“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
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 636820
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 129227
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 605605
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 332362
15 transcribed bass lines as played by Paul Gill
Intermediate Jazz Conception
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 464699
for: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 619111
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 201865
19 Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
Bärenreiter's Double Bass Collection
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 616672
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 773325
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: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212402
for: Double bass
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 465506
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404239
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 291867
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 585077
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 486282
pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464268
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 773620
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 283028
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 290543
for double bass solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 1329442
for: Double bass, Poetry Reader
Score
Item no.: 692932
Piano Accompaniment
for: Violin [viola/cello/double bass], piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 630441
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 287641
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1009330
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 655387
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 406416
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 659535
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 403587
The Nuts and Bolts of Music Improvisation
for: Instrument [voice]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 681777
for: Double bass
Buch + CD
Item no.: 601455
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279780
for: Double bass
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1010286
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 310958
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
Item no.: 765317
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 578877
for: Double bass
Music score, CD
Item no.: 345917
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 693928
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198068
for: Double bass
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 659345
13 lessons for young string players
Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus
for: 1–2 double basses; piano ad lib.
Music lesson book
Item no.: 603970
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 404598