
für Big Bands, Bläserklassen und Blasorchester
for: Jazz wind class [bass guitar]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 362879
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 745428
A Comprehensive Method for Jazz Style and Improvisation
for: Jazz wind class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 614285
105 Riffs Con Accompagnamento Di Chitarra Elettrica E Batteria
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 294795
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 769650
A comprehensive guide for bass guitar players of all abilities. Includes the "Band Jam: Jam Academy" DVD so you can practice various styles as part of a "real" band.
No Excuses
for: Bass guitar
DVD, CD (learning video)
Item no.: 313465
528 Posizioni per tutti i bassisti
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 774117
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 972868
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767214
Ultimate Beginner Xpress
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 299425
10 Easy Lessons
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), CD, DVD
Item no.: 604695
Italian Edition
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1053325
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 1012765
La nuova didattica dei Civici Corsi di Jazz
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 766827
for: Bass guitar
DVD, booklet (educational book)
Item no.: 767310
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
Item no.: 767074
proben, musizieren und lernen
Yamaha Bläser Klasse
for: Winds class [bass guitar]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 499815
Ultimate Beginner Series
for: Bass guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 348823
for: Bass guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582113
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 770095