“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.
Jedes Tier zeigt dir seinen Rhythmus
Für jeglichen musikalischen Basisunterricht in Musikschule, Grundschule und Kindergarten
for: Instrument [voice]
Music score
Item no.: 778535
for: Instrument
Item no.: 137249
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 605631
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 781364
Eine Schule für Kinder und Jugendliche
Heft 1
Heft 1 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 561480
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256865
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279768
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 306019
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 630876
Méthode de lecture à vue pour tous instruments
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 367656
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393038
Praktische Übungs-Etüden mit Musik-Apps für alle Instrumente
for: Instrument
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 777260
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 3
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772424
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 7
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772730
Ein Studienwerk in fünf Heften: Heft 5
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 142605
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940722
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940638
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 283021
Improvisation
for: Instrument
Music score
Item no.: 343623
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 305997
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 643008
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 671130
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1022537
for: Double bass
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 608387
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 256864
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 129232
Eine praktische Musiklehre
Heft 4b
Bausteine - Werkreihe (Praxishilfe) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103254
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1136841
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198073
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103239
for: Bass instrument, piano
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 773138
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume 10
Livre de l'élève
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772924
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393039
La formation musicale par l'orchestre
Volume initiation
Livre de l'élève
for: String instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 772389
for: Instrument
Item no.: 338019
Heft 1 – zusammengestellt aus den Orgelwerken von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 277604
ABRSM Initial Grade
Selected Pieces - Scales - Sight-Reading
for: Double bass; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 689116
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 105832
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 305995
for: Double bass
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 766010
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 766605
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279770
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 392864
for: String instrument
Study book
Item no.: 488185
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103242
for: Double bass
Fingering chart
Item no.: 129328
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 938685
for: Instrument [voice]
Study book
Item no.: 103240