“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.
Revised 2010 Orchestral Tuning
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991415
für einen oder mehrere Kontrabässe
for: Double bass
Item no.: 381214
Contrebasse Et Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 302260
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164492
Diletto Musicale
for: Double bass, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1010414
für den Musikinstrumentenbau
(Teil C)
Streichinstrumentenbau
for: String instrument
Loose papers
Item no.: 136824
For Solo Contrabass
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 483742
dt./engl./russ. (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Double bass
Item no.: 131153
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164471
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962685
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963051
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963047
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 963018
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 962972
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962963
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962872
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962856
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 962846
Bearbeitung von Ekkehard Beringer
nach dem Original für Horn und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 766286
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 647932
für Kontrabass und Orchester
Harmoniestimmen
for: Double bass, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 654927
for: Double bass
Item no.: 292157
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
Ausgabe für Kontrabass u. Klavier – Erstdruck
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 304719
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 189328
für Kontrabass solo
for: Double bass
Item no.: 353060
aus 12 Klavierstücke op. 85
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1610787
500 Bass Patterns in All Keys
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 767452
for: Double bass
Item no.: 279801
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 279750
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 834670
for: double bass, 3 guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 1553044
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1556217
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1641797
for Double Bass and Orchestra
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1616970
Klavierbegleitung in Solo- und Orchesterstimmung
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1566683
Per Contrabbasso E Orchestra (1966) - Riduzione Per Contrabbasso E Pianoforte
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 259057
32 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of String Instruments
for: 3 double basses
Ensemble score
Item no.: 614691
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164317
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD (anthology)
Item no.: 690058
Carisch Music Lab Italia
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 642148
for: Double bass
Item no.: 164206
for: Double bass
Item no.: 177858
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 680586
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404385
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 278362
Capriccios, Solos, and Reflexes
for: Double bass
Solostimme
Item no.: 302644
for: String instrument
Poster
Item no.: 625497
für Kontrabass u. Orchester
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 408586