“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.
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Music lesson book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
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for: Instrument
Music lesson book
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for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
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for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279776
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
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Costruzione, funzionamento e manutenzione
for: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 972978
Principes, exercices, trucs et astuces – tout ce qu'il faut savoir !
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 768903
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 939354
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 1
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772399
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 8
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772817
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768566
for: Double bass
Fingering chart
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Music lesson book, playback-CD
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Music score
Item no.: 764290
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 988227
Auf dem Weg zum Jazz I
Jazz-Pizzicato/Skalen/Arco/Hohes Lagenspiel/Tango Argentino (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 582593
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 641322
Die Instrumentation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument
Study book
Item no.: 286705
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1544025
The fully integrated string series with over 50 fun pieces ideal for individual and group teaching
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, online audio
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Beiträge zum Geigenunterricht 7
for: String instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 124172
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283022
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Instrument
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 767085
for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music lesson book, online audio
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Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 310807
for: Instrument
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771490
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, demo CD
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for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Work book (educational book)
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book
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Study book
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Study book
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for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766437
Initiation in Orchestral-Playing
Volume 1: The Positions
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279767
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 129220
Die Instrumentation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Cello [double bass]
Study book
Item no.: 286670
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 177762
Schule
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 334141
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 9
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772868
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 939216
Jazz-standards vereenvoudigen met de dominant-matrix
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 1013242
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 388916